Houston Open 2025 Golf Betting Preview And Picks

Time to tee it up in Texas for a pair of PGA Tour events ahead of The Masters. The Houston Open 2025 tournament drew 11 of the top 30 players in the world, and Memorial Park is the host course. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Rory McIlroy are the prohibitive favorites with McIlroy having two wins this year including The Players Championship.

Memorial Park

  • 7,475 yards
  • Par 70

See my Houston Open golf betting preview and picks in Forbes with other chip-ins and information you can bet on about the course and event including tournament matchup picks.

Houston Open 2025 Golf Odds

No regulated U.S. sports betting in Texas, or Florida and California. So here is another option for fans in those states with odds from Panama-based BetOnline. Also, (top-10) finish and odds provided.  

  • +375: Scottie Scheffler (-175)
  • +650: Rory McIlroy (+100)
  • +2500: Aaron Rai (+275)
  • +3000: J.J. Spaun (+300)
  • +3300: Davis Thompson (+300), Si Woo Kim, Min Woo Lee (+350)
  • +3500: Sungjae Im (+350), Jason Day, Tony Finau (+400)
  • +4000:Michael Kim (+350),Wyndham Clark, Stephan Jaeger (+450)
  • +4500: Jacob Bridgeman (+350), Taylor Pendrith (+450)
  • +5000: Alex Smalley (+450), Thomas Detry (+500)
  • +6000: Maverick McNealy, Joe Highsmith, Taylor Moore (+500)
  • +6000: Sahith Theegala (+500), Max Greyserman (+550)
  • +6500: Keith Mitchell (+550)
  • +7000: Ben Griffin (+450), Jake Knapp (+700)

Houston Open 2025

Houston Open Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Aaron Rai, D. Thompson, T. Finau, Min Woo Lee
Fairway’s Longshots: Si Woo Kim, Michael Kim, Griffin, Danny Walker  

Tournament Match-ups: See Forbes (3 matchups)
Round 1 Match-up: Si Woo Kim (-105) over J.J. Spaun (-115) – Circa Sports

There may be fewer tournament matchup picks posted in 2025 with coverage across various platforms. I’ll try to add more picks and props and update more coverage as time allows and I dig deeper into strokes gained stats and weekly tournaments. Reach me directly [email protected] and Chip-in for additional tournament match-up picks beyond what’s posted here.

Next week it’s the Valero Texas Open followed by The Masters April 10-13 with top players profiles coming for 2025.

Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Golf Stats along with Fantasy National, and Data Golf. I gain added information and betting news from other sites and golf analysts. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.

More than a decade ago I was a lead golf handicapper and analyst on a popular sports handicapping radio show out of Las Vegas whose picks were provided to a betting syndicate. I continue my golf coverage in a different format, and provide my experience and intuitive feel for the game and betting acumen to provide golf picks and chip-in added insight with information you can bet on.

Having been a proven performer for decades, I’ve posted picks in 2021 and 2022 on Vegas Sports Zone and tournament match-ups were 41-27.

2022 PGA Tour tournament match-up picks finished 20-12 and concluded with the TOUR Championship.

The 2021 tournament match-ups finished 21-15 following a 17-5 start January through May.

Author: FairwayJay is a leading national sports betting analyst, writer, handicapper and sports betting insider providing insight and information you can bet on for nearly two decades from Las Vegas. He chips in additional sports betting coverage and reporting on industry news and events for leading media and sports betting sites and companies. Follow him on X (Twitter): @FairwayJay