Blog#324VaLTO Results Valero Texas Open Par 72

Blog#324VaLTO Results Valero Texas Open Par 72

ROUND 1 * Starts on #10. Finish

1 Mark Hubbard-7 65 Only bogie #4 then 4 straight birdies 11-14. 63

*2 Tony Finau-6 One eagle 4 birdies front9, bogies #1 his 10th hole, then 2 birdies. 49

He has 6 PGA wins, the last win was The Mexico Open 2023, XXX

*2 Andrew Putnam-2 66 Five birdies front9, back-1. 5

2 Robert MacIntyre-2 66 , birdies last 2 holes, picked 4th to win at 18/1. 2

*2 Steven Fisk-2 66 Great start with 5 birdies front9, then birdie on#10, pars last 8 holes.54

*7 Tommy Fleetwood-5 67 Picked to win at 15/1, bogie free RD. 10

7 Ludvig Aberg-5 67 One bogie 56 birdies, no DB’s! 5

15 Alex Smally-4 68 Two bogies 6 birdies, made cut all 4 events #21 best. 14

15 Austin Smotherman-4 68 Bogie free-4 front9 Ace on 13 but 0 birdies 2 bogies. 36

20 JJ Spahn-3 69 Two bogies 5 birdies. WINS

*46 Rickie Fowler-2 70 Good start with bogie free-4 front9 then 3 bogies back. CUT

ROUND 2

*1 Robert MacIntyre-14 64 One bogie 1 eagle, birdies 4 of his last 5 holes.

*2 Ludvig Aberg-10 67 One eagle on 13 holes in from fairway, but bogies his last hole.

3 Tony Finau-9 69 Started poorly with 3 bogies 1st 6 holes but-4 back 9, RD4 78.

7 Andrew Putnam-8 70 Starts with bogie another on#15 with 4 birdies.

7 Ryo Hisatsune-8 Six birdies on his front9, then 1 bogie 8 pars on back. 8

13 Tommy Fleetwood-7 70 First bogie on #3 and 3 birdies to fall 6 spots.

13 Michael Kim-7 65 Shoots par 72 1st RD, RD2-1 front9, 1 eagle 4 birdies last 5 holes.

15 JJ Spahn-6 69 Three bogies 6 birdies.

*61 Jordan Spieth-2 71 2 birdies 1 bogie. 63

*61 Mark Hubbard-2 77 Completely falls apart 1 DB, 7 bogies, 3 birdies, drops 60 spots.

CUT-1 Homa, Thorbjornsen, C. Young, Griffin, Dunlap, Straka, Henley

ROUND 3 Play interrupted when final group was on the 7th hole.

It was completed Sunday morning and MacIntyre birdied 7 for lead as Aberg bogied.

Final 13 holes played on Sunday morning MacIntyre is+2 Aberg-1.

1 MacIntyre-14 72 2 birdies first 7 holes, 4 stroke lead, but then 2 bogies next 11.

2 Aberg-13 69 Three birdies 1st 6 holes cuts lead to 1, then 2 bogies 2 birdies next 12.

2 Ryo Hisatsune-13 67 1 bogie 4 birdies front9, 1 DB 4 birdies back9.

2 Michael Kim-13 66 Bogie free RD 6 birdies.

2 Matt Wallace-13 66 Two eagles 4 birdies 1st 16 holes up 31 spots.

5 JJ Spahn-12 66 Bogie free. 4 birdies back9.

FINAL RD MacIntyre & Aberg looked like final group until rain postponement on Saturday.

However tournament is decided on last 5 holes. Spahn has bogie 2 birdies both have eagles on 17, MacIntyre has bogie 1 birdie, 1 par to lose by 1.

Spahn unlikely winner, odds (150/1) and was not the strongest contender until the final

5 holes, did not play well front9, 2 very bad tee shots but salvaged par and 1 birdie 0 bogies.

1 JJ Spahn-17 67 One birdie front9, last 5, birdies 14&16, bogies 15, eagles 17 for lead. $1.7M

2 Matt Wallace-16 Finishes strong, 3 birdies on last 4 holes to take a clubhouse lead. $XXXX

2 Michael Kim-16 69 Bogies 8&9 drops to-12, birdies 4 holes back 9 but par on 18. $742K

2 Robert MacIntyre-16 70 All pars front9, first birdie on 10, bogies 11&16, eagles 17 $742K

and has a chance to force a playoff but fails to make a long birdie putt on 18. XXXX

5 Andrew Putnam-15 70 Bogies 16&18 when 2 pars would have tied him for the lead. $379K

5 Ludvig Aberg-15 70 Starts strong with 2 birdies 1st 2 holes then 3 bogies and again $379K

he is done by hole 12 in the final Rd. Birdies 14,17,18 to late. XXXX