The 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open is the seventh PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.
The first tournament in the Texas Swing is an an open event and allocates four spots in the field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features an $9.1 million purse, is played Thursday through Sunday.
Monday qualifiers are tournaments held on Mondays (although a rare few are not), and they feature a field of typically around 80 players that are looking to get into that week's PGA Tour event. The tournaments are 18-hole affairs typically put on by the local PGA of America section nearest to the tournament host. Eligibility is not limited to professionals, as amateurs with a USGA handicap index under 2.0 may play as well.
For the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open, the South Texas section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played March 18, 2024, at Westwood Golf Club in Houston, Texas, and the field of 90 players was finalized on March 23 at 5 p.m. local time.
Before the Monday qualifier, there were pre-qualifiers, which is common. This tournament creates a pathway to the Monday qualifier for players who have limited or no status with the PGA Tour and, frankly, raises entry fees.
For this Monday qualifier, the field is filled with players with limited PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour status.
The top four finishers from the Monday qualifier will gain entry to the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open. The last Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners, who won the 2019 Valero Texas Open after Monday qualifying.
2024 Texas Children's Houston Open Monday qualifier field
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| Matt Atkins |
| Michael Balcar |
| Cody Banach |
| Zach Bauchou |
| Michael Bradham |
| Finn Burkholder |
| Yi Cao |
| Frankie Capan |
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| Luis Carrera |
| Derek Chang |
| Steven Chervony |
| Austen Christiansen |
| Austin Cook |
| Ben Crane |
| Quade Cummins |
| MJ Daffue |
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| Leonardo Di |
| Roberto Diaz |
| Cooper Dossey |
| Austin Fox |
| Tyler Fox |
| Dylan Frittelli |
| Taylor Funk |
| Brayden Garrison |
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| Ryan Gerard |
| Rhein Gibson |
| Emilio Gonzalez |
| Cody Gribble |
| Paul Haley II |
| Ryan Hall |
| Scott Harrington |
| JJ Henry |
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| Harry Higgs |
| Kyle Hogan |
| Theo Humphrey |
| Jared Jones |
| Jeffrey Kang |
| Sunghoon Kang |
| Charles Kim |
| Russell Knox |
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| Kelly Kraft |
| Richard Lamb |
| Andrew Landry |
| David Lee |
| Walker Lee |
| KK Limbhasut |
| Yuxin Lin |
| Adam Long |
| Jackson Markham |
| Len Mattiace |
| Christian McAllister |
| Logan McAllister |
| Callum McNeill |
| Mitchell Meissner |
| Sam Murphy |
| Christian Muscarello |
| Chris Nido |
| Seung Yuh Noh |
| Sean O’Hair |
| Derek Oland |
| Ryan Polzin |
| Tyson Reeder |
| Kyle Reifers |
| Thomas Rosenmueller |
| Sam Saunders |
| Alex Schaake |
| Lucas Scherf |
| Chad Sewell |
| Austin Smotherman |
| Kevin Stadler |
| Kyle Stanley |
| Preston Stanley |
| Robert Streb |
| Jackson Suber |
| Finigan Tilly |
| Kevin Tway |
| Dawie Van der Walt |
| Bo Van Pelt |
| Nick Watney |
| Benton Weinberg |
| Patrick Welch |
| Kyle Westmoreland |
| Ben Willman |
| Holden Wisener |
| Austin Wylie |
| Charlie Wylie |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| Greg Yellin |
| Jonathan Yoshihiro |
| Xinjun Zhang |
