The Texas Children’s Houston Open, currently underway, makes headlines with its happenings and stands as a key event in the PGA Tour. Set at the Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas, this tournament gathers golf professionals from around the world, competing for a significant prize pool of $9,100,000.
Focusing on the leaderboard, two players are marking their territory at the top. Players Wilson Furr and Taylor Moore, both from the USA, share the lead with a total score of -6. Right behind them, at position T3, are Davis Riley, Joe Highsmith, and Scottie Scheffler, all three from the USA and each with a total score of -5.
Texas Children’s Houston Open: The PGA Tour round 1 highlights
About the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the largest American professional golf tour. There are 36 tournaments on the tour’s schedule this season. The tournaments mainly take place in the USA, but there are also some international venues over the course of the season. The signature events introduced in 2023 offer higher prize money and a smaller field of participants. There will be a total of eight of these events in the 2024 season. The four Majors and the Players Championship are also part of the PGA Tour. At the end of the tours season, the 70 best players in the FedEx Cup season rankings will play in a three-tournament play-off for overall tour victory and an extra 18 million dollars in prize money.