Texas Children’s Houston Open Odds & Golf DFS Picks: 4 Sleeper Picks, Including 120-1 Longshot

By John Haslbauer | Mar 23, 2026, 7:14pm

The Texas Swing is officially underway. The PGA Tour leaves Florida in the rearview and shifts attention to the Lone Star State. Memorial Park is up next to host the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open. Below, find golf DFS picks to round out your lineup this week.

Any time World No. 1 is in the field, you can expect a nice odds bump on the rest of the players. While Scottie Scheffler’s odds hog a significant portion of the win equity, I’m not ready to hand the trophy over to him just yet. We’ve seen our fair share of surprises at this event since moving to Memorial Park, with four of the first five winners posting beyond 50-1 pre-tournament outright odds.

Let’s get to our 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open longshots and sleepers for your DFS lineups and betting cards. Click on the odds anywhere below to bet now at the best available prices in your state.

Texas Children’s Houston Open Golf DFS Picks: Betting Odds To Win

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Finding Value at the Texas Children’s Houston Open Championship Field

To identify “value” any given week on the PGA Tour, I find it’s best to first understand the consensus key stat profile and then take a stance on the elements of the tournament that may go overlooked. At the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Course History, SG: APP, and recent form in difficult scoring conditions are consensus key areas factored into each player’s price.

From a sleeper perspective, I will take a stance on the importance of SG: ARG and Scrambling on comp-challenging scoring venues and Driving Distance to seek opportunities to buy low. These players may not otherwise fit consensus trends. I’m leaning on that stance to differentiate my player pool and find value for this week’s tournament.

Below, find my favorite golf DFS picks and longshots for the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open. Stats were pulled across the last 36 rounds unless otherwise noted. Each player is listed with the best price in Texas Children’s Houston Open odds.

Texas Children’s Houston Open Course Specs

For a deeper dive into the course, read my Texas Children’s Houston Open preview. Below are my favorite Houston Open sleeper picks.

Pierceson Coody

Coody is a value player this week, who may not make my outright betting card, but will be heavily featured in my DFS lineups. Born and raised in Plano, Texas, and one of the most accomplished Longhorns during his tenure playing for the University of Texas, it’s clear Coody has a strong affinity for Texas golf.

That affinity for Texas golf may also explain his aversion to Florida golf. Coody’s torrid start to 2026 came to a screeching halt on the Florida swing, where he posted finishes of MC, MC, T55. Bermuda turf isn’t for everyone, so I’m chalking this up as a buy-low opportunity as Coody heads home for a clean slate. Before the Florida Swing, Coody began his season with five top-20 finishes over his first six starts.

A pure bomber off the tee, Coody ranks top-10 in Driving Distance. That will offer a distinct advantage at Memorial Park, where wayward misses are not punished. Also ranking top-15 in SG: Ball Striking, SG: APP, SG: OTT, and Par-5 Scoring, Coody is an ideal course profile fit to score at Memorial Park.

Sahith Theegala

It’s a pseudo-homecoming event for Theegala who took up residence in Houston in the early days of his career. He will be battle-tested already this Houston Open week, doing his part to bring a TGL Championship home for LAGC on Monday and Tuesday.

One week removed from a disappointing missed cut at the Valspar Championship, Theegala’s odds have doubled since then, representing an appealing buy-low opportunity on an even better course fit. Driving Accuracy has been the greatest setback for Theegala this season, who has otherwise thrived with his long irons, scrambling, and putting in 2026. In that regard, the dramatic shift from Copperhead’s tight angular setup to Memorial Park’s wide open layout should be a welcome one.

It’s been a good start to the year for Theegala, who’s posted three top-8 finishes over his first seven events. He ranks No. 6 overall in my model, top-15 in the key categories of SG: TOT (L36), SG: APP, SG: ARG, and SG: Short Game. That will play well at Memorial Park if the missed cut at the Valspar Championship proves to be merely an outlier.

Tony Finau

The 2023 Houston Open champion has proven to have a repeatable course history at the venues he loves the most. Case in point, he followed up his dominant 2023 win with a T2 finish in 2024. 2025 was a disappointing, throwaway year for the 6-time PGA TOUR winner, but he appears to have turned the page well in 2026.

He’s now finished top-30 in four of his last six starts, and has gotten it done with elite approach play and touch around the greens. An erratic driver has derailed Finau in his best weeks, but he remains above-average in the field in Driving Distance. At Memorial Park, that is truly all that matters, as these generous fairways and 1-inch rough make it very difficult for players to put themselves out of position off the tee.

Finau ranks top-10 in Course History, Comp Course History, and Par 5 Scoring, setting up for a high floor as his form continues to improve.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju

Akshay Bhatia opted to skip the TGL Championship this week in order to play in the Indian Open. Yellamaraju, born in India, is here in Houston. That tells me he’s serious about chasing his first career PGA TOUR win, as he looks to sustain the momentum of his best career finish, a T5 at THE PLAYERS.

A winner on the Korn Ferry Tour in the Bahamas last season, Yellamaraju is a bomber who thrives on driver-heavy courses. His career-best showing at TPC Sawgrass is all the more encouraging, as Pete Dye’s masterpiece is known for taking his greatest weapon – the driver – out of his hands.

Setting his sights ahead on Memorial Park, Yellamaraju will be able to pull driver early and often on this layout, which purely rewards distance off the tee and offers negligible penalty for misfires. This far into his rookie campaign, Yellamaraju has just one missed cut and three top-20 finishes over seven starts. Consistently gaining with his driving, approach play, and putting, this is an appealing spot for the young Canadian to break through.

Best of luck if you bet or play these golf DFS picks for the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open.

John Haslbauer

John Haslbauer writes about golf betting and DFS strategy for Lineups. He is a passionate golf fan, golf writer, and (casual) golfer. A graduate of Syracuse University, John works full-time in Social Influencer Marketing Strategy and is based out of Long Island, N.Y. He created thepgatout.com at the start of 2021 and co-hosts the Preferred Lines weekly podcast.