Min Woo Lee had a chance to win the Players Championship a few weeks ago but fell apart during a sloppy third round, which saw him fall out of contention.
The 26-year-old Australian, who has three DP World Tour wins, has been in contention a few times on the PGA Tour but has yet to close the deal. Lee looked at his TPC Sawgrass ejection as an important moment in his evolution as a pro and leaned on that experience Saturday at the Texas Children’s Houston Open when he zoomed past Scottie Scheffler and into the lead at Memorial Park.
“Today I did an amazing job, didn’t [get ahead of myself],” Lee said Saturday. “It was a very good learning curve the last PLAYERS just a few weeks ago being in the lead and just, I don’t know, felt like I wasn’t myself. Yeah, I just had to — you know, I want to be in this situation more and more, so I had to really look into it myself and just keep my head down really and try and hit one shot at a time. It’s a long day, so you can’t get ahead of yourself, and you’ve just got to hit one shot at a time and keep trusting your game.”
Lee entered Sunday with a four-shot lead over Alejandro Tosti and a five-shot lead over Scheffler, but closing out a tournament is rarely easy on the PGA Tour, regardless of the cushion.
Lee struggled with a shaky driver Sunday at Memorial Park but was able to hold off a hard-charging Scheffler and Gary Woodland to claim his first career PGA Tour win.
Below you will find the complete payout breakdown for the Texas Children’s Houston Open. You can view the final leaderboard here.
2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open money: How much every player made
(Editor’s note: Payouts will be updated when the tournament concludes.)
1. Min Woo Lee, $1,710,000
T2. Scottie Scheffler, $845,500
Gary Woodland, $845,500
4. Sami Valimaki, $465,500
T5. Rory McIlroy, $337,843
Wyndham Clark, $337,843
Taylor Pendrith, $337,843
Alejandro Tosti, $337,843
9. Ryan Gerard, $277,875
10. Mackenzie Hughes, $258,875
T11. Lee Hodges $211,375
Rico Hoey, $211,375
Stephan Jaeger, $211,375
Isaiah Salinda, $211,375
T15. Eric Cole, $163,875
Hayden Springer, $163,875
Ryan Fox, $163,875
T18. Joel Dahmen, $108,986
Keith Mitchell, $108,986
Sam Stevens, $108,986
Chris Gotterup, $108,986
Harry Hall, $108,986
Harris English, $108,986
Victor Perez, $108,986
Ben Griffin, $108,986
Kevin Yu, $108,986
T27. Jason Day, $67,925
Nate Lashley, $67,925
Davis Thompson, $67,925
Jake Knapp, $67,925
Jesper Svensson, $67,925
T32. Michael Kim, $51,910
Tony Finau, $51,910
Rasmus Hojgaard, $51,910
Chandler Phillips, $51,910
Maverick McNealy, $51,910
Charles Reiter, $51,910
Nico Echavarria, $51,910
T39. Michael Thorbjornsen, $36,575
Chan Kim, $36,575
Adam Hadwin, $36,575
Taylor Dickson, $36,575
Mac Meissner, $36,575
Kurt Kitayama, $36,575
Trey Mullinax, $36,575
Matteo Manassero, $36,575
T47. Thomas Detry, $25,593
Emilliano Grillo, $25,593
Chad Ramey, $25,593
William Mouw, $25,593
Ryo Hisatsune, $25,593
T52. Patrick Rodgers, $22,301
Matt McCarty, $22,301
Jackson Suber, $22,301
Rickie Fowler, $22,301
Davis Riley, $22,301
Pierceson Coody, $22,301
David Skinns, $22,301
Trevor Cone, $22,301
60. Sungjae Im, $21,375
T61. Sam Ryder, $20,995
Mason Andersen, $20,995
Matthew Riedel, $20,995
T64. Charley Hoffman, $20,425
Antoine Rozner, $20,425
Phillip Knowles, $20,425
T67. Sahith Theegala, $19,950
Adam Svensson, $19, 950
69. John Pak, $19,665
