“Let him cook” is one of the catch phrases fans of Min Woo Lee like to repeat. The 26-year-old Aussie has developed quite the following on social media, thanks in part to his gregarious personality, not to mention his impressively powerful swing. He averages 315.8 yards off the tee this year, third best in 2025 and impressive for a man who weighs a mere 165 pounds.
That power was on display all week at Memorial Park, where Lee once held a five-shot lead in the final round, but held on to win the Texas Children’s Houston Open by one shot for his first PGA Tour title in his 56th start. Scottie Scheffler and Gary Woodland tied for second place. Lee took home $1.71 million from the overall $9.5 million purse. Scheffler and Woodland both earned $845,500.
A comfortable lead turned dicey when Lee hit his tee shot into the water on the par-5 16th hole. It resulted in bogey as Scheffler, playing in the group ahead, made birdie. After Lee finished the hole the lead was only one. But he calmly parred the last two holes, including an impressive up and down on the 18th hole, to capture the goods.
Scheffler, the World No. 1 and Rory McIlroy, World No. 2, will both take the week off before heading to Augusta National for the Masters the following week. Scheffler is the defending Masters champion. McIlroy shot 65-64 on the weekend to tie for fifth place in this, his first start since his victory at the Players Championship.
Here’s the prize money payouts for each golfer who made the cut this week.
Win: Min Woo Lee, -20/260, $1,710,000
Here’s every driver used by a winner on the PGA Tour in the 2024 season
T-2: Gary Woodland, -19/261, $845,500
T-2: Scottie Scheffler, -19/261, $845,500
4: Sami Valimaki, -17/263, $465,500
T-5: Wyndham Clark, -15/265, $337,843.75
T-5: Taylor Pendrith, -15/265, $337,843.75
T-5: Rory McIlroy, -15/265, $337,843.75
T-5: Alejandro Tosti, -15/265, $337,843.75
9: Ryan Gerard, -14/266, $277,875
10: Mackenzie Hughes, -13/267, $258,875
T-11: Lee Hodges, -12/268, $211,375
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A significant renovation was completed by Tom Doak (in collaboration with Brooks Koepka) to transform the old municipal course at Memorial Park—which hosted the first Houston Open in 1947 and then again from 1951 through 1965—into a layout worthy of being a PGA Tour venue. Originally built in 1912 at a hospital near Camp Logan for recovering soldiers to use, architect John Bredemus redesigned the course in 1935 and added a second nine. Now with signature Doak green complexes and tour-level conditioning, Memorial Park is once again a must-play in the state and averages 60,000 rounds a year.
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T-11: Rico Hoey, -12/268, $211,375
T-11: Stephan Jaeger, -12/268, $211,375
T-11: Isaiah Salinda, -12/268, $211,375
T-15: Eric Cole, -11/269, $163,875
T-15: Hayden Springer, -11/269, $163,875
T-15: Ryan Fox, -11/269, $163,875
T-18: Joel Dahmen, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Chris Gotterup, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Sam Stevens, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Harry Hall, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Harris English, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Victor Perez, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Ben Griffin, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Kevin Yu, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-18: Keith Mitchell, -10/270, $108,986.11
T-27: Jason Day, -9/273, $67,925
T-27: Nate Lashley, -9/273, $67,925
T-27: Davis Thompson, -9/273, $67,925
T-27: Jake Knapp, -9/273, $67,925
T-27: Jesper Svensson, -9/273, $67,925
T-32: Michael Kim, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Rasmus Hojgaard, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Chandler Phillips, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Tony Finau, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Charles Reiter, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Maverick McNealy, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-32: Nico Echavarria, -8/272, $51,910.71
T-39: Michael Thorbjornsen, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Mac Meissner, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Adam Hadwin, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Taylor Dickson, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Matteo Manassero, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Kurt Kitayama, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Chan Kim, -7/273, $36,575
T-39: Trey Mullinax, -7/273, $36,575
T-47: Emiliano Grillo, -6/274, $25,593
T-47: Thomas Detry, -6/274, $25,593
T-47: Ryo Hisatsune, -6/274, $25,593
T-47: William Mouw, -6/274, $25,593
T-47: Chad Ramey, -6/274, $25,593
T-52: Patrick Rodgers, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Matt McCarty, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Jackson Suber, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Rickie Fowler, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Pierceson Coody, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Davis Riley, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: David Skinns, -5/275, $22,301.25
T-52: Trevor Cone, -5/275, $22,301.25
60: Singjae Im, -4/276, $21,375
T-61: Mason Andersen, -3/277, $21,090
T-61: Sam Ryder, -3/277, $21,090
T-61: Matthew Riedel, -3/277, $21,090
T-64: Charley Hoffman, -2/278, $20,425
T-64: Philip Knowles, -2/278, $20,425
T-64: Antoine Rozner, -2/278, $20,425
T-67: Adam Svensson, -1/279, $19,950
T-67: Sahith Theegala, -1/279, $19,950
69: John Pak, E/280, $19,665
