We have no idea if Jaegar and his family yesterday feasted on the obligatory ham and scalloped potatoes Easter meal. What we do know is that he was the only person on the planet who pocketed $1.64M for winning the hotly contested PGA TOUR Houston Open. His gaze all day, steely. His nerves all day, unfaltering. His wallet walking off of the 18th green, fat with cash.
What a way to celebrate Easter with his young family — with his first PGA TOUR victory. Staring down World #1 Scottie Scheffler along the way. This was one holiday he’ll never forget and for good reason.
Scheffler came up just short, missing a 5-footer on 18 to send Jaeger back to the tee for a mano a mano sudden death playoff. Scheff’s a proven closer. Finishing 2nd in Houston–especially the way he did–with the short miss had to sting. To ease the pain, his deposit (minus taxes of course) equaled what the four other runner-ups took home – $553,735. Not a bad week’s earnings. For his last three PGA TOUR starts (two wins and a T-2) Scheffler made just over 9 million dollars. To put those earnings in perspective, that’s more than two-time major winners Curtis Strange and Ben Crenshaw won in their entire hall-of-fame careers.
The 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Payouts:
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Stephan Jaeger | -12 | $1,638,000 |
| T2 | Tony Finau | -11 | $553,735 |
| T2 | Taylor Moore | -11 | $553,735 |
| T2 | Thomas Detry | -11 | $553,735 |
| T2 | Alejandro Tosti | -11 | $553,735 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | -11 | $553,735 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | -10 | $276,412 |
| T7 | Aaron Rai | -10 | $276,412 |
| T7 | Max Greyserman | -10 | $276,412 |
| T7 | David Skinns | -10 | $276,412 |
| T11 | Alex Noren | -9 | $211,575 |
| T11 | Nick Dunlap | -9 | $211,575 |
| T11 | Akshay Bhatia | -9 | $211,575 |
| T14 | Mackenzie Hughes | -8 | $166,075 |
| T14 | Davis Riley | -8 | $166,075 |
| T14 | Tom Hoge | -8 | $166,075 |
| T17 | Si Woo Kim | -7 | $134,225 |
| T17 | Erik Barnes | -7 | $134,225 |
| T17 | Victor Perez | -7 | $134,225 |
| T17 | Chad Ramey | -7 | $134,225 |
| T21 | Davis Thompson | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Gary Woodland | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Cam Davis | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Matti Schmid | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Joe Highsmith | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Nate Lashley | -6 | $88,725 |
| T21 | Jacob Bridgeman | -6 | $88,725 |
| T28 | Sahith Theegala | -5 | $65,065 |
| T28 | Justin Lower | -5 | $65,065 |
| T28 | Harry Hall | -5 | $65,065 |
| T31 | Wyndham Clark | -4 | $54,418 |
| T31 | Mark Hubbard | -4 | $54,418 |
| T31 | Martin Laird | -4 | $54,418 |
| T31 | K.H. Lee | -4 | $54,418 |
| T31 | Ryan Moore | -4 | $54,418 |
| T36 | Jhonattan Vegas | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Joseph Bramlett | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Taylor Pendrith | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Ben Griffin | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Wilson Furr | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Peter Malnati | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | J.J. Spaun | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Kurt Kitayama | -3 | $39,635 |
| T36 | Ben Silverman | -3 | $39,635 |
| T45 | Greyson Sigg | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Roger Sloan | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Bud Cauley | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Daniel Berger | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Chandler Phillips | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | S.H. Kim | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Cameron Champ | -2 | $25,503 |
| T45 | Kevin Dougherty | -2 | $25,503 |
| T53 | Ryan Brehm | -1 | $21,521 |
| T53 | Andrew Novak | -1 | $21,521 |
| T53 | Austin Cook | -1 | $21,521 |
| T53 | Chan Kim | -1 | $21,521 |
| T57 | Chris Gotterup | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Nick Hardy | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Beau Hossler | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Pierceson Coody | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Sam Stevens | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Lanto Griffin | E | $20,475 |
| T57 | Adam Svensson | E | $20,475 |
| T64 | Sam Ryder | 1 | $19,383 |
| T64 | Tyson Alexander | 1 | $19,383 |
| T64 | Adam Long | 1 | $19,383 |
| T64 | Michael Kim | 1 | $19,383 |
| T64 | Harrison Endycott | 1 | $19,383 |
| T69 | Scott Gutschewski | 2 | $18,655 |
| T69 | Callum Tarren | 2 | $18,655 |
| T69 | Garrick Higgo | 2 | $18,655 |
| T72 | Sam Bennett | 3 | $18,200 |
| T72 | James Hahn | 3 | $18,200 |
| T74 | Patrick Rodgers | 4 | $17,654 |
| T74 | Emilio Gonzalez | 4 | $17,654 |
| T74 | Ryan Palmer | 4 | $17,654 |
| T74 | Will Zalatoris | 4 | $17,654 |
| T78 | Ryan Fox | 5 | $17,017 |
| T78 | Dylan Wu | 5 | $17,017 |
| T78 | Raul Pereda | 5 | $17,017 |
| 81 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | 6 | $16,653 |
| 82 | Aaron Baddeley | 7 | $16,471 |
| 83 | Vincent Norrman | 8 | $16,289 |