PGA Tour FedEx Cup: Did the Texas Children's Houston Open results shake up the leaders?

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There wasn’t much movement among the top 10 players on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points list at the Texas Children’s Houston Open last week, and leader Rory McIlroy solidified his hold on first with 96.25 points by tying for fifth.

McIlroy leads Sepp Straka by 375 points entering this week’s Valero Texas Open, which begins on Thursday at the TPC San Antonio. McIlroy, Straka and the rest of the top five (Russell Henley, Collin Morikawa and J.J. Spaun) will hold steady since they are not entered in the Tour event the week before the Masters Tournament April 10-13 at Augusta National.

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The only displacement among the top 10 was Scottie Scheffler going from 15th to 10th with his tie for second in Houston. Winner Min Woo Lee went from 60th to 16th.

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The highest player on the points list in the Texas Open field will be No. 6 Ludvig Åberg. But with 1,018 points, he can’t catch McIlroy with a victory (worth 500 points) so McIlroy will be the points leader entering the Masters and its chunk of 750 points.

Åberg can get to second on the points list with a victory.

FedEx Cup points leaders​

Through Texas Children’s Houston Open

1. Rory McIlroy 1,683

2 Sepp Straka 1,308

3. Russell Henley 1,229

4. Collin Morikawa 1,081

5. J.J. Spaun 1,059

6. Ludvig Åberg 1,018

7. Corey Conners 992

8. Hideki Matsuyama 949

9. Justin Thomas 944

10. Scottie Scheffler 928

11. Thomas Detry 889

12. Michael Kim 870

13. Shane Lowry 829

14. Lucas Glover 828

15. Nick Taylor 807

16. Min Woo Lee 742

17. Maverick McNealy 685

18. Akshay Bhatia 645

19. Joe Highsmith 633

20. Harris English 629

21. Tom Hoge 609

22. Patrick Cantlay 596

23. Jacob Bridgeman 583

24. Sungjae Im 570

25. Keegan Bradley 565

26. Daniel Berger 561

27. Viktor Hovland 561

28. Tommy Fleetwood 534

29. Denny McCarthy 527

30. Jason Day 485

Who made the biggest FedEx Cup moves at Houston Open?​

Five players who made the biggest jump

• Sami Valimaki, 51 spots (71st to 122nd), fourth at Houston Open
• Gary Woodland, 49 spots (95th to 46th, tied for second at Houston Open
• Alejandro Tosti, 45 spots (131st to 86th, tied for fifth at Houston Open
• Mackenzie Hughes, 30 spots (112th to 82nd, 10th at Houston Open
• Rico Hoey, 30 spots (126th to 96th, tie for 11th at Houston Open

Players who dropped the most spots

• Mark Hubbard, nine spots (111th to 120th, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Matthew Fitzpatrick, nine spots (110th to 119th, did not play)
• Doug Ghim, nine spots (105th to 114th, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Lanto Griffin, nine spots (112th to 103rd, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Steven Fisk, nine spots (89th to 98th, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Nicolai Hojgaard, nine spots (90th to 99th, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Greyson Sigg, nine spots (92nd to 101st, missed the cut at the Houston Open)
• Andrew Putnam, nine spots (91st to 100th, did not play).

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: PGA Tour FedEx Cup: Rory McIlroy, most of top 10 unchanged after Houston

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