Min Woo Lee signed for a final-round 3-under 67 to reach 20-under and win at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
“It was a very mental grinding day but I’m super proud to win. It was just a very tough week. I mean, I had a lot of eyes on me obviously. I had a four-shot lead going down — the last round and yeah, I mean, I was obviously very tired, which helped go to sleep but I woke up and I couldn’t go back to sleep. It was one of those where I think just everything aligned this week. I’m so proud to be the winner of the trophy.”
This first PGA Tour title came in the Australian’s 56th career start at the age of 26. He converted his first career 54-hole lead/co-lead on Tour into a one-stroke victory and set a new career-low 72-hole score (260) and 54-hole score (193).
Lee also recorded a new low 72-hole score at the Texas Children’s Houston Open (previously: 264/Tony Finau/2022).
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler signed for a bogey-free 63 for a share of second place at 19-under, recording his 10th runner-up finish on Tour and third at the event (T2/2021, T2/2024, T2/2025). He has now finished in the top-10 three times in six starts this season (T3/The Genesis Invitational, T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am).
Fellow American Gary Woodland eagled the par-3 16th and made a single bogey for a 62 and a share of second place.
Finland’s Sami Välimäki closed with a bogey-free 62 featuring an eagle at the par-5 3rd to finish fourth at 17-under.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland made an eagle at the par-5 8th and two bogeys for a 64 and a share of fifth place at 15-under.
Three players in the field that qualified for the Masters Tournament via the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking: No. 28 J.J. Spaun, No. 42 Stephan Jaeger, No. 50 Michael Kim.
The winner of next week’s Valero Texas Open will also qualify for the Masters if not yet exempt.
Related: Eugenio Chacarra wins maiden title
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Min Woo Lee | -20 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 67 | 260 |
| T2 | Gary Woodland | -19 | 69 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 261 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | -19 | 67 | 62 | 69 | 63 | 261 |
| 4 | Sami Valimaki | -17 | 70 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 263 |
| T5 | Wyndham Clark | -15 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 265 |
| T5 | Taylor Pendrith | -15 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 65 | 265 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | -15 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 265 |
| T5 | Alejandro Tosti | -15 | 65 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 265 |
| 9 | Ryan Gerard | -14 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 68 | 266 |
| 10 | Mackenzie Hughes | -13 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 267 |
| T11 | Lee Hodges | -12 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 268 |
| T11 | Rico Hoey | -12 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 268 |
| T11 | Stephan Jaeger | -12 | 70 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 268 |
| T11 | Isaiah Salinda | -12 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 268 |
| T15 | Eric Cole | -11 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 65 | 269 |
| T15 | Hayden Springer | -11 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 269 |
| T15 | Ryan Fox | -11 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 269 |
| T18 | Joel Dahmen | -10 | 71 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 270 |
| T18 | Chris Gotterup | -10 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 270 |
| T18 | Sam Stevens | -10 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 65 | 270 |
| T18 | Harry Hall | -10 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 270 |
| T18 | Harris English | -10 | 72 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 270 |
| T18 | Victor Perez | -10 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 270 |
| T18 | Ben Griffin | -10 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 270 |
| T18 | Kevin Yu | -10 | 71 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 270 |
| T18 | Keith Mitchell | -10 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 270 |
| T27 | Jason Day | -9 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 271 |
| T27 | Nate Lashley | -9 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 271 |
| T27 | Davis Thompson | -9 | 71 | 65 | 64 | 71 | 271 |
| T27 | Jake Knapp | -9 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 271 |
| T27 | Jesper Svensson | -9 | 67 | 69 | 63 | 72 | 271 |
| T32 | Michael Kim | -8 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 272 |
| T32 | Rasmus Højgaard | -8 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 272 |
| T32 | Chandler Phillips | -8 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 272 |
| T32 | Tony Finau | -8 | 70 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 272 |
| T32 | Charles Reiter | -8 | 73 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 272 |
| T32 | Maverick McNealy | -8 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 272 |
| T32 | Nico Echavarria | -8 | 69 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 272 |
| T39 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -7 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 273 |
| T39 | Mac Meissner | -7 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 273 |
| T39 | Adam Hadwin | -7 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 273 |
| T39 | Taylor Dickson | -7 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 273 |
| T39 | Matteo Manassero | -7 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 273 |
| T39 | Kurt Kitayama | -7 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 273 |
| T39 | Chan Kim | -7 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 273 |
| T39 | Trey Mullinax | -7 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 74 | 273 |
| T47 | Emiliano Grillo | -6 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 274 |
| T47 | Thomas Detry | -6 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 71 | 274 |
| T47 | Ryo Hisatsune | -6 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 274 |
| T47 | William Mouw | -6 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 274 |
| T47 | Chad Ramey | -6 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 65 | 274 |
| T52 | Patrick Rodgers | -5 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 71 | 275 |
| T52 | Matt McCarty | -5 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 275 |
| T52 | Jackson Suber | -5 | 66 | 66 | 70 | 73 | 275 |
| T52 | Rickie Fowler | -5 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 275 |
| T52 | Pierceson Coody | -5 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 275 |
