SAN ANTONIO – (A Sneak Peek from PGA Tour Brunch) – Due to COVID-19, the Valero Texas Open was not held in 2020 so 2019 winner Corey Conners returns as defending champion. In 2019, Conners became the first Monday Qualifier to win on Tour since 2010.
After top-five finishes in three of last five stroke-play events, Jordan Spieth will make his sixth Valero Texas Open start.
Eight past champions are playing this week, including: Zach Johnson (2008, 2009), Brendan Steele (2011), Martin Laird (2013), Jimmy Walker (2015), Charley Hoffman (2016), Kevin Chappell (2017), Andrew Landry (2018) and Corey Conners (2019).
A win at the Valero Texas Open is the final opportunity to earn a spot for next week’s Masters Tournament. The Texas Open is being contested the week before the Masters for only the third time in the last nine years (2013, 2019, 2021).
Weather: Thursday weather calls for sunny skies, 57-degrees with 13 mph winds. Friday forecast is partly cloudy and 61 degrees. A ZERO chance of rain both days.
Field Updates:
Jerry Kelly OUT / Rhein Gibson IN (Sean O’Hair replaces Kelly in Pro-Am)
Dustin Johnson OUT / Ryan Brehm IN (John Huh replaces Johnson in Pro-Am)
THIS WEEK on the PGA TOUR: Valero Texas Open: 4/1-4/4
COURSE: TPC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
ARCHITECTS: Pete Dye and Greg Norman
YARDS/PAR: 7,492 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $7,700,000/$1,386,000
DEFENDING Champion (2019) Corey Conners – (Leaderboard link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS of Event: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points Available/Winner Share: 2,989/500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedEXCup #ValeroTexasOpen
TV COVERAGE: Thursday, April 1 and Friday, April 2: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Saturday, April 3 – Early coverage on Golf Channel from 1:00pm to 3:30pm and the switch to NBC for 3:30pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Saturday and then Sunday, April 4 Golf Channel coverage from 1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT then the switch to NBC for 2:30pm to 6:00pm EDT.
STREAMING: PGA Tour Live will offer streaming coverage of Featured Groups on Thursday and Friday from 8:15am to 7:00pm (EDT). Twitter will offer free coverage both days from 8:15am (EDT) to 9:30am.
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Thursday – Friday – 1:00pm to 7:00pm (EDT); then Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT)) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.