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PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open Preview

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor Digital Sports Desk

SAN ANTONIO – Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch coverage of the 2026 Valero Texas Open in this fantastic, but hot, Alamo City.

This week’s field includes 15 of the Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, headlined by two players inside the Top 10:

  • No. 4 Tommy Fleetwood
  • No. 10 Russell Henley
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The last spot in the Masters Tournament is available to the winner of the Valero Texas Open, if not otherwise qualified. There are currently 22 players in the field that are exempt for the Masters Tournament, with the majority of the field having a chance to earn that final spot in the Masters Tournament field.

Three of the last six winners of the Valero Texas Open qualified for the Masters Tournament with their victory (2019/Corey Conners, 2022/J.J. Spaun, 2024/AkshayBhatia). Only Connors is playing this week.

Players in the field already invited to the Masters: Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Max Homa, Johnny Keefer, Michael Kim, Si Woo Kim, Haotong Li, Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Matt McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Alex Noren, Andrew Novak, Marco Penge, Kristoffer Reitan, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, and Sami Valimaki

Johnny Keefer, a PGA TOUR rookie and San Antonio resident, is making his tournament debut this week. He is coming off his best finish in 14 career PGA TOUR starts with a T3 at last week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open.

In his rookie season on TOUR, owns five made cuts in eight starts and sits at No. 60 in the FedEx Cup standings. He played five seasons collegiately at Baylor University where he broke the school record for career scoring average (71.45) previously established by six-time PGA TOUR winner Jimmy Walker (71.55 from 1997-2001).

Gary Woodland, Nicolai Højgaard, Daniel Berger, Ricky Castillo and David Lipsky were amongst the stampede of WDs from the tournament.

Collin Morikawa, who was in the field until Tuesday morning when he withdrew due to a lingering back injury her suffered at The Players.

Valero Texas Open | Tournament Facts

COURSE: TPC San Antonio

YARDS/PAR: 7,438 yards/Par 72

ARCHITECTS: Pete Dye/Greg Norman

PRIZE Money – Purse: $9,800,000/Winner: $1,764,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Brian Harmon

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP: Points to Winner: 500

TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW: (link)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @valerotxopen

Valero Texas Open | Field/Updates, Tee Times and Leaderboard

The Field: (link)

Updates:

Friday. March 27

Ryan Gerard WD / Matt Kuchar IN

Saturday, March 28

Isaiah Salinda WD / Justin Lower IN

Aaron Wise WD / Taylor Moore IN

Sunday, March 29

Bronson Burgoon IN (top 10 previous event)

Ryan Palmer IN (unrestricted sponsor exemption)

Monday, March 30

Pierceson Coody WD / Taylor Moore IN

Nicolai Højgaard WD / Joel Dahmen IN

Matti Schmid WD / Sam Ryder IN

Gary Woodland WD / Jackson Suber IN

Nick Hardy IN (open qualifier)

Charlie Crockett IN (open qualifier)

Tuesday, March 31

Daniel Berger WD / Lanto Griffin IN

Collin Morikawa WD / Frankie Capan III IN

David Lipsky WD / Carson Young IN

Ricky Castillo WD / Chan Kim IN

Tee Times: (link)

Tournament Leaderboard: (link)

Last Year’s Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)

Last Week’s Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)

PGA Tour: Final Round at Texas Open

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SAN ANTONIO – The four players tied for the 54-hole lead at the Valero Texas Open is the most on Tour since the 2020 RBC Heritage (four) and the most since moving to TPC San Antonio (2010).

Of the top 20 players on the leaderboard, only Si Woo Kim, Gary Woodland and Lucas Glover are in next week’s Masters Tournament field.

Beau Hossler is seeking to become the first sponsor exemption to win on Tour since Martin Laird at the 2020 Shriners Children’s Open while Brandt Snedeker seeks his first Top-10 finish in an individual stroke-play event on Tour since the 2021 Valero Texas Open (T-6).

Scott Stallings made over 90 feet of putts for third consecutive round in bid for first Top-10 finish in his eighth Valero Texas Open start.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth turned in a 2-over (74), just his fifth over-par score in 25 rounds in the event.

