SAN ANTONIO – This week, 18 players in the 144 player field competed at last week’s World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, including Valero Texas Open defending champion J.J. Spaun, who advanced to the Round of 16 down the block in Austin.
The others:
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Ryan Fox
- Chris Kirk
- Alex Noren
- Sepp Straka
- Corey Conners
- Ben Griffin
- Matt Kuchar
- Andrew Putnam
- Nick Taylor
- Cam Davis
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Davis Riley
- Rickie Fowler
- Si Woo Kim
- Taylor Montgomery
- J.J. Spaun
The only way for any of the 133 players in the field that are not currently eligible to get in to next week’s Masters Tournament is with a Valero Texas Open victory.
Most recently, Matt Wallace earned his first PGA TOUR victory in his 80th career start at the Corales Puntacana Championship. Prior to his win, Wallace’s best result on Tour was third-place, which he accomplished twice, including most recently at the 2021 Valero Texas Open (solo-third). The other was a T-3 at the 2019 PGA Championship).
Tyrrell Hatton is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 17 in the Official World Golf Ranking and is making his tournament debut. Hatton has three top-10s in seven starts this season, highlighted by a runner-up at THE PLAYERS Championship (others: T6/WM Phoenix Open, T4/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard).