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2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Friday tee times, TV and streaming info

Everything you need to know for the second round in Houston.

After a pair of stops in Bermuda and Mexico over the last two weeks, the PGA Tour is back in the United States, deep in the heart of Texas.

Aaron Wise continues his run of good form, posting a 5-under 65 on Thursday. Alex Noren, who also played in the morning wave, signed for the same score. Both players, however, weren’t entirely happy with their opening rounds.

Tony Finau and Tyson Alexander are also at 5 under, however, Alexander will finish his round Friday morning after play was called due to darkness.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round action from Houston. All times listed are ET.

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Tee times

1st tee

Tee time	Players
7:40 a.m.	Michael Kim, John Huh, Wyndham Clark
7:51 a.m.	Dylan Frittelli, David Lingmerth, Mark Hubbard
8:02 a.m.	Brendan Steele, Lee Hodges, Callum Tarren
8:13 a.m.	Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Harris English
8:24 a.m.	Mackenzie Hughes, Tony Finau, Joel Dahmen
8:35 a.m.	Jason Dufner, Emiliano Grillo, Nick Watney
8:46 a.m.	Charley Hoffman, Taylor Moore, Aaron Rai
8:57 a.m.	Adam Hadwin, James Hahn, Justin Suh
9:08 a.m.	Ben Griffin, Kyle Westmoreland, Cole Hammer
9:19 a.m.	Dean Burmester, Paul Haley II, Zack Fischer
9:30 a.m.	Joseph Bramlett, Ben Taylor, Ben Kern
12:25 p.m.	Austin Cook, Jimmy Walker, Ben Martin
12:36 p.m.	Peter Malnati, Danny Lee, Alex Noren
12:47 p.m.	Seung-Yul Noh, Beau Hossler, Austin Smotherman
12:58 p.m.	Jim Herman, Nick Taylor, Justin Rose
1:09 p.m.	Luke List, Richy Werenski, Zach Johnson
1:20 p.m.	Trey Mullinax, Robert Streb, Aaron Wise
1:31 p.m.	Ryan Armour, Adam Schenk, Justin Lower
1:42 p.m.	Russell Knox, Chesson Hadley, Byeong Hun An
1:53 p.m.	Robby Shelton, Harry Hall, Trevor Werbylo
2:04 p.m.	MJ Daffue, Nico Echavarria, Sean Jacklin
2:15 p.m.	Brandon Matthews, Brent Grant, Johannes Veerman

10th tee

Tee time	Players
7:40 a.m.	Maverick McNealy, Zac Blair, Stephan Jaeger
7:51 a.m.	Kevin Tway, Scott Piercy, Patrick Rodgers
8:02 a.m.	Matthew NeSmith, Davis Riley, Max McGreevy
8:13 a.m.	Chad Ramey, Garrick Higgo, Stewart Cink
8:24 a.m.	Ryan Brehm, Cameron Champ, Gary Woodland
8:35 a.m.	Si Woo Kim, Martin Laird, Keith Mitchell
8:46 a.m.	Andrew Putnam, Taylor Pendrith, Brandon Wu
8:57 a.m.	Kramer Hickok, Alex Smalley, Matthias Schwab
9:08 a.m.	Tano Goya, Tyson Alexander, Carl Yuan
9:19 a.m.	Davis Thompson, Kevin Roy, Walker Lee
9:30 a.m.	Eric Cole, Augusto Núñez, Lukas Euler
12:25 p.m.	Ryan Palmer, C.T. Pan, Chris Stroud
12:36 p.m.	Kelly Kraft, Matt Wallace, Adam Svensson
12:47 p.m.	Danny Willett, Doc Redman, Sahith Theegala
12:58 p.m.	Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler, Taylor Montgomery
1:09 p.m.	Hideki Matsuyama, Sebastián Muñoz, Jason Day
1:20 p.m.	Erik van Rooyen, Tyler Duncan, Francesco Molinari
1:31 p.m.	Adam Long, Henrik Norlander, David Lipsky
1:42 p.m.	Kevin Streelman, Denny McCarthy, S.H. Kim
1:53 p.m.	Will Gordon, Michael Gligic, Philip Knowles
2:04 p.m.	Austin Eckroat, Zecheng Dou, Carson Young
2:15 p.m.	Scott Harrington, Erik Barnes, Travis Vick (a)

