Ron Streck finished -15 and took 18% of the purse. That $47,250 is worth about $172,653 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1981 Michelob-Houston Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1981 Michelob-Houston Open prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Streck | -15 | $63,000 | $47,250 -25% |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | -12 | $37,800 | $23,100 |
| T2 | Jerry Pate | -12 | $37,800 | $23,100 |
| T4 | Ben Crenshaw | -11 | $11,550 | |
| T4 | Jay Haas | -11 | $11,550 | |
| T6 | Bob Gilder | -10 | $8,794 | |
| T6 | Tom Kite | -10 | $8,794 | |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | -10 | $8,794 | |
| T9 | Mike Holland | -9 | $7,350 | |
| T9 | Mike Morley | -9 | $7,350 | |
| T11 | Dan Halldorson | -8 | $6,300 | |
| T11 | Leonard Thompson | -8 | $6,300 | |
| T13 | Curtis Strange | -7 | $4,778 | |
| T13 | Victor Regalado | -7 | $4,778 | |
| T13 | Bill Rogers | -7 | $4,778 | |
| T13 | Bobby Wadkins | -7 | $4,778 | |
| T13 | Lennie Clements | -7 | $4,778 | |
| T18 | Jim Booros | -6 | $3,423 | |
| T18 | Gay Brewer | -6 | $3,423 | |
| T18 | Thomas Gray | -6 | $3,423 | |
| T18 | Pat Lindsey | -6 | $3,423 | |
| T18 | Tommy Valentine | -6 | $3,423 | |
| T23 | Larry Nelson | -5 | $2,336 | |
| T23 | Peter Oosterhuis | -5 | $2,336 | |
| T23 | Lou Graham | -5 | $2,336 | |
| T23 | Chip Beck | -5 | $2,336 | |
| T23 | George Burns | -5 | $2,336 | |
| T28 | Bud Allin | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T28 | Gibby Gilbert | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T28 | Steve Melnyk | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T28 | John Mahaffey | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T28 | Tom Weiskopf | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T28 | Doug Tewell | -4 | $1,746 | |
| T34 | Mike Sullivan | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Tom Purtzer | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Bob Shearer | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Barry Jaeckel | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Mike McCullough | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Jim Dent | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Terry Diehl | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | David Edwards | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T34 | Miller Barber | -3 | $1,242 | |
| T43 | Butch Baird | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | Beau Baugh | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | Lee Elder | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | Calvin Peete | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | Jack Renner | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | J. C. Snead | -2 | $819 | |
| T43 | Lanny Wadkins | -2 | $819 | |
| T50 | Craig Stadler | -1 | $646 | |
| T50 | Lon Hinkle | -1 | $646 | |
| T50 | Keith Fergus | -1 | $646 | |
| T53 | Ed Fiori | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Jim Colbert | E | $583 | |
| T53 | John Cook | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Jim Barber | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Dave Barr | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Don January | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Tom Jenkins | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Rod Nuckolls | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Bobby Nichols | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Jerry McGee | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Gary McCord | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Dana Quigley | E | $583 | |
| T53 | Lee Trevino | E | $583 | |
| T66 | Tim Simpson | +1 | $721 | $541 |
| T66 | Bob Murphy | +1 | $721 | $541 |
| T66 | Roger Calvin | +1 | $721 | $541 |
| T69 | Bobby Cole | +2 | $700 | $525 |
| T69 | Johnny Miller | +2 | $700 | $525 |
| T69 | Scott Simpson | +2 | $700 | $525 |
| T72 | Mike Nicolette | +3 | $682 | $512 |
| T72 | Gene Littler | +3 | $682 | $512 |
| T74 | Arnold Palmer | +5 | $665 | $501 |
| T74 | John Adams | +5 | $665 | $501 |
| T74 | Hal Sutton | +5 | $665 | Not known |
| T77 | Scott Stegner | +6 | $644 | $491 |
| T77 | Bob Byman | +6 | $644 | $491 |
| T79 | Greg Antunes | +7 | $478 | |
| T79 | Nick Faldo | +7 | $478 | |
| T79 | Morris Hatalsky | +7 | $478 | |
| MC | Gary Hardin | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Hayes | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Heard | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Bunky Henry | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Hewes | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Hill | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hoch | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Grier Jones | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Jones | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Lyn Lott | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | David Lundstrom | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Lye | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark O'Meara | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Lonnie Nielsen | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Pfeil | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dan Pohl | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Pooley | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Andy North | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Eddie Pearce | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Lindy Miller | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Craig Metz | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Allen Miller | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Mitchell | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Newton | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Epps | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Eichelberger | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | R.W. Eaks | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Eastwood | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Curl | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Douglass | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Fleisher | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | John Fought | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Gibson | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Tim Graham | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Hubert Green | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Wally Armstrong | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Perry Arthur | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Richie Adham | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Stanton Altgelt | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | George Cadle | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Calfee | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Pete Brown | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Brad Bryant | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Conner | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Coody | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Stockton | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Storey | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Allan Strange | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Lance Ten Broeck | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Barney Thompson | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | John Traub | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Greg Powers | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Curtis Sifford | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | R. H. Sikes | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Reid | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Twitty | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Kermit Zarley | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Ziegler | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Fuzzy Zoeller | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Skip Dunaway | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | DeWitt Weaver | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | George Cascino | +9 | $0 | |
| DQ | Loren Roberts | Not known | ||
| DQ | Fred Haas | Not known | ||
| DQ | Bobby Mitchell | +13 | Not known | |
| DQ | Artie McNickle | Not known | ||
| DQ | Jim Chancey | Not known | ||
| DQ | Dave Marr | Not known | ||
| — | Don Massengale | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | John Mazza | Not known | ||
| — | Roger Maltbie | Not known | ||
| — | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| — | Wren Lum | Not known | ||
| — | Darrell Kestner | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Klein | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Babe Hiskey | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Johnson | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Hill | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Harmon | Not known | ||
| — | Barry Harwell | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Hawkes | Not known | ||
| — | Mark McCumber | Not known | ||
| — | Brent Murray | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Nelford | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Payne | Not known | ||
| — | Jimmy Powell | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Norris | Not known | ||
| — | Sale Omohundro | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Pancratz | Not known | ||
| — | Joe Hager | Not known | ||
| — | Ted Goin | Not known | ||
| — | Jaime Gonzalez | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Gove | Not known | ||
| — | Forrest Fezler | Not known | ||
| — | Dan Frickey | Not known | ||
| — | Buddy Gardner | Not known | ||
| — | Dale Douglass | Not known | ||
| — | Clint Doyle | Not known | ||
| — | Ben Duncan | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Dougherty | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Ferenz | Not known | ||
| — | Antonio Cerdá | Not known | ||
| — | Jon Chaffee | Not known | ||
| — | Rex Caldwell | Not known | ||
| — | Woody Blackburn | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Britton | Not known | ||
| — | Michael Brannan | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Rohde | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Sander | Not known | ||
| — | John Schroeder | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Seligman | Not known | ||
| — | Art Silvestrone | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Preston | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Tredway | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Mick Soli | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Lytle | Not known | ||
| — | Curtis Worley | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Fowler | Not known | ||
| — | Ralph Terry | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | Dennis Trixler | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Watkins | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Wintz | Not known | ||
| WD | Billy Kratzert | +3 | Not known | |
| WD | Wayne Levi | +3 | Not known |
Houston Open winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
1981 Michelob-Houston Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1981 Michelob-Houston Open get?
Ron Streck won $47,250 from a $262,500 purse.
What was the 1981 Michelob-Houston Open purse?
$262,500.
How much did last place get at the 1981 Michelob-Houston Open?
The smallest check was $478, to Morris Hatalsky (T79).
How many players made the cut at the 1981 Michelob-Houston Open?
81 players made the cut and finished, and 64 players missed it.