Houston Open 2018: final leaderboard
Ian Poulter won the 2018 Houston Open at GC of Houston (Humble, Texas), March 29, 2018 to April 1, 2018, finishing -19 (269) after a playoff with Beau Hossler. 144 players; 53 missed the cut.
What statistics matter most at Houston Open?
Off the tee matters more at GC of Houston than at a typical PGA Tour stop: it accounted for 22% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 18% tour-wide (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks, Mar 29, 2010 to Mar 28, 2018), a clear difference.
Off the tee explains 22% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 18% tour-wide, a clear difference (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks).
Putting explains 33% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 31% tour-wide, a small difference (3 editions, 430 golfer-weeks).
Around the green matters less than usual: 13% here vs 15% tour-wide.
| Category | Share of the spread here | Tour-wide | Stands out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | 22% | 18% | Yes |
| Putting | 33% | 31% | No |
| Approach | 33% | 36% | No |
| Around the green | 13% | 15% | No |
Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through March 28, 2018. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.
What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.
Course
| Course | Par | Yardage | Greens | Fairways | Rough | Architect | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC of Houston | 72 | 7,441 | Pennlinks Bentgrass | Bermudagrass | Bermudagrass | Rees Jones and David Toms | 2004 |
The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 208 yards), 10 par 4s (average 430 yards), 4 par 5s (average 580 yards).
Scoring by round
| Round | Players | Field average | Average to par | Low round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 144 | 69.78 | -2.22 | 64 |
| 2 | 143 | 71.03 | -0.97 | 64 |
| 3 | 90 | 71.44 | -0.56 | 65 |
| 4 | 75 | 70.32 | -1.68 | 65 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Poulter | -19 | 73-64-65-67 | 269 | $1,260,000 |
| 2 | Beau Hossler | -19 | 65-68-69-67 | 269 | $756,000 |
| T3 | Emiliano Grillo | -16 | 69-68-67-68 | 272 | $406,000 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | -16 | 68-67-71-66 | 272 | $406,000 |
| 5 | Sam Ryder | -15 | 66-68-71-68 | 273 | $280,000 |
| T6 | Henrik Stenson | -14 | 68-68-69-69 | 274 | $243,250 |
| T6 | Keith Mitchell | -14 | 67-71-67-69 | 274 | $243,250 |
| T8 | Abraham Ancer | -13 | 68-66-72-69 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T8 | Julian Suri | -13 | 66-69-73-67 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T8 | Matt Every | -13 | 67-70-72-66 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T8 | Matt Kuchar | -13 | 68-68-69-70 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T8 | Paul Dunne | -13 | 64-71-69-71 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T8 | Russell Henley | -13 | 69-71-70-65 | 275 | $182,000 |
| T14 | Grayson Murray | -12 | 67-69-72-68 | 276 | $122,500 |
| T14 | Michael Thompson | -12 | 67-71-70-68 | 276 | $122,500 |
| T14 | Nicholas Lindheim | -12 | 68-66-73-69 | 276 | $122,500 |
| T14 | Shane Lowry | -12 | 68-68-71-69 | 276 | $122,500 |
| T18 | Bud Cauley | -11 | 67-69-71-70 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T18 | Charles Howell III | -11 | 71-67-70-69 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T18 | Chesson Hadley | -11 | 68-68-69-72 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T18 | Daniel Berger | -11 | 69-72-68-68 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T18 | Nate Lashley | -11 | 70-69-68-70 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T18 | Robert Garrigus | -11 | 69-69-67-72 | 277 | $88,200 |