How to watch

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Friday, Nov. 11

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Siruis XM: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 13

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Siruis XM: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

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Co-leaders Aaron Wise, Alex Noren far from content after first round at 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open

Both Noren and Wise have plenty they want to improve on after the first round.

HOUSTON – Based off Aaron Wise’s attitude following his opening 18 holes, one would’ve thought he performed poorly during the first round of the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open.

He was less than enthralled after his round at Memorial Park Golf Course on Thursday, which was a brilliant bogey-free 5-under 65 to take the lead following the morning wave. Wise, whose lone PGA Tour win came in the state of Texas at the AT&T Byron Nelson in 2017, is tied with Alex Noren, Tony Finau and Tyson Alexander at the top.

“I’ve just been in a weird place with my game where I’m obviously playing well enough to shoot good scores, but there’s just a couple shots a round that are frustrating me,” Wise said. “Maybe it’s also just because it’s late in the season and I played too much golf, and that’s just kind of how golf gets.

“I have time to go clean some stuff up before the round tomorrow and hopefully play a little more solid, even though I would take the score again if you would give it to me.”

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The first round was suspended because of darkness at 5:36 p.m. local time. The groups who didn’t finish will complete their rounds early Friday morning.

The highlight for Wise came on holes No. 3-6, when he recorded four straight birdies to move to 5 under. He started on No. 10, making seven pars before a birdie on the par-3 17th.

“I had a couple great saves to shoot bogey-free,” Wise said. “Sometimes you shoot bogey-free and you hit 18 greens, and it was just an easy round. Today, it was bogey-free on the card, but it didn’t feel stress-free.”

For Noren, his round started and ended the same way: with a birdie. He also started on the 10th hole, where he stuffed his approach shot inside six feet for a circle on the scorecard. He then had four birdies in five holes to begin his second nine after a bogey on the first, and Noren capitalized his day with a great tee shot on the par-3 ninth, drilling an eight-foot birdie to get to 5 under.

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open — Alex Noren lines up a putt on the 13th green during the first round of the Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course on November 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Noren, who has 11 international victories but none on the PGA Tour, also wasn’t feeling his best coming into the week.

“A little bit nervous coming into today,” Noren said. “Didn’t feel great in practice but found something and got the irons a lot better. So yeah, good.”

Finau teed off in the afternoon wave, and he did most of his damage on his final nine holes. He had five birdies on the front nine, but the exclamation point came on the par-3 ninth, when he sank a 35-foot, 5-inch putt for birdie to tie Noren and Wise.

Coming off a missed cut in his first event of the fall slate last week, the closing birdie was a great finish to Finau’s first round.

“I know I played well just to put myself near the top of the leaderboard. and it’s kind of just icing on the cake on a day that’s hard fought and well played,” Finau said.

Alexander is a part of the group tied for the lead, though he hasn’t finished his first round. He will start from the rough left of the 18th fairway with a 197-yard shot left for his second on the par-4 closing hole.

The group on top has a one-shot lead over David Lipsky and seven others, including Mackenzie Hughes, who won earlier this season at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Lipsky had five birdies and no bogeys to go out in 30, but he proceeded to bogey the 10th hole before making eight straight pars to finish his round. He also hasn’t won on Tour.

“Took advantage of the birdie holes on the front nine and hung in there pretty well on the back nine,” Lipsky said. “I think there was a stretch where I missed like three greens in a row, got them all up and down.”

There’s a large group at 3 under, including Justin Rose and Zecheng Dou, who finished on top of the Korn Ferry Tour standings to earn his PGA Tour card this summer.

