Min Woo Lee ($9,600; 139 FPTS) had played in 55 PGA Tour events entering the Texas Children’s Houston Open. He is now off the schneid, as he finished -20 for the tournament and beat the field by one stroke.
He shot a 66 on Thursday then a 64 a Friday. Lee took control of the tournament with a 63 on Saturday, tied for the lowest round of the day. And he would need all those strokes because he shot a 67 on Sunday.
It was fairly uneventful round with two birdies on the front nine, then two birdies and a bogey on the back nine.
In the $700K Pitch + Putt tournament, Lee was rostered on 11.74% of teams, the 14th-most.
Scottie Scheffler ($12,700; 123.5 FPTS) was the favorite to win it all heading into the weekend, but he finished one stroke behind Lee. Scheffler was the most-rostered golfer at 34.71%. His final round was unblemished, with two birdies on the front nine and five birdies on the back nine, which included a four-birdie streak on Holes 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Rory McIlroy ($11,700; 106 FPTS) was rostered on 31.17% of teams, the only other golfer other than Scheffler above 30%. McIlroy finished five strokes behind Lee. McIlroy started Sunday with a bogey and ended Sunday with a bogey. In between, he had three birdies and an eagle on the front nine, then three more birdies on the back nine.
