PGA DFS First Look: Valero Texas Open

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-03-27 17:55:12

The PGA DFS First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, and course history.

Valero Texas Open

Field Size:

144 golfers

Cut Rule:

Top 65 and ties move on after the first two rounds

Weather Forecasts

Golf Course

TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course)
Par 72 that measures 7,438 yards

Course Notes

Difficulty last five years — 18th, 15th, 28th, 12th, 10th (depends on wind)
Fairly generous fairways (30+ yards wide) that narrow at 300 yards
Plenty of hazards in play off the tee, but very playable rough
Water is in play on only three holes, but can’t stray too far off fairways
Kevin Chappell, Corey Conners, and J.J. Spaun play into the ball striker narrative
We’ve seen short-gamers play well too (Jordan Spieth, Matt Kuchar, Andrew Landry)
Average-sized bermudagrass greens (6,400 square feet)

What to Look For

Total driving
Iron Play
Around the green play
Bermuda putting
Par 5 scoring
Texas/wind experience

Salaries, Odds, Course History (L5 Years), and Form (L5 Events)

Golfer	Odds	DK	FD	Cuts	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	-1E	-2E	-3E	-4E	-5E
Tyrrell Hatton	13	$10,900	$12,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	59	2	4	40	6
Corey Conners	20	$10,100	$11,900	4/4	35	14	1	26	500	17	107	21	61	50
Rickie Fowler	20	$10,200	$11,700	2/3	94	17	17	500	500	17	13	31	20	10
Si Woo Kim	22	$9,700	$11,600	5/5	13	23	4	45	22	17	27	39	102	23
Hideki Matsuyama	25	$10,500	$11,400	1/2	WD	30	500	500	500	31	5	91	68	29
Taylor Montgomery	28	$9,900	$11,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	17	44	39	68	96
Chris Kirk	31	$9,300	$11,100	3/5	35	6	81	8	92	52	89	39	1	67
Davis Riley	34	$9,500	$10,900	1/1	63	500	500	500	500	28	19	89	8	29
Matt Kuchar	35	$9,200	$10,600	5/5	2	12	7	51	40	9	89	102	8	32
J.J. Spaun	35	$8,900	$10,800	3/5	1	130	111	26	49	9	76	73	33	103
Cameron Davis	44	$8,300	$10,300	1/2	500	69	102	500	500	17	6	73	81	111
Matt Wallace	45	$8,500	$10,500	1/2	137	3	500	500	500	1	7	76	29	111
Brendon Todd	48	$7,900	$10,100	1/1	8	500	500	500	500	27	39	93	103	2
Alex Noren	48	$8,800	$9,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	52	98	61	80	67
Ryan Fox	50	$9,000	$9,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	17	27	14	17	11
Thomas Detry	50	$8,400	$10,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	8	76	24		33
Ben Griffin	50	$8,700	$10,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	31	45	35	14	21
Adam Schenk	50	$8,200	$9,600	2/4	72	119	7	58	500	2	89	31	42	50
Aaron Rai	55	$7,900	$9,800	1/1	29	500	500	500	500	19	53	116	29	42
Andrew Putnam	55	$7,800	$9,800	3/4	41	94	36	8	500	9	76	34	80	67
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	55	$8,600	$9,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	59	13	96	42	58
Nicolai Hojgaard	55	$8,000	$9,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	2	32	5	13	38
Nick Taylor	60	$7,600	$9,500	3/5	94	59	52	81	22	31	10	98	84	33
Taylor Pendrith	66	$7,700	$9,600	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	70	69	101	42	57