Scottie Scheffler, the No. 2 golfer in the world and favorite coming in, birdied three of his final eight holes to finish at even-par 70. Amateur Travis Vick, a senior at Texas who missed the cut last week in Mexico, shot 2-under 68 and is T-21.

However, the packed leaderboard is chasing Finau, Noren and Wise. And on a course where the winning 72-hole scores have been 13 under and 10 under since returning to Memorial Park, getting off to a fast start is pivotal for success come the weekend.

“I’m anxious to get that next win,” Wise said. “I got one, but it feels like forever ago now. It’s one of those things where you’ve just got to stay patient. Like, I can’t control if I’m going to go out and win this tournament, right? I can only control how good a shot I’m going to hit, how good a putt I’m going to hit. So I’m just going to focus on that and then at the end of the week just tally them up and see where it ends up.”

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Photos: 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course

Here are some of the best photos from the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open.

The PGA Tour’s 2022-23 fall slate is quickly coming to its conclusion, and this week in Houston is the penultimate event where players can earn FedEx Cup points.

Memorial Park Golf Course is the host for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open. It’s playing as a par-70 layout measuring at 7,412 yards. The winner will earn $1.512 million.

Last year, Scottie Scheffler finished tied for second, and he’s the highest-ranked player in the field. Fellow United States Presidents Cuppers Sam Burns and Tony Finau are also playing, along with Hideki Matsuyama, Sepp Straka, last week’s winner Russell Henley and more.

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Here are some of the best photos from the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open:

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Sahith Theegala says PGA Tour will never lack superstar power, even with LIV Golf taking away some top talent

“There’s never going to be a lack of superstar power on the Tour.”

HOUSTON – Sahith Theegala isn’t afraid to be honest.

Ahead of the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course, Theegala, who lives in The Woodlands, Texas, was asked about whether the upstart LIV Golf affected him.

“I think no matter what everyone feels about either tour, whatever opinions they have or thoughts they have, I think it affects everyone, whether they want to admit it or not,” Theegala said.

As the PGA Tour’s fall season begins to wind down (there’s only two events left offering FedEx Cup points until 2023), talk hasn’t subsided about the LIV Golf Series, as its season ended two weeks ago in Miami. Next year, LIV will return and be more prominent, moving to 14 events from eight, and rumors swirl about the next players from the Tour who may make the jump.

Theegala has long pledged his allegiance to the PGA Tour, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t had conversations with those who now play for LIV. The Houston Open’s defending champion, Jason Kokrak, plays for the Greg Norman-led circuit.

However, Theegala doesn’t have an issue with players who have left the Tour, but he understands it has taken away all of the world’s best players playing at once.

“Like, we all want to play with Cam (Smith) and DJ and those guys that are some of the best players in the world and there’s no denying that,” Theegala said. “It’s unfortunate that the talent pool’s split a little bit.”

However, that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world for the PGA Tour. Even if the Houston Open is missing some names who would have likely been here this week if they were eligible to play, like Houston resident Patrick Reed among others, Theegala said it gives someone else a tee time who is ready for the spotlight.

“There’s more opportunity than ever,” Theegala said. “There’s just too many good golfers, especially in this day and age, that the next guy up is going to go ahead and fill that spot. And a guy that maybe hasn’t had a chance to be that superstar is going to step up into that role.

“There’s just too many golfers, too many good golfers. There’s never going to be a lack of superstar power on the Tour.”

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A year after runner-up finish, Scottie Scheffler returns to Houston Open in completely different career spot

“Maybe it was because of football season, who knows.”

HOUSTON – Scottie Scheffler acknowledged last season was the first time he had ever really played well in the fall. Even going back to his college days at Texas, he had never been able to find comfort when playing in the early part of the season.

“Maybe it was because of football season, who knows,” Scheffler said.

Nevertheless, that all changed for the second-ranked golfer in the world at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba last year, when he placed fourth. The following week at the Houston Open, he tied for second, with the round of the week coming on Friday when he fired an 8-under 62.