| T24 | Bronson Burgoon | -10 | 67-68-75-68 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Jamie Lovemark | -10 | 69-69-71-69 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Luke List | -10 | 68-68-70-72 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Martin Piller | -10 | 68-73-70-67 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Phil Mickelson | -10 | 68-71-72-67 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Scott Piercy | -10 | 68-70-70-70 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Shawn Stefani | -10 | 67-69-70-72 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T24 | Tony Finau | -10 | 70-70-69-69 | 278 | $54,163 |
| T32 | Aaron Wise | -9 | 69-69-71-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Andrew Putnam | -9 | 71-69-69-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | J.B. Holmes | -9 | 73-68-68-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | James Hahn | -9 | 69-67-73-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | John Huh | -9 | 70-67-70-72 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Kevin Tway | -9 | 65-70-69-75 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Lucas Glover | -9 | 65-73-72-69 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Nick Watney | -9 | 71-69-69-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Rob Oppenheim | -9 | 69-72-72-66 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Roberto Díaz | -9 | 68-69-72-70 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T32 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | -9 | 72-68-71-68 | 279 | $34,809 |
| T43 | Ben Crane | -8 | 72-67-72-69 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Brett Stegmaier | -8 | 67-69-74-70 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Denny McCarthy | -8 | 68-73-71-68 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Hunter Mahan | -8 | 71-69-70-70 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Keegan Bradley | -8 | 68-71-70-71 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Kevin Streelman | -8 | 68-72-69-71 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Rickie Fowler | -8 | 66-68-73-73 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Ryan Armour | -8 | 66-70-72-72 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T43 | Troy Merritt | -8 | 69-69-72-70 | 280 | $20,860 |
| T52 | Bobby Gates | -7 | 70-71-70-70 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Byeong Hun An | -7 | 69-72-71-69 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Johnson Wagner | -7 | 71-67-71-72 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Justin Rose | -7 | 68-69-72-72 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Matt Jones | -7 | 70-71-72-68 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Seungsu Han | -7 | 71-70-71-69 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Thomas Pieters | -7 | 69-72-70-70 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T52 | Tyler Duncan | -7 | 68-72-71-70 | 281 | $16,083 |
| T60 | Adam Schenk | -6 | 70-69-73-70 | 282 | $15,190 |
| T60 | Brandon Harkins | -6 | 70-71-70-71 | 282 | $15,190 |
| T60 | Seamus Power | -6 | 67-72-74-69 | 282 | $15,190 |
| T60 | Tom Hoge | -6 | 68-73-68-73 | 282 | $15,190 |
| T64 | Chad Campbell | -5 | 69-71-73-70 | 283 | $14,630 |
| T64 | Danny Lee | -5 | 68-70-70-75 | 283 | $14,630 |
| T64 | Jason Dufner | -5 | 71-67-71-74 | 283 | $14,630 |
| T64 | Sean O'Hair | -5 | 71-68-74-70 | 283 | $14,630 |
| T68 | Dawie van der Walt | -4 | 70-69-69-76 | 284 | $14,210 |
| T68 | Tom Lovelady | -4 | 70-69-70-75 | 284 | $14,210 |
| T70 | Greg Chalmers | -3 | 67-72-65-81 | 285 | $13,930 |
| T70 | Rory Sabbatini | -3 | 69-71-71-74 | 285 | $13,930 |
| T72 | Ernie Els | -2 | 70-71-71-74 | 286 | $13,650 |
| T72 | Sam Saunders | -2 | 70-66-75-75 | 286 | $13,650 |
| 74 | Aaron Baddeley | -1 | 71-68-74-74 | 287 | $13,440 |
| 75 | Ethan Tracy | E | 70-67-73-78 | 288 | $13,300 |
| T76 | Bill Haas | -2 | 68-72-74 | 214 | $12,950 |
