Houston Open 2025 LIVE: Tee times, leaderboard, prize money and how to follow as McIlroy and Scheffler clash
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler headline the field for the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open as they continue their preparations for The Masters. With the first major of the year is just around the corner, the PGA Tour heads to Texas this week for another exciting event. McIlroy and Scheffler headline the field for the 2025 Houston OpenGetty McIlroy and Scheffler are both be in action as are the likes of Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Jason Day and Min Woo Lee. Germany’s Stephan Jager won the Houston Open last year, holding off a host of players including Scheffler to claim victory by one stroke. Scheffler has made a good start to this year’s event and sits two shots off the leaders after round one. Houston Open: Date and how to follow The 2025 Houston Open begins on Thursday, March 27 and will run for four rounds until Sunday, March 30. It is being held at Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course in Houston. The course, which is open to the public to play for just $30, is a par 70 and measures 7,475 yards in length. The action will get up and running at 12:20pm UK time over the opening two days and at 2pm over the weekend. talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage from Texas throughout the week. To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream. Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts. The event will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports, with coverage beginning at 12:30pm UK time on Thursday. Scheffler will return to Augusta as defending champion soonGetty Houston Open: Field and tee times The field for this event is be made up of 154 players in total before Friday’s cut. As mentioned, the top two players in the world, McIlroy and Scheffler, are in action. Clark, Theegala, Maverick McNealy, Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and JJ Spaun are the other top-rated players teeing it up. The full field, tee times and groupings for the opening two rounds can be found here. The latest leaderboard from Texas can be found here. The total purse for the tournament is $9.5million with the winner earning $1.7m. McIlroy has enjoyed a brilliant year alreadyGetty Houston Open: What has been said? McIlroy won The Players Championship earlier this month, easing past Spaun in a three-hole Monday play-off finish. It sets him up perfectly for The Masters as he strives to finally win a green jacket and complete the career grand slam. Following his win at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy admitted he wanted to play one more event before heading back to Augusta. He said: “I think three weeks going in, it’s a little too much, so I’ll play one of the events in Texas, whether it’s Houston or San Antonio, I’m sure.” This will be McIlroy’s first appearance at the Houston Open since 2014 and his first time playing competitively at Memorial Park. The 35-year-old, who also won at Pebble Beach in February, will have a week off before The Masters gets underway on Thursday, April 10.

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler headline the field for the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open as they continue their preparations for The Masters.
With the first major of the year is just around the corner, the PGA Tour heads to Texas this week for another exciting event.
McIlroy and Scheffler are both be in action as are the likes of Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Jason Day and Min Woo Lee.
Germany’s Stephan Jager won the Houston Open last year, holding off a host of players including Scheffler to claim victory by one stroke.
Scheffler has made a good start to this year’s event and sits two shots off the leaders after round one.
Houston Open: Date and how to follow
The 2025 Houston Open begins on Thursday, March 27 and will run for four rounds until Sunday, March 30.
It is being held at Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course in Houston.
The course, which is open to the public to play for just $30, is a par 70 and measures 7,475 yards in length.
The action will get up and running at 12:20pm UK time over the opening two days and at 2pm over the weekend.
talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage from Texas throughout the week.
To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts.
The event will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports, with coverage beginning at 12:30pm UK time on Thursday.
Houston Open: Field and tee times
The field for this event is be made up of 154 players in total before Friday’s cut.
As mentioned, the top two players in the world, McIlroy and Scheffler, are in action.
Clark, Theegala, Maverick McNealy, Sungjae Im, Aaron Rai and JJ Spaun are the other top-rated players teeing it up.
The full field, tee times and groupings for the opening two rounds can be found here.
The latest leaderboard from Texas can be found here.
The total purse for the tournament is $9.5million with the winner earning $1.7m.
Houston Open: What has been said?
McIlroy won The Players Championship earlier this month, easing past Spaun in a three-hole Monday play-off finish.
It sets him up perfectly for The Masters as he strives to finally win a green jacket and complete the career grand slam.
Following his win at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy admitted he wanted to play one more event before heading back to Augusta.
He said: “I think three weeks going in, it’s a little too much, so I’ll play one of the events in Texas, whether it’s Houston or San Antonio, I’m sure.”
This will be McIlroy’s first appearance at the Houston Open since 2014 and his first time playing competitively at Memorial Park.
The 35-year-old, who also won at Pebble Beach in February, will have a week off before The Masters gets underway on Thursday, April 10.