He held the lead heading to Sunday, but Jason Kokrak shot 5 under in the final round to beat Scheffler by two. However, five starts later, Scheffler won for the first time in his career, and the rest is history.

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He won the PGA Tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award as Player of the Year. He won four times, including the Masters, and finished runner-up at the 2022 Tour Championship to Rory McIlroy.

Now, Scheffler returns to Houston for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course, where he tees off at 8:13 a.m. ET Thursday, with an entirely different perspective than from a year ago.

“Last year was really the first time where I did (play well), and it was nice going into the offseason feeling very comfortable where my game was at,” Scheffler said. “I was able to just fine-tune things instead of really feeling like I had to work on a ton of stuff. I just played really well.”

Scheffler comes into the 2022 Houston Open as the favorite, and for good reason. Although he has gone through struggles recently, especially with his putting, Scheffler fired a final-round 9-under 62 in Mayakoba last week to finish T-3. Those struggles, which included losing a lead in the final round of the Tour Championship and going 0-3-1 in the Presidents Cup, culminated in him tinkering with his equipment.

Before the CJ Cup in South Carolina, he switched putters. He finished at 1 under for the week in a tie for 45th, but he lost his top spot in the world rankings to McIlroy.

After the first two rounds last week in Mexico, Scheffler again decided to make a putting change back to his old flat stick.

“I’m always working and trying things,” Scheffler said. “I’ve always been a guy that makes little changes at a time. I switched putters at the CJ Cup. I was hitting a lot of good putts, the ball just wasn’t going in the hole, and it was more of the same at the beginning of the week last week. So after Friday’s round, I was like, ‘Well, let me see if it’s me or it’s the putter.’

“I went back to my old putter, something I’m comfortable with, and I putted pretty good over the weekend, so using it again this week. Seemed like the little bit of an experiment failed.”

Scheffler ranks second on Tour this season in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee but is 190th (of 206) in putting. If he indeed found his stroke last week in Mexico, the Houston Open could be a springboard to another great year.

It’s safe to say Scheffler likes playing in Texas. A Dallas native, he finished tied for second (Houston Open), first (WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play) and lost in a playoff (Charles Schwab Challenge) in three starts in the state last season.

There has been plenty of change in Scheffler’s life since this time last year, but he remains a golfer in pursuit of perfection.

“Last week was really solid golf, and it definitely gives me a good bit of confidence,” Scheffler said. “I’m working on a lot of the same stuff I was last year about this time, and so hopefully it will continue to pay off.”

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Photos: Blue, orange and white galore highlights best merchandise from the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open

Astros fans, you’re in luck.

HOUSTON – It’s safe to say sports fans in the Houston area have been treated to a special couple weeks.

Last week, the Houston Texans hosted a primetime football game. This week, the PGA Tour makes its first of five Texas stops during the 2022-23 season at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course.

Oh, yeah. And the Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series on Saturday. That’s a pretty big deal.

There’s no shortage of blue, orange and white roaming the grounds of the PGA Tour’s eighth stop of the fall slate. And those colors are scattered everywhere throughout the merchandise tent, too.

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Here’s a look at some of the best merchandise from the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open.

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Check the yardage book: Memorial Park Golf Course for the PGA Tour’s 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open

See hole-by-hole maps of the popular Houston municipal course that was renovated by Tom Doak in 2019.

Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, site of this week’s Cadence Bank Houston Open on the PGA Tour, originally was designed by John Bredemus and opened in 1936 on the site of a former nine-holer. After decades of neglect it was renovated by Tom Doak in 2019.

Since that $34-million renovation funded through a foundation headed by Houston Astros owner Jim Crane, the Tour returned in 2020. The popular municipal course also has climbed to No. 15 in Texas on Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access courses. It will play to 7,412 yards with a par of 70 for the Cadence Bank Houston Open.