| T76 | Joel Dahmen | -2 | 68-71-75 | 214 | $12,950 |
| T76 | Jonathan Byrd | -2 | 69-70-75 | 214 | $12,950 |
| T76 | Scott Brown | -2 | 71-70-73 | 214 | $12,950 |
| T80 | Ben Silverman | -1 | 73-68-74 | 215 | $12,320 |
| T80 | Jason Kokrak | -1 | 67-74-74 | 215 | $12,320 |
| T80 | Kelly Kraft | -1 | 70-71-74 | 215 | $12,320 |
| T80 | Lee Westwood | -1 | 69-70-76 | 215 | $12,320 |
| T80 | Scott Stallings | -1 | 73-68-74 | 215 | $12,320 |
| T85 | Fabián Gómez | E | 68-73-75 | 216 | $11,830 |
| T85 | Richy Werenski | E | 70-71-75 | 216 | $11,830 |
| T87 | Brandt Snedeker | +1 | 67-73-77 | 217 | $11,550 |
| T87 | Jhonattan Vegas | +1 | 71-68-78 | 217 | $11,550 |
| 89 | Padraig Harrington | +3 | 67-73-79 | 219 | $11,340 |
| 90 | Dominic Bozzelli | +4 | 72-69-79 | 220 | $11,200 |
| CUT | Alex Cejka | -2 | 70-72 | 142 | |
| CUT | Andrew Loupe | -1 | 69-74 | 143 | |
| CUT | Blayne Barber | -2 | 71-71 | 142 | |
| CUT | Bob Estes | +3 | 75-72 | 147 | |
| CUT | Brian Stuard | +3 | 74-73 | 147 | |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | -2 | 71-71 | 142 | |
| CUT | C.T. Pan | -2 | 69-73 | 142 | |
| CUT | Cameron Tringale | +3 | 73-74 | 147 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | +4 | 73-75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | -2 | 70-72 | 142 | |
| CUT | Chris Kirk | -1 | 70-73 | 143 | |
| CUT | Chris Stroud | E | 71-73 | 144 | |
| CUT | Cody Gribble | -2 | 71-71 | 142 | |
| CUT | Corey Conners | +2 | 73-73 | 146 | |
| CUT | D.A. Points | -1 | 69-74 | 143 | |
| CUT | Derek Fathauer | -1 | 73-70 | 143 | |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | -1 | 71-72 | 143 | |
| CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | +1 | 70-75 | 145 | |
| CUT | Harold Varner III | -2 | 68-74 | 142 | |
| CUT | Harris English | -2 | 72-70 | 142 | |
| CUT | J.J. Henry | -1 | 68-75 | 143 | |
| CUT | JJ Wood | +10 | 79-75 | 154 | |
| CUT | Jon Curran | E | 69-75 | 144 | |
| CUT | Jonas Blixt | E | 70-74 | 144 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Randolph | +6 | 74-76 | 150 | |
| CUT | K.J. Choi | +1 | 74-71 | 145 | |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | +2 | 71-75 | 146 | |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | +2 | 69-77 | 146 | |
| CUT | Martin Flores | +5 | 75-74 | 149 | |
| CUT | Martin Kaymer | +3 | 70-77 | 147 | |
| CUT | Michael Kim | -2 | 71-71 | 142 | |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | +2 | 73-73 | 146 | |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +2 | 74-72 | 146 | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | -1 | 72-71 | 143 | |
| CUT | Peter Uihlein | -1 | 72-71 | 143 | |
| CUT | Rafa Cabrera Bello | +4 | 71-77 | 148 | |
| CUT | Retief Goosen | +4 | 70-78 | 148 | |
| CUT | Robert Streb | +2 | 70-76 | 146 | |
| CUT | Rod Pampling | -2 | 66-76 | 142 | |
| CUT | Russell Knox | -1 | 71-72 | 143 | |
| CUT | Ryan Baca | +1 | 70-75 | 145 | |
| CUT | Ryan Blaum | +2 | 70-76 | 146 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | +1 | 72-73 | 145 | |
| CUT | Shubhankar Sharma | -1 | 73-70 | 143 | |
| CUT | Smylie Kaufman | +9 | 75-78 | 153 | |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | -2 | 68-74 | 142 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | -2 | 67-75 | 142 | |
| W/D | Sung Kang | E | 72 | 72 | |
| CUT | Talor Gooch | +4 | 73-75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Whee Kim | +2 | 69-77 | 146 | |
| CUT | William McGirt | -2 | 71-71 | 142 | |
| CUT | Xinjun Zhang | E | 75-69 | 144 | |
| CUT | Yuta Ikeda | +4 | 75-73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Zach Cabra | E | 73-71 | 144 |
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Final results as stored. Purse: $7,000,000. Strokes gained and earnings appear only where the provider publishes them (majors publish earnings only).
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