For the first time in a long time, we venture outside of the coasts of the United States and find ourselves in Houston, Texas this week for the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course. 

This event is a unique one for the tour, in the sense that it has bounced around the schedule constantly and the home course of the event has frequently changed as well. This event has occurred at Memorial Park since the 2021 season, and this is just the 2nd season we see it this early in quite some time. Can Min Woo Lee defend his championship like so few have done? 

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Texas Children’s Houston Open 2026: Daily Fantasy Golf Picks & Projections

You may be asking yourself, what tournament is this? It’s a valid question, as it’s had many title sponsors over the year. Shell, Vivint, Cadence Bank, and Hewlett Packard have all been title sponsors of this event, which is now sponsored by Texas Children’s Hospital. 

While this event used to not draw many big names, since it’s switch to Memorial Park, it’s fields have gotten stronger and stronger. Notable names such as Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, and Ben Griffin to name a few enter play this week, as well as many previous winners. These players, amongst the rest of the field, will be competing for their share of $9,900,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points.

 

 

Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course: Course Breakdown This Week

Memorial Park will be in play for the 6th time as it replaced the Golf Club of Houston in 2020. After a complete overhaul in 2019 by Tom Doak (with help from Brooks Koepka) with funding from the Houston Astros Foundation, this course has offered some elite scoring potential for players. Brooks’ impact can certainly be felt, as this course is long, with difficult green-side run offs that reward a solid all around game. Playing as a Par 71 at 7,400 yards, this course is clearly a test of distance and ball-striking.

With 3 Par 5s, 5 Par 3s, and 10 Par 4s, we see some unique features of the course. With the distance clearly one of the defensive factors, you may be surprised to see that the shortest of each par classification all have above par average scores. That said, the par 3’s here are bottom 5 in average length each of the last two seasons. We do see some consistency with the fast Bermuda greens in place this week, which will give us some consistency in key stats week over week. 

Weather historically hasn’t been a factor here, but given the links style layout and it’s location, wind could certainly impact the event. It looks like we're in for little to no rain throughout the week, but we do expect there to be significant wind daily, with gusts over 20 mph expected as the average wind should be between 10 and 20 mph all 4 days.

There are some courses that hold very similar shots gained distribution. Memorial Park is very similar to Pinehurst No. 2, as well as Olympia Fields North Course and CordeValle Golf Club. Pinehurst is near identical, with just a minor difference in Driving Accuracy and Approach. The top players at Memorial Park in course history minimum 8 rounds played include Alejandro Tosti, Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, Stephan Jaeger, Mackenzie Hughes, Aaron Wise, Gary Woodland, and Aaron Rai

When looking over our key statistics for this week, they paint a very clear picture. SG: Tee-to-Green, Ball-Striking, Birdie or Better Percentage, Par 5 scoring 600+, Short Game, Bogey Avoidance, and the key scoring on all 3 Pars come out on top at Memorial Park. Between the design and the weather, players are going to need to be creative this week and avoid danger as well.

When breaking down the key stats, here are some of the top names in the field in each stat:

  • SG: Ball-striking: Kurt Kitayama, Ryan Gerard, Pierceson Coody, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Jesper Svensson, Keith Mitchell and Jordan Smith
     
  • Birdie or Better Percentage: Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris, Min Woo Lee, Harris English, Max Greyserman, Trey Mullinax, Shane Lowry, Jake Knapp, Pierceson Coody, and Ryan Fox 
     
  • SG: Tee-to-Green: Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka, Jesper Svensson, Min Woo Lee, Keith Mitchell, Adam Scott, Kurt Kitayama, Nicolai Hojgaard, and Wyndham Clark

 

 

 

Texas Children's Houston Open 2026 Field: Golf DFS

While not the strongest field, the correlative nature of this event to Augusta has led this to be a stronger field than we will see in most of the non-signature events on the schedule. Scottie Scheffler leads the way, and is joined by Chris Gotterup as the only 2 players in the top 10. However, we're joined by 9 other players in the top 40, making this a solid field overall. Min Woo Lee is back to defend his title from 2025, and is joined by Stephan Jaeger and Tony Finau as previous winners at this venue.

 

 

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PGA Best Bets & Predictions: 2026 Houston Open (7-13 Overall, +4.06 Units)

  • Jake Knapp: Top 10 (+280)
  • Alejandro Tosti: Top 20 (+910) 
  • Houston Open One and Done Picks: 
    • Tony Finau
    • Alejandro Tosti 

 

 

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: Top Tier


Min Woo Lee ($11,600 FanDuel/$9,900 DraftKings)

Min Woo is one of the few defending champions who will find his way into the article this week. His game is such a natural fit for this venue, that it's hard to ignore what he offers. He's off to a solid start to the season, and is 5th in the field in SG: Tee-to-Green, 2nd in Birdies or Better Percentage, and top 20 in Strokes Gained: Ball-striking, Bogey Avoidance, and his distance off the tee should line up strong at this venue. Additionally, his creativity around the greens, especially off short grass, should line up well for his overall upside to repeat this week.