Leaderboard at Valero Texas Open | Entering Final Round

Brandt Snedeker 73-66-67—206 (-10)

Beau Hossler 73-66-67—206 (-10)

Dylan Frittelli 70-66-70—206 (-10)

J.J. Spaun 67-70-69—206 (-10)

Scott Stallings 68-72-67—207 (-9)

PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open

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PGA Tour Brunch

Preview of the Valero Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO – Rory McIlroy is making his second start at the Valero Texas Open and his first since finishing runner-up at the event in 2013. McIlroy, making just his fifth start of the PGA Tour season, enters the week No. 26 in the FedEx Cup standings. Hideki Matsuyama, who will defend his title at next week’s Masters Tournament, made his tournament debut last year at the Texas Open a week before winning his first major championship title and finished T-30.

World No. 16 Abraham Ancer, winner of the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, is competing at his adopted hometown event for the fifth time, but first as a PGA Tour winner. His best result to date was a T-23 in 2021.

Richard Bland, competing on a sponsor exemption, is one of 121 players in the field who can qualify for the Masters with a win this week. Bland advanced to the Round of 16 of last week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play where he was eliminated by Dustin Johnson. Bland would have qualified for the Masters Tournament if he had won that match, via the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Preview | Valero Texas Open

COURSE: TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course)

ARCHITECT: Pete Dye and Greg Norman

YARDS/PAR: 7,438 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,600,000/$1,548,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jordan Spieth

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @ValerotxOpen

Jordan Spieth Wins Valero Texas Open

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Spieth Back in Winners’ Circle After 3-Year Drought

SAN ANTONIO – Jordan Spieth earned his 12th PGA Tour title in his 83rd start since winning The 2017 Open Championship, a span of 1,351 days. Spieth joined a list of five players in the last 40 years who reached 12 wins before turning 28 years old: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Justin Thomas

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Spieth became the 92nd player in PGA Tour history to reach 12 wins and moved into a tie for 82nd on the all-time wins list while he improved to 10-for-19 in his PGA TOUR career to win after holding a 54-hole lead/co-lead.

Charley Hoffman finished solo-second for the second consecutive time at the Valero Texas Open, as he finished runner-up to Corey Conners in 2019. Since 2006, Hoffman leads all players at the Valero Texas Open in Top-fives (5), Top-10s (7), Top-25s (12), Cuts Made (15) and score to par (-105).

With a solo-third, Matt Wallace (-14) recorded his career-best result on the PGA TOUR (previous: T3/2019 PGA Championship)

Rickie Fowler (T-17) needed a win to qualify for the Masters Tournamentand will miss a major championship for the first time since the 2010 U.S. Open.

Final Leaderboard at Valero Texas Open 2021:

Jordan Spieth 67-70-67-66—270 (-18)

Charley Hoffman 75-66-65-66—272 (-16)

Matt Wallace 69-68-67-70—274 (-14)

Lucas Glover 73-67-70-66—276 (-12)

Anirban Lahiri 71-69-69-69—278 (-10)

PGA Tour: Spieth, Wallace Co-Leaders at Final Round of Valero Texas Open

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Note: Cloudy skies and a high of 71-degrees combined with winds from the E/SE at 10-20 mph yesterday and due to thunderstorms, the start to the third round was delayed 2 hours, 30 minutes and began at 12:13pm (local).

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SAN ANTONIO – After the two and a half hour weather delay, 11-time PGA Tour winner Jordan Spieth and four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace got down to business and now share the 54-hole lead at 12-under.

Spieth, making his 83rd start since his last win at The Open Championship in 2017, is 9-for-18 in his career to date when he has the 54-hole lead/co-lead. He holds at least a share of the 54-hole lead for the third time this season, the most of any player.

Wallace holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career and is in search of his first Tour victory.

Since 2006, Charley Hoffman leads all players at the Valero Texas Open in Top-fives (4), Top-10s (6), Top-25s (11), cuts made (15) and score to par (-99). Hoffman is in lone third place after three rounds.

