Finau concluded the Cadence Bank Houston Open on Sunday in 16-under 264 and prevailed by four strokes. It’s his fifth career TOUR title, fourth in the last 15 months and third in his last seven starts. He earned $1.512 million and 500 FedExCup points with this one.
A second-round 62 first opened a four-stroke margin at the turn of the tournament. Upon retaining the advantage entering the finale, the narrative of who’d win the proverbial B flight took precedence, this despite the fact that Finau squared three bogeys coming home, which only burned the edge of a larger buffer built by four birdies on the front nine. The race for second place itself was but a two-man contest among a pair of winless 30somethings.
Rookie Tyson Alexander, 34, edged Ben Taylor, 30, for runner-up honors by one stroke. (Three others tied for fourth three back of Taylor.) Alexander pockets $915,600 and 300 FedExCup points, while Taylor’s haul was $579,600 and 190 FedExCup points, both totals easily career bests for the duo.
Not surprisingly, Finau’s opening line to win at BetMGM was a careful +1800. That tied for third-shortest with Aaron Wise, who shared the first-round lead with Finau (and Alex Noren) before drifting to finish T22. Alexander opened at +50000 to win; Taylor was +20000.
The opening favorite, Scottie Scheffler at +600, placed T9 but never challenged. Sam Burns opened at +1400 and with a 7-under 77, and then opted not to complete his second round when it resumed on Saturday morning.
| POSITION | PLAYER | TOTAL | FEDEXCUP | OFFICIAL PAYOUT | | 1 | Tony Finau | 264/ -16 | 500.000 | $1,512,000.00 | | 2 | Tyson Alexander | 268/ -12 | 300.000 | $915,600.00 | | 3 | Ben Taylor | 269/ -11 | 190.000 | $579,600.00 | | T4 | Trey Mullinax | 272/ -8 | 115.000 | $353,500.00 | | T4 | Alex Noren | 272/ -8 | 115.000 | $353,500.00 | | T4 | Alex Smalley | 272/ -8 | 115.000 | $353,500.00 | | T7 | Adam Hadwin | 273/ -7 | 87.500 | $273,000.00 | | T7 | Aaron Rai | 273/ -7 | 87.500 | $273,000.00 | | T9 | Joseph Bramlett | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Joel Dahmen | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Stephan Jaeger | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Keith Mitchell | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Justin Rose | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Scottie Scheffler | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T9 | Gary Woodland | 274/ -6 | 66.000 | $196,500.00 | | T16 | Wyndham Clark | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T16 | Jason Day | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T16 | Ben Griffin | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T16 | Mackenzie Hughes | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T16 | Scott Piercy | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T16 | Patrick Rodgers | 275/ -5 | 48.000 | $123,900.00 | | T22 | Martin Laird | 276/ -4 | 38.125 | $84,420.00 | | T22 | David Lipsky | 276/ -4 | 38.125 | $84,420.00 | | T22 | Sahith Theegala | 276/ -4 | 38.125 | $84,420.00 | | T22 | Aaron Wise | 276/ -4 | 38.125 | $84,420.00 | | 26 | Callum Tarren | 277/ -3 | 34.000 | $67,620.00 | | T27 | Ryan Armour | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Austin Cook | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | James Hahn | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Cole Hammer | 278/ -2 | n/a (non-member) | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Russell Knox | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Maverick McNealy | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Davis Riley | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T27 | Kyle Westmoreland | 278/ -2 | 27.250 | $56,332.50 | | T35 | Eric Cole | 279/ -1 | 19.500 | $42,735.00 | | T35 | Si Woo Kim | 279/ -1 | 19.500 | $42,735.00 | | T35 | Andrew Putnam | 279/ -1 | 19.500 | $42,735.00 | | T35 | Carl Yuan | 279/ -1 | 19.500 | $42,735.00 | | T39 | Harris English | 280/ E | 15.500 | $36,540.00 | | T39 | Harry Hall | 280/ E | 15.500 | $36,540.00 | | T39 | Adam Svensson | 280/ E | 15.500 | $36,540.00 | | T39 | Travis Vick | 280/ E | n/a (non-member) | n/a (amateur) | | T43 | Erik Barnes | 281/ 1 | 11.625 | $30,660.00 | | T43 | Will Gordon | 281/ 1 | 11.625 | $30,660.00 | | T43 | Davis Thompson | 281/ 1 | 11.625 | $30,660.00 | | T43 | Kevin Tway | 281/ 1 | 11.625 | $30,660.00 | | T47 | Zack Fischer | 282/ 2 | n/a (non-member) | $23,704.80 | | T47 | Michael Kim | 282/ 2 | 9.000 | $23,704.80 | | T47 | S.H. Kim | 282/ 2 | 9.000 | $23,704.80 | | T47 | Francesco Molinari | 282/ 2 | 9.000 | $23,704.80 | | T47 | Justin Suh | 282/ 2 | 9.000 | $23,704.80 | | 52 | Robby Shelton | 283/ 3 | 7.500 | $21,084.00 | | T53 | Byeong Hun An | 284/ 4 | 6.325 | $20,118.00 | | T53 | Denny McCarthy | 284/ 4 | 6.325 | $20,118.00 | | T53 | Matthew NeSmith | 284/ 4 | 6.325 | $20,118.00 | | T53 | Nick Watney | 284/ 4 | 6.325 | $20,118.00 | | T57 | Stewart Cink | 285/ 5 | 5.200 | $19,236.00 | | T57 | Zach Johnson | 285/ 5 | 5.200 | $19,236.00 | | T57 | Luke List | 285/ 5 | 5.200 | $19,236.00 | | T57 | Taylor Montgomery | 285/ 5 | 5.200 | $19,236.00 | | T57 | Sam Stevens | 285/ 5 | 5.200 | $19,236.00 | | T62 | Paul Haley II | 286/ 6 | 4.500 | $18,648.00 | | T62 | Brandon Wu | 286/ 6 | 4.500 | $18,648.00 | | T64 | Seung-Yul Noh | 287/ 7 | 4.100 | $18,312.00 | | T64 | Matthias Schwab | 287/ 7 | 4.100 | $18,312.00 | | 66 | Taylor Pendrith | 288/ 8 | 3.800 | $18,060.00 | | 67 | Max McGreevy | 291/ 11 | 3.600 | $17,892.00 | | 68 | Zecheng Dou | 293/ 13 | 3.400 | $17,724.00 |
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