The PGA Tour is aiming to win the Texas Children's Houston Open (total prize money of 9.1 million U.S. dollars), which will open at Memorial Park Country Club (par 70, 7,435 yards) in Houston, Texas on Monday (local time). Let's break the record of winning three tournaments in a row. The tournament, which was held in fall until 2022, returned to the spring tournament for the first time in six years after the event in 2018. It was not held last year as the PGA Tour switched to a single year.
Earlier this year, I am afraid of Scheffler's strength. He won his first victory of the season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the 11th, and won his second consecutive title a week later at the "fifth major" The Players Championship. It is his eighth career victory in the PGA Tour. He has made the top 10 six times in seven competitions this year, including two wins. His worst performance was his tie for 17th place at the American Express in January.
The prize money record is also being broken. His total prize money exceeded $50 million ($53,504,729) in 113 games. This is the lowest on the PGA Tour. He earned $8.5 million in two events: the Arnold Palmer Invitational ($4 million) and the Duffeliers Championship ($4.5 million). He fits well with this tournament. In the 2021 tournament, he set a course record of 62 shots at 8-under par. The final score was tied for second place at the time.
Windham Clark of the U.S., who finished second for the second consecutive week behind Scheffler, is seeking revenge. Korea's Kim Si-woo, Lee Kyung-hoon, Kim Sung-hyun, and Kang Sung-hoon will compete. Kim and Lee ranked sixth and 11th in the competition's power ranking, which was selected by PGAcom . Kim tied for sixth at this year's The Players Championship. Lee finished tied for fourth at the Cognizant Classic and tied for ninth at the Valspar Championship last week.