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.
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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