Thanks to yardage books provided by StrackaLine – the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world – we can see exactly the challenges the players face this week. Check out the maps of each hole below.

2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open Thursday tee times, TV and streaming info

Everything you need to know for Thursday’s first round in Houston.

After a pair of stops in Bermuda and Mexico over the last two weeks, the PGA Tour is back in the United States, deep in the heart of Texas.

Memorial Park Golf Course plays host to the Tour’s newly-named 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open this week, where three of the top-15 players in the world, including No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, will compete for the $8.4 million purse and top-prize of $1.512 million. The event will be without defending champion Jason Kokrak, who has moved on to LIV Golf.

A municipal golf course who hosted a PGA Tour event for the first time since 1963 back in 2020, Memorial Park will play to a par 70 at 7,412 yards.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the first round action from Houston. All times listed are ET.

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Tee times

1st tee

Tee time	Players
7:40 a.m.	Ryan Palmer, Anders Albertson, Chris Stroud
7:51 a.m.	Kelly Kraft, Matt Wallace, Adam Svensson
8:02 a.m.	Danny Willett, Doc Redman, Sahith Theegala
8:13 a.m.	Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler, Taylor Montgomery
8:24 a.m.	Hideki Matsuyama, Sebastián Muñoz, Jason Day
8:35 a.m.	Erik van Rooyen, Tyler Duncan, Francesco Molinari
8:46 a.m.	Adam Long, Henrik Norlander, David Lipsky
8:57 a.m.	Kevin Streelman, Denny McCarthy, S.H. Kim
9:08 a.m.	Will Gordon, Michael Gligic, Philip Knowles
9:19 a.m.	Austin Eckroat, Zecheng Dou, Carson Young
9:30 a.m.	Scott Harrington, Erik Barnes, Travis Vick (a)
12:25 p.m.	Maverick McNealy, Zac Blair, Stephan Jaeger
12:36 p.m.	Kevin Tway, Scott Piercy, Patrick Rodgers
12:47 p.m.	Matthew NeSmith, Davis Riley, Max McGreevy
12:58 p.m.	Chad Ramey, Garrick Higgo, Stewart Cink
1:09 p.m.	Ryan Brehm, Cameron Champ, Gary Woodland
1:20 p.m.	Si Woo Kim, Martin Laird, Keith Mitchell
1:31 p.m.	Andrew Putnam, Taylor Pendrith, Brandon Wu
1:42 p.m.	Kramer Hickok, Alex Smalley, Matthias Schwab
1:53 p.m.	Tano Goya, Tyson Alexander, Carl Yuan
2:04 p.m.	Davis Thompson, Kevin Roy, Walker Lee
2:15 p.m.	Eric Cole, Augusto Núñez, Lukas Euler

10th tee

Tee time	Players
7:40 a.m.	Austin Cook, Jimmy Walker, Ben Martin
7:51 a.m.	Peter Malnati, Danny Lee, Alex Noren
8:02 a.m.	Seung-Yul Noh, Beau Hossler, Austin Smotherman
8:13 a.m.	Jim Herman, Nick Taylor, Justin Rose
8:24 a.m.	Luke List, Richy Werenski, Zach Johnson
8:35 a.m.	Trey Mullinax, Robert Streb, Aaron Wise
8:46 a.m.	Ryan Armour, Adam Schenk, Justin Lower
8:57 a.m.	Russell Knox, Chesson Hadley, Byeong Hun An
9:08 a.m.	Robby Shelton, Harry Hall, Trevor Werbylo
9:19 a.m.	MJ Daffue, Nico Echavarria, Sean Jacklin
9:30 a.m.	Brandon Matthews, Brent Grant, Johannes Veerman
12:25 p.m.	Michael Kim, John Huh, Wyndham Clark
12:36 p.m.	Dylan Frittelli, David Lingmerth, Mark Hubbard
12:47 p.m.	Brendan Steele, Lee Hodges, Callum Tarren
12:58 p.m.	Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Harris English
1:09 p.m.	Mackenzie Hughes, Tony Finau, Joel Dahmen
1:20 p.m.	Jason Dufner, Sam Stevens, Nick Watney
1:31 p.m.	Charley Hoffman, Taylor Moore, Aaron Rai
1:42 p.m.	Adam Hadwin, James Hahn, Justin Suh
1:53 p.m.	Ben Griffin, Kyle Westmoreland, Cole Hammer
2:04 p.m.	Dean Burmester, Paul Haley II, Zack Fischer
2:15 p.m.	Joseph Bramlett, Ben Taylor, Ben Kern

