Our betting expert picks out his top Texas Children’s Houston Open betting tips ahead of the PGA Tour event from the Memorial Park Golf Course in Texas.
After the Florida Swing, the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the Texas Children’s Houston Open, where Memorial Park Golf Course provides a stern and often underrated test as players ramp up their preparation ahead of The Masters.
Memorial Park is a big, exposed, no-nonsense test – a par 70 stretching almost 7,500 yards where there are no obvious birdie holes and mistakes are quickly punished. Add in the ever-present threat of strong Texas winds, and it becomes one of the more demanding stops on the schedule.
Min Woo Lee tamed it best 12 months ago, holding off Scottie Scheffler and Gary Woodland to win by one, and this is a layout that tends to reward complete players rather than specialists.
With The Masters just around the corner, plenty of big names will be looking to fine-tune their games – but who will go one better and lift the trophy?
With long-iron play, short-game touch, and the ability to handle windy conditions all key traits at Memorial Park, I’ve picked out the key players who look particularly well suited to the test this week.
Here are my Houston Open betting tips and everything else you need to know.
Houston Open key details
Dates: March 26-29, 2026
Venue: Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
Course: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par 70 – 7,475 yards)
Format: 72-hole stroke play with 36-hole cut
Purse: $9.9 million
FedEx Cup points: 500
Defending champion: Min Woo Lee (AUS), -20
How to watch the Houston Open
US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.
Thursday: Golf Channel from 3pm
Friday: Golf Channel from 3pm
Saturday: Golf Channel from 1pm
Sunday: Golf Channel from 1pm
(All times ET)
UK viewers can watch on Sky Sports.
Thursday: Sky Sports Golf from 12.30pm
Friday: Sky Sports Golf from 12.30pm
Saturday: Sky Sports Golf from 12.30pm
Sunday: Sky Sports Golf from 1.30pm
(All times GMT)
Houston Open tee times
Tee times and groupings for the 2026 Houston Open can be found on the PGA Tour website.
Houston Open prize money
The full Houston Open prize money breakdown can be found here.
Houston Open betting tips
The Banker: Brooks Koepka 28/1 e/w (SpreadEx 6 Places 1/5 Odds)
Brooks Koepka has started to settle back into life on the PGA Tour, posting three straight top-18 finishes, and now he returns to a course he helped re-design alongside Tom Doak.
On his first start here, Koepka finished 5th, bouncing back from a slow start with back-to-back rounds of 65 over the weekend. He missed the cut the following year, but this is certainly a course that suits him, and having been consulted on the changes, he should be well in the mix here, given his recent form.
This season, Koepka bounced back from a slow start at the Cognizant Classic to finish 9th, and he again grew into the event at The Players, where he finished a respectable 13th. Last week it was a similar story, where he had to recover from a disappointing opening round, and he did so with a fantastic 67 on Friday, which left him in 10th at halfway. He had to settle for 18th, but it was another promising effort on his return.
His iron play has been fantastic the past two weeks, ranking inside the top 4 for SG Approach in both starts, and while he needs to find better form off the tee, he has the distance required to be a big factor at a course he knows well.
Whether it’s to himself or to others, he will want to prove quickly that he’s ready for Augusta in a few weeks, and this is an excellent warm up for him.
The Outsider: Stephan Jaeger 60/1 e/w (Bet365, Betfred 8 Places 1/5 Odds)
Stephan Jaeger has finished inside the top 7 twice in his seven starts in 2026, and even when he was 28th at the Phoenix Open, he was 10th at halfway. That suggests a big season could be on the cards again for Jaeger, and maybe it will be at the course where he picked up his first PGA Tour win, where he doubles his tally.
His best finish this season came at Torrey Pines, where his driver was required regularly, and it will be that club again that will lead to his success or otherwise this week.
In four visits to this golf course, Jaeger has a win, a 9th, an 11th, and his worst finish was a 35th, which came on his course debut.
