The 2026 Texas Children's Houston Open is the 4th PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.
The Houston-area tournament is an open event and allocates two spots in the 133-player tournament field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features a $9.9 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 2026 Texas Children's Houston Open, the South Texas section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played on March 23, 2026, at Westwood Golf Club in Houston, Texas, and the field of 55 players was finalized on March 20.
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 2026 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.
2026 Texas Children's Houston Open Monday qualifier field
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| Cody Banach |
| Pryce Beshoory |
| Beau Breault |
| Finn Burkholder |
| Steven Cabanday |
| David Carey |
| Steven Chervony |
| Brian Choe |
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| Austin Cook |
| Charlie Crockett |
| Roberto Diaz |
| Jesse Droemer |
| Jason Dufner |
| Brian Dwyer |
| Dan Erickson |
| Clay Feagler |
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| Nick Hardy |
| Rex Hargrove |
| Harry Higgs |
| Joshua Husband |
| Jackson Hymer |
| Christian Jalomo |
| Sunghoon Kang |
| Clayton King |
| Walker Lee |
| Luke List |
| Griffen Locke |
| Hunter Logan |
| Justin Lower |
| Caleb Lumpkin |
| Callum Mc |
| David Meyers |
| Michael Milstead |
| William Moll |
| Taylor Moore |
| Cooper New |
| Jeremy Paul |
| Grayson Petru |
| Jacob Rains |
| Jack Randle |
| Sam Ryder |
| Roger Sloan |
| Preston Stanley |
| Shawn Stefani |
| Robert Streb |
| Jackson Suber |
| Tayler Termeer |
| Levi Valadez |
| Asher Vargas |
| Johannes Veerman |
| Travis Vick |
| Matthew Watkins |
| Nick Watney |
| Austin Wylie |
| Kuan Zhou |