How to watch

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. All times Eastern.

Thursday, Nov. 10

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 11

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Siruis XM: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 13

TV

Golf Channel: 1-4 p.m.

RADIO

Siruis XM: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

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2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open odds, field notes, best bets and picks to win

Sam Burns’ two finishes at Memorial Park: T-7 and T-7.

After a week south of the border, the PGA Tour returns to the states for the Cadence Bank Houston Open in Houston, Texas.

Three of the world’s top 15 players, including No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, are set to tee off Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course. Scheffler, who finished in a tie for third at Mayakoba last Sunday, is the betting favorite at +550. His good buddy Sam Burns is next in line at +1200 before Tony Finau and Aaron Wise come in at +1500.

Last season, LIV Golf’s Jason Kokrak won by two shots over Kevin Tway and Scheffler.

With a win this week, Scheffler would return to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

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Golf course

Memorial Park Golf Course | Par 70 | 7,412 yards

Danny Lee, Russell Henley and Cameron Davis walk up the first fairway during the first round of the Vivint Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course on November 05, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Data Golf Information

Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. Southern Hills Country Club, 2. Silverado Resort and Spa, 3. TPC Scottsdale

Trending (the players’ last three starts): 1. Taylor Montgomery (T-15, T-13, T-10), 2. Aaron Wise (T-64, 6, T-15), 3. Maverick McNealy (T-12, T-18, T-10)

Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Scottie Scheffler (13.3 percent), 2. Tony Finau (6 percent), 3. Aaron Wise (4.4 percent)

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Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, Tony Finau highlight field at 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open

Four players inside the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking are set to tee it up in Houston.

The PGA Tour returns to the United States for the first time in three weeks for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open.

A visit to the Lone Star State means plenty of big names, including four players inside the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Scottie Scheffler, ranked second in the OWGR, headlines the field, along with No. 12 Sam Burns, No. 14 Tony Finau and No. 19 Hideki Matsuyama. Scheffler has had plenty of success in Texas this year, winning the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club and finishing runner-up to Burns in a playoff at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club.

Scheffler closed with a 62 on Sunday, his career-best final-round score and tied for third at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. A solo second-place finish would have elevated him back to the No. 1 spot in the ranking but he came up two strokes short of unseating Rory McIlroy.

Burns, who placed T-7 at the CJ Cup in South Carolina, will make his third start this season. Finau missed the cut in his season debut last week at Mayakoba. Matsuyama has made the cut in his first three starts thus far this season, with his highest finish being T-25 at the Fortinet Championship.

The 13th hole during the second round of the 2020 Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course. (Photo: Thomas Shea/USA TODAY Sports)

This is the first of five events in Texas on the PGA Tour schedule for 2022-23, with the next four slated for 2023. It’s also the second-to-last official PGA Tour event of the calendar year, followed by the RSM Classic in Georgia next week.

Jason Kokrak, who defected for LIV Golf, won the event last year but won’t return. Scheffler finished tied for second with Kevin Tway two shots behind Kokrak.

Cadence Bank Houston Open: PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

The event has been a mainstay on the PGA Tour schedule since the 1940s, and numerous courses have hosted the event. Memorial Park Golf Course will serve as host of the Houston Open, which will play to 7,412 yards and a par-70 layout, for a third year in a row.

From 2007-18, it was the last event before the Masters in April, not including 2013, when it was two weeks before.

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