When he won here two years ago, he got the better of Scottie Scheffler, so he won’t back down from anyone in the hunt for success here, and his 11th place finish last year was an admirable title defence. He shot a 2nd round 64 last year and followed that up with back-to-back rounds of 67, so it was only his opening round 70 that held him back from being in the mix again.
27th on SG Approach and 8th in SG Tee to Green last week, Jaeger certainly found his ball striking form just in time, and now I expect him to put together another fantastic week in Houston, where he’s always enjoyed playing.
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The Longshot: Sudarshan Yellamaraju 110/1 e/w (SpreadEx 6 Places 1/5 Odds)
I backed Sudarshan Yellamaraju at the Puerto Rico Open, convinced he was going to win, but there was no reward, as he finished 37th.
A week later however, Yellamaraju didn’t just put together his best finish of the season, but the best of his career, as he finished 5th at The Players Championship. Now, with a huge level of confidence on his side, he could take the next step, and win at an event that has served first-timers well.
Since moving to Memorial Park, Carlos Ortiz, Stephan Jaeger, and Min Woo Lee have all picked up their first wins on Tour here, and one of the best drivers on Tour could be next.
Yellamaraju ranks 1st for Total Driving, 15th for Driving Distance, 25th for Driving Accuracy, and 36th for SG Off the Tee, all encouraging statistics ahead of this week. He also ranks 7th for Proximity to the Hole, 2nd for Approaches From > 200 Yards, which is important given the higher frequency of long approach shots, and 16th for both Birdie Average and SG Putting, two useful scoring statistics.
Overall, it has already been a debut season to remember for Yellamaraju, but a win at a course that looks perfectly suitable would take it to a whole new level.
Further reason for optimism comes from the Canadian’s 4th place finish at the Pinnacle Bank Championship, where two-time Houston Open contender, Alejandro Tosti won in 2023, and where huge hitter, Christo Lamprecht won last year. David Skinns has won that same Pinnacle Bank Championship twice and finished 7th here in 2024, and Jaeger who’s won here, also finished 4th one year behind Skinns.
It looks like a great debut season is on the card for Yellamaraju, and while he’s still available at triple-digits, I think he’s worth chancing, even with Scottie Scheffler in the field.
The Bonus Bet: Michael Brennan 100/1 e/w (Bet365 8 Places 1/5 Odds)
The fanfare surrounding Michael Brennan has perhaps fairly died down, after winning on his very first PGA Tour start as a professional, at the Bank of Utah Championship. With that said, this might be his next-best chance of winning, as this course plays right into his hands, and I will take a shot on him returning to form again.
Brennan’s win came at a course where Stephan Jaeger has finished 2nd and 11th, and that might be significant, as this looks like another track where Brennan can let rip with his driver and make a charge up the leaderboard.
More finesse will be required here than it was in Utah, but the fact remains, that Brennan is a top driver of the ball, ranking 3rd for Driving Distance, 6th for Total Driving, and 6th for SG Off the Tee. His best weapon will no doubt be a huge asset here, but will the rest of his game follow suit?
10th for Proximity to the Hole and 13th for Approaches from > 200 Yards, suggest he can be a factor from long range here, and while he has struggled to keep bogeys off his card since his win, I do think he could take a liking to this event.
His form is perhaps better than it reads on paper as well, as he closed out with rounds of 66-68-69 when finishing 56th at the American Express, when he was 48th at the Phoenix Open, he was 20th after 54 holes, and when 52nd at the Cognizant Classic, he was inside the top 10 after round 1, and still 13th at halfway. 26th in Puerto Rico was solid enough, and a made cut at The Players was another positive sign.
After winning on his first PGA Tour start and completely bypassing the Korn Ferry Tour, for which he had qualified through the PGA Tour of Americas, it might have been a case of too much too soon for Brennan, and he will now benefit from a course that should reward him for the strongest part of his game.
Simply, I think Brennan might be being written off a bit early, for a run of form which looks worse on paper than it really is, and for not living up to what would have been unrealistic expectations, after winning way earlier than he could even have imagined.