{"id":217318,"date":"2026-03-24T00:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:10:13","slug":"texas-childrens-houston-open-2026-payout-purse-first-place-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217318\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open 2026 payout, purse, first-place money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, 2026, 6:01 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The first move in the Texas two-step is this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/golf\/pga\/leaderboard\/5008418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open<\/a>. This is the 12th event on the PGA Tour&#8217;s 2026 schedule and the second-to-last tournament before the Masters. For those not yet in the field for Augusta National, a win this week would secure that trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A win at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston would also bring the winner some serious money. Here&#8217;s a look at the purse and first-place prize money for the Houston Open.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/89293084007-getty-images-2207242732.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A view of a flag pin at the Texas Children's Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course.\"\/>What&#8217;s the total purse for the 2026 Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The total purse for the 2026 Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open is $9.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>How much money does the winner make at the 2026 Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The winner of the Houston Open gets $1.782 million, or 18 percent of the total purse. The top two finishers will clear seven figures.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The field size is 135 players with the sponsor exemptions going to Bronson Burgoon, Cole Hammer, Mason Howell, Trey Mullinax.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open 2026 prize money payouts<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This is the PGA Tour&#8217;s purse breakdown for this week&#8217;s tournament:<\/p>\n<p>Pos.Amount1$1,782,0002$1,079,1003$683,1004$485,1005$405,9006$358,8757$334,1258$309,3759$289,57510$269,77511$249,97512$230,17513$210,37514$190,57515$180,67516$170,77517$160,87518$150,97519$141,07520$131,17521$121,27522$111,37523$103,45524$95,53525$87,61526$79,69527$76,72528$73,75529$70,78530$67,81531$64,84532$61,87533$58,90534$56,43035$53,95536$51,48037$49,00538$47,02539$45,04540$43,06541$41,08542$39,10543$37,12544$35,14545$33,16546$31,18547$29,20548$27,62149$26,23550$25,44351$24,84952$24,25553$23,85954$23,46355$23,26556$23,06757$22,86958$22,67159$22,47360$22,27561$22,07762$21,87963$21,68164$21,48365$21,28566$21,08767$20,88968$20,69169$20,49370$20,29571$20,09772$19,89973$19,70174$19,50375$19,30576$19,10777$18,90978$18,71179$18,51380$18,31581$18,11782$17,91983$17,72184$17,52385$17,32586$17,12787$16,92988$16,73189$16,53390$16,335<img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/89290974007-getty-images-2207048770.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 6:01 p.m. ET The first move in the Texas two-step is this week&#8217;s Texas Children&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,56,58,57,83819,83820,11076,6347,84782,84783,42,184,50724,3054,46,688,36],"class_list":["post-217318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-accessfree","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-sstssportsgolfpga","tag-sstsnpga-tour","tag-taggolf","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagmasters-tournament-2025","tag-tagmasters-tournament-2026","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpga-tour","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtexas","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}