A purse of $7,700,000 is on the line today with $1,386,000 and 500 FedEx points going to the winner.

A win at the Valero Texas Open is the final opportunity to earn a spot for this week’s Masters Tournament.

Third Round Leaderboard:

Matt Wallace 69-68-67—204 (-12)

Jordan Spieth 67-70-67—204 (-12)

Charley Hoffman 75-66-65—206 (-10)

Cameron Tringale 66-69-73—208 (-8)

Anirban Lahiri 71-69-69—209 (-7)

Moving Day at Valero Texas Open

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SAN ANTONIO – Cameron Tringale tied his career-long birdie streak and holds two-stroke lead over Jordan Spieth and Mike Wallace after 36 holes. Triangle made five consecutive birdies (Nos. 13-17), to tie the longest birdie streak of his PGA Tour career (fourth instance; most recent: R-4/2020 The RSM Classic).

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Tringale is making his 297th start on the Tour since the start of the 2009 season, the most of any player without a win in that span.

Jordan Spieth (T-2) is in the top 10 after 36 holes for the fifth time in his last six stroke-play events on the PGA Tour.

Kevin Stadler (T-4) made the cut for the second time in his last 24 starts on Tour and is striving for his first Top-10 since the 2014 Masters Tournament.

Rickie Fowler’s bogey-free (68) was his first bogey-free score in his last 86 rounds.

A win at the Valero Texas Open is the final opportunity to earn a spot for next week’s Masters Tournament.

First Round Leaderboard:

Cameron Tringale 66-69—135 (-9)

Matt Wallace 69-68—137 (-7)

Jordan Spieth 67-70—137 (-7)

Kevin Stadler 69-70—139 (-5)

Kyle Stanley 71-68—139 (-5)

Erik van Rooyen 71-68—139 (-5)

Brandt Snedeker 72-67—139 (-5)

78 players at 2-over (146) from a field of 141 professionals and three amateurs

PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open Round-Up

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Valero Texas Open Opening Round Review & Notebook:

SAN ANTONIO – Camilo Villegas opened with and impressive (64) and holds two-stroke lead. This round marked his second 18-hole lead/co-lead of the season (T-6/The RSM Classic). Villegas holed out for birdie from 38 feet, 3 inches on his last hole of the round (No. 9)

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Jordan Spieth recorded a 5-under (67), his lowest score in 19 rounds at the Valero Texas Open. Spieth has carded under-par scores in the first round of each of his last seven stroke-play events.

Seung-Yul Noh (T-3) entered the week with 18 starts remaining on his Major Medical Extension and must earn 297 FedExCup points.

Cameron Tringale (T-2) at (-6) leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (5.126).

Phil Mickelson recorded a 10 at No. 18, tying the second-highest score on a hole of his PGA Tour career.

A win at the Valero Texas Open is the final opportunity to earn a spot for next week’s Masters Tournament.

First Round Leaderboard:

Camilo Villegas 64 (-8)

Sung Kang 66 (-6)

Cameron Tringale 66 (-6)

Jordan Spieth 67 (-5)

Seung-Yul Noh 67 (-5)

Hideki Matsuyama 67 (-5)

PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open Tee-Off

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Valero Texas Open Preview and Notebook:

SAN ANTONIO – (PGA Tour Brunch) – The Valero Texas Open features four of the Top 30 in the FedExCup standings, led by No. 9 Tony Finau and eight of the Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, also led by Finau (No. 13).

The Valero Texas Open is the 27th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA Tour season.

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).

Scottie Scheffler is coming off a runner-up finish in last week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, his best career finish on the Tour. He lost, 2 and 1 to Billy Horschel in the championship match. Finau-Jordan Spieth-Scheffler are the favorites this weekend. Both Spieth and Scheffler hail from Dallas, Texas.

Spieth, a former University of Texas player, seeks a 12th career PGA Tour title but first since The Open Championship in 2017.

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).

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: Today, 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 today 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: Today – 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.

PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open First Look

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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.