After a long battle with numerous health issues, Gary Woodland is once again a winner on the PGA Tour.

Woodland, who underwent brain surgery in 2023 and then revealed earlier this month that he has been dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result, ran away with the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Sunday. After starting the day with a one-shot lead over the field, Woodland posted a 3-under 67 in his final round to grab a massive five-shot win. Naturally, that sparked an incredibly emotional moment on the green.

The victory is now Woodland’s first since he won the U.S. Open in 2019. As a result, Woodland earned a $1.782 million check.

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Nicolai Højgaard started the day just a shot back of Woodland, but stumbled and finished with a 1-over 71-over to fall back and pave the way for Woodland’s big win. Woodland didn’t need to do much to pull that off, either. After starting the day with four straight pars, Woodland made the turn going 4-under in a five-hole stretch to card a 31 on his front nine. He slipped briefly with a bogey at the par-4 14th, which resulted in a two-shot swing after a Højgaard birdie, but Woodland parred out the rest of the way to secure his win.

Min Woo Lee and Johnny Keefer finished third at 15-under, and Sam Stevens was alone in fifth at 14-under.

Here’s a look at how much Woodland and the rest of the field won this week in Houston.

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2026 Houston Open Payouts

1. Gary Woodland — $1.782 million
2. Nicolai Højgaard — $1.0791 million
T3. Johnny Keefer, Min Woo Lee — $584,100
5. Sam Stevens — $405,900
T6. Jake Knapp, Chris Gotterup, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Jason Day — $322,988
T10. Bronson Burgoon, Sahith Theegala — $259,875
T12. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Denny McCarthy — $220,275
T14. Keith Mitchell, Pontus Nyholm, Thorbjørn Olesen, Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Thorbjornsen — $170,775
T19. Max McGreevy, Karl Vilips — $138,125
T21. Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Alex Smalley, Harris English< Beau Hossler, Zecheng Dou, Adam Scott — $96,525
T28. Mac Meissner, Rasmus Højgaard, Harry Hall, Ben Griffin, Vince Whaley, Shane Lowry, Rico Hoey, Chad Ramey, Jackson Suber, Michael Brennan, Stephan Jaeger — $59,625
T39. Austin Eckroat, Tony Finau, Paul Waring, Adrien Saddier, Jeffrey Kang — $41,085
T44. William Mouw, Andrew Putnam, Jordan Smith, Ricky Castillo — $32,175
T48. Erik van Rooyen, John Parry, Steven Fisk — $26,433
T51. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Matthieu Pavon, Matt Wallace, Eric Cole, Chris Kirk — $23,938
T56. Matt Kuchar, Jimmy Stanger, Tom Kim, Danny Willett — $22,770
T60. Kurt Kitayama, Sungjae Im, Sam Ryder, Davis Riley, Takumi Kanaya — $21,879
T65. Kevin Roy, Peter Malnati, Lee Hodges — $21,087
68. Dany Walker — $20,691
T69. Garrick Higgo, Jesper Svensson — $20,394
T71. Brice Garnett, Tom Hoge, Emiliano Grillo — $19,899
74. Matti Schmid — $19,503
75. Luke Clanton — $19,305