| T52 | Davis Riley | -5 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 275 |
| T52 | David Skinns | -5 | 73 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 275 |
| T52 | Trevor Cone | -5 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 67 | 275 |
| 60 | Sungjae Im | -4 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 276 |
| T61 | Mason Andersen | -3 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 75 | 277 |
| T61 | Sam Ryder | -3 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 277 |
| T61 | Matthew Riedel | -3 | 68 | 65 | 79 | 65 | 277 |
| T64 | Charley Hoffman | -2 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 278 |
| T64 | Philip Knowles | -2 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 278 |
| T64 | Antoine Rozner | -2 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 278 |
| T67 | Adam Svensson | -1 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 279 |
| T67 | Sahith Theegala | -1 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 279 |
| 69 | John Pak | Par | 72 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 280 |
| CUT | J.J. Spaun | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Jacob Bridgeman | -2 | 72 | 66 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Seamus Power | -2 | 69 | 69 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Alex Smalley | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Steven Fisk | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Kaito Onishi | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Danny Willett | -2 | 69 | 69 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | -2 | 72 | 66 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Austin Eckroat | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | -2 | 72 | 66 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Kevin Velo | -2 | 71 | 67 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Ricky Castillo | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Thorbjørn Olesen | -2 | 69 | 69 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Paul Peterson | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Quade Cummins | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Cristobal Del Solar | -2 | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Derek Bard | -2 | 68 | 70 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | -1 | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | C.T. Pan | -1 | 69 | 70 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | -1 | 69 | 70 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Joe Highsmith | -1 | 72 | 67 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard | -1 | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Thomas Rosenmueller | -1 | 69 | 70 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Braden Thornberry | -1 | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Jeremy Paul | -1 | 70 | 69 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Danny Walker | -1 | 74 | 65 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | -1 | 70 | 69 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Nick Hardy | -1 | 72 | 67 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Zach Johnson | -1 | 69 | 70 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Niklas Norgaard | -1 | 72 | 67 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Noah Goodwin | -1 | 71 | 68 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter | Par | 68 | 72 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Ben Silverman | Par | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | Par | 70 | 70 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Si Woo Kim | Par | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | Par | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | Par | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Rikuya Hoshino | Par | 69 | 71 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Anders Albertson | Par | 70 | 70 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Kyle Westmoreland | Par | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Wilson Furr | Par | 73 | 67 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | Par | 72 | 68 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Kevin Roy | Par | 71 | 69 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Takumi Kanaya | Par | 68 | 72 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | +1 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Nicolai Højgaard | +1 | 69 | 72 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | +1 | 73 | 68 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Will Gordon | +1 | 71 | 70 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Tim Widing | +1 | 74 | 67 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Ben Kohles | +1 | 73 | 68 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | +1 | 74 | 67 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | +1 | 68 | 73 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +1 | 70 | 71 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III | +1 | 69 | 72 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | +1 | 68 | 73 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Kris Ventura | +1 | 74 | 67 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Taylor Montgomery | +2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Bronson Burgoon | +2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Max Greyserman | +2 | 74 | 68 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Francesco Molinari | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Luke List | +2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Beau Hossler | +2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley | +3 | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Carlos Sainz Jr | +3 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | +3 | 73 | 70 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | +3 | 70 | 73 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | +3 | 74 | 69 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +4 | 76 | 68 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Noah Kent(a) | +4 | 74 | 70 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | +4 | 76 | 68 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | +4 | 70 | 74 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Padraig Harrington | +5 | 74 | 71 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | +5 | 75 | 70 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Will Chandler | +6 | 79 | 67 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Thriston Lawrence | +6 | 77 | 69 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Vince Covello | +7 | 73 | 74 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Paul Waring | +8 | 76 | 72 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Jimmy Walker | +13 | 77 | 76 | - | - | 153 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | +16 | 79 | 77 | - | - | 156 |
| W/D | K.H. Lee | - | 75 | - | - | - | 75 |
