Texas Children’s Houston Open prize money: How each player earned as Min Woo Lee cooks in H-Town

Here’s how the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open prize money will be distributed at Memorial Park.

The Texas Children’s Houston Open provided a final dress rehearsal for many Augusta-bound pros to fine-tune before the season’s first major, including Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.

And while both just failed to keep pace with Min Woo Lee – who managed to cling on for a first PGA Tour title – the world’s top two-ranked players will be happy with their week in Texas.

• Rory McIlroy just joined Tiger Woods in a rather exclusive PGA Tour club

Houston’s Memorial Park hosts the first Lone Star State stop of the 2025 PGA Tour season, offering a purse of $9.5m, up $400,000 from 2024. The winner’s cheque also bumps up a little from that won by Germany’s Stephan Jaeger last time out.

In addition to the $1.71m payout this year, the winner will receive 500 FedEx Cup points, a two-year PGA Tour exemption, and a spot in the field for The Masters.

Here’s a full breakdown of how the purse was dished out in Houston…

Texas Children’s Houston Open prize money payout

Texas Children’s Houston Open prize money history

Here’s how the Houston Open’s prize fund and winner’s payout have evolved since 1946.

Year	Winner	Score	Purse (US$)	Winner’s share ($)
2025	Min Woo Lee	-20	9,500,000	1,710,000
2024	Stephan Jäger	−12	9,100,000	1,638,000
2022	Tony Finau	−16	8,400,000	1,512,000
2021	Jason Kokrak	−10	7,500,000	1,350,000
2020	Carlos Ortiz	−13	7,000,000	1,260,000
2019	Lanto Griffin	−14	7,500,000	1,350,000
2018	Ian Poulter	−19	7,000,000	1,260,000
2017	Russell Henley	−20	7,000,000	1,260,000
2016	Jim Herman	−15	6,800,000	1,224,000
2015	J. B. Holmes	−16	6,600,000	1,188,000
2014	Matt Jones	−15	6,400,000	1,152,000
2013	D. A. Points	−16	6,200,000	1,116,000
2012	Hunter Mahan	−16	6,000,000	1,080,000
2011	Phil Mickelson	−20	5,900,000	1,062,000
2010	Anthony Kim	−12	5,800,000	1,044,000
2009	Paul Casey	−11	5,700,000	1,026,000
2008	Johnson Wagner	−16	5,600,000	1,008,000
2007	Adam Scott	−17	5,500,000	990,000
2006	Stuart Appleby (2)	−19	5,500,000	990,000
2005	Vijay Singh (3)	−13	5,000,000	900,000
2004	Vijay Singh (2)	−11	5,000,000	900,000
2003	Fred Couples	−21	4,500,000	810,000
2002	Vijay Singh	−22	4,000,000	720,000
2001	Hal Sutton	−10	3,400,000	612,000
2000	Robert Allenby	−13	2,800,000	504,000
1999	Stuart Appleby	−9	2,500,000	450,000
1998	David Duval	−12	2,000,000	360,000
1997	Phil Blackmar	−12	1,600,000	288,000
1996	Mark Brooks	−14	1,500,000	270,000
1995	Payne Stewart	−12	1,400,000	252,000
1994	Mike Heinen	−16	1,300,000	234,000
1993	Jim McGovern	−17	1,300,000	234,000
1992	Fred Funk	−16	1,200,000	216,000
1991	Fulton Allem	−15	800,000	144,000
1990	Tony Sills	−12	1,000,000	180,000
1989	Mike Sullivan	−8	800,000	144,000
1988	Curtis Strange (3)	−18	700,000	126,000
1987	Jay Haas	−12	600,000	108,000
1986	Curtis Strange (2)	−14	500,000	90,000
1985	Raymond Floyd	−11	500,000	90,000
1984	Corey Pavin	−10	500,000	90,000
1983	David Graham	−9	400,000	72,000
1982	Ed Sneed	−9	350,000	63,000
1981	Ron Streck	−15	262,500	47,250
1980	Curtis Strange	−18	350,000	63,000
1979	Wayne Levi	−16	300,000	54,000
1978	Gary Player	−18	200,000	40,000
1977	Gene Littler	−12	200,000	40,000
1976	Lee Elder	−10	200,000	40,000
1975	Bruce Crampton (2)	−15	150,000	30,000
1974	Dave Hill	−12	150,000	30,000
1973	Bruce Crampton	−11	205,000	41,000
1972	Bruce Devlin	−10	125,000	25,000
1971	Hubert Green	−4	125,000	25,000
1970	Gibby Gilbert	−2	115,000	23,000
1968	Roberto De Vicenzo	−10	100,000	20,000
1967	Frank Beard	−10	115,000	23,000
1966	Arnold Palmer (2)	−9	110,000	21,000
1965	Bobby Nichols (2)	−11	75,000	12,000
1964	Mike Souchak (2)	−6	50,000	7,500
1963	Bob Charles	−12	50,000	10,000
1962	Bobby Nichols	−2	50,000	9,000
1961	Jay Hebert	−4	40,000	7,000
1960	Bill Collins	−8	35,000	5,300
1959	Jack Burke Jr. (2)	−11	30,000	4,300
1958	Ed Oliver	−7	30,000	4,300
1957	Arnold Palmer	−9	36,000	7,500
1956	Ted Kroll	−11	30,000	6,000
1955	Mike Souchak	−15	30,000	6,000
1954	Dave Douglas	−11	30,000	6,000
1953	Cary Middlecoff (2)	−5	20,000	4,000
1952	Jack Burke Jr.	−11	10,000	2,000
1951	Marty Furgol	−11	10,000	2,000
1950	Cary Middlecoff	−11	10,000	2,000
1949	Johnny Palmer	−16	10,000	2,000
1947	Bobby Locke	−11	10,000	2,000
1946	Byron Nelson	−10	10,000	2,000