Chris Gotterup ($11,800 FanDuel/$9,800 DraftKings)

Gotterup has certainly cooled off from his hot start to the year. He's only recorded one top 20 finish since his 2nd win of the season, but he still lines up strongly for this venue. His overall skillset fits the venue, save for his struggles with the flat stick on Poa Trivialis. That said, he's top 5 in Short Game Scrambling, Approach from 200 plus, ball-striking, and tee-to-green play. He's a no-brainer for those of us fading Scottie in builds.

Brooks Kopeka ($11,300 FanDuel/$9,600 DraftKings)

Brooks is a player I'm in on for the first time this season. He's been a world class ball-striker this year, just has struggled to find success with the flat-stick consistently. While his around the green play has also held him back some, he's strongest off short grass with tight lies, and he helped remodel this course that way for a reason. His distance off the tee and success historically with long irons plays right into this venue as well, and it would be so poetic to see him win here in his return to the PGA Tour.

 

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: MID-TIER

Nicolai Hojgaard ($10,800 FanDuel/$9,200 DraftKings)

Hojgaard is a name we're going to frequently see pop in the model any week where ball-striking and distance are important stats. Him (and his brother) consistently find themselves at the top of those metrics, but Nicolai has a legit chance to win this week. He hasn't scored a ton yet, but he avoids bogeys at a top 10 rate in the field, has elite scrambling numbers off short grass, and is a great putter on Poa Triv. He makes a lot of sense at this price.

Adam Scott ($10,300 FanDuel/$9,000 DraftKings)

Scott seems to be an ageless wonder. Even at the age of 45, he's a top 25 player in the field in terms of distance off the tee, and his game is as solid as ever, as he's 3rd in ball-striking and long par 5 scoring, as well as top 20 in Birdie or Better Percentage and 10th in bogey avoidance. It would be no surprise to see him atop the leaderboard at the end of the week.

Jake Knapp ($11,400 FanDuel/$9,500 DraftKings)

I'm expecting Knapp to bounce-back after his performance at the Players. He's another week healthier, and has a great chance to build on his start to the season that saw him top 11th or better in every event he competed in. He ranks above field average in each of our key metrics, and his distance and skill around and on the greens should line up here for success.

 

 

 

GOLF DFS PICKS THIS WEEK: VALUE TIER

Sudarshan Yellamaraju ($8,800 FanDuel/$7,200 DraftKings)

He finished T6th the last time we wrote about him, so why not try it again? He ranks 3rd in my model this week, and his worst stat is overall tee-to-green play where he still ranks as a top 30 player in the field. He's a top 10 player in the field in Ball-striking, Birdies or Better Percentage, Bogey Avoidance, and overall approach proximity from 200+. That all plays well here, and he's got the chance to continue to build on the solid start to his PGA Tour career.

Michael Thorbjornsen ($10,600 FanDuel/$8,600 DraftKings)

Thorbjornsen is another name you'll consistently see anytime driving distance comes into play. That said, he's got solid Tee-to-Green numbers, bogey avoidance is great, and his short grass scrambling and approach from 200+ all grades out in the top 20 of this field. He's just gotta putt this week, and even that is an above field average stat for him this week. He makes so much sense at this price (though I prefer the discount we get on DraftKings).

Jesper Svennson ($8,300 FanDuel/$6,800 DraftKings)

Svennson is a sneaky good upside play this week. He's 4th in Tee-to-Green, 9th in Ball-striking, and 3rd in driving distance. He also ranks well in birdie or better percentage, and putts well on this surface. He's got warts on the profile, no doubt, but I'm willing to take some upside swings on profiles that fit the venue.

Alejandro Tosti ($7,800 FanDuel/$6,600 DraftKings)

I'm going to be honest with you, nothing about Tosti's recent profile suggests him. That said, I'm riding with the vibes here. Tosti has played here twice and has finished 2nd and 5th. That's simply going to have to carry the profile this week. When looking at each of those finishes, he's struggled entering this event every time, and simply finds a way to play well here. He's got multiple missed cuts entering this event, and in fact his T30 at the Valspar is actually the best form he's ever entered this event off of. He simply is a “sure, why not?” play for me this week.

 

 

PGA DFS Picks This Week (Cheat Sheet)

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