Sam Ryder	66	$7,800	$9,400	2/4	109	137	42	36	500	19	44	84	20	20
Davis Thompson	66	$8,100	$9,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	31	68	53	93	103
Alex Smalley	75	$7,600	$9,400	0/1	118	500	500	500	500	27	65	108	80	65
Brandon Wu	80	$7,500	$9,300	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	126	19	14	93	50
Francesco Molinari	80	$7,400	$8,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	60	14	124	128	116
Will Gordon	85	$7,200	$9,300	1/1	500	78	500	500	500	36	54	70	42
Sepp Straka	90	$7,400	$9,100	1/2	500	67	81	500	500	59	65	73	5	45
Emiliano Grillo	90	$7,300	$9,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	70	76	39	67	112
Luke List	90	$7,200	$8,900	2/5	53	17	138	81	92	108	76	112	29	67
Beau Hossler	90	$7,700	$9,200	4/5	4	69	36	51	144	99	121	96	80	14
Eric Cole	100	$7,300	$8,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	72	27	105	2	15
Ben Martin	100	$7,100	$9,200	3/3	63	34	500	45	500	8	45	54	5	13
Seonghyeon Kim	100	$7,500	$8,800	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	45	128	39	63	33
Byeong-Hun An	100	$7,400	$9,000	2/3	500	130	7	500	40	45	35		21	37
Erik Van Rooyen	100	$7,200	$8,600	1/1	500	14	500	500	500	56	10	32	141	50
Robby Shelton	100	$7,500	$9,000	1/2	500	110	500	500	16	108	107	39	21	20
Hayden Buckley	100	$7,600	$8,900	0/1	109	500	500	500	500	76	96	122	102	29
Trey Mullinax	100	$7,300	$8,800	2/4	72	500	76	2	130	99	136	8	62	61
Austin Eckroat	100	$7,100	$9,000	0/1	500	104	500	500	500	5	72	80	90	98
Sam Stevens	110	$7,400	$8,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	3	72	15	90	34
Tyler Duncan	110	$7,200	$8,500	1/4	134	44	115	94	500	3	108	54	3	33
Garrick Higgo	110	$7,300	$8,700	0/1	109	500	500	500	500	58	44	73	29	67
David Lingmerth	110	$7,100	$8,800	1/1	500	500	500	51	500	27	6	70	10	58
Patton Kizzire	110	$7,500	$8,600	1/2	105	9	500	500	500	10	65	73	80	103
Kevin Streelman	120	$7,000	$8,600	4/4	18	500	6	8	53	27	76	73	50	96
Patrick Rodgers	120	$7,300	$8,600	1/3	58	94	500	94	500	73	36	89	84	80
Ryan Palmer	125	$7,100	$8,500	3/5	48	17	81	94	6	76	53	116	42	76
Lanto Griffin	130	$7,200	$8,400	3/3	53	34	500	58	500	16		58	37	66
Nate Lashley	130	$7,200	$8,300	1/3	18	79	500	81	500	108	60	3	20	61
Nick Hardy	130	$7,400	$8,300	0/1	94	500	500	500	500	13	72	107	84	102
Mark Hubbard	130	$6,900	$8,400	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	29	119	35	42	102
Pierceson Coody	130	$6,900	$8,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	147	72	14	63	130
Lee Hodges	130	$7,000	$8,400	0/1	118	500	500	500	500	63	128	108	14	18
Matthew NeSmith	130	$6,800	$8,200	1/2	105	34	500	500	500	135	39	124	96	55
Harry Hall	130	$7,000	$8,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	13	119	7	74	34
Kramer Hickok	130	$7,100	$8,400	0/3	83	110	81	500	500	46	45	44	14	29
Padraig Harrington	130	$7,000	$8,300	2/2	500	69	71	500	500	53	60	25	113	4
Charley Hoffman	130	$7,000	$8,500	4/5	94	2	2	64	40	101	108	101	81	14
Joseph Bramlett	140	$7,100	$8,300	1/2	109	34	500	500	500	36	98	91	55	7
Dylan Frittelli	140	$6,800	$8,100	3/3	8	500	42	20	500	99	115	29	80	14
Akshay Bhatia	150	$7,000	$8,200	0/1	500	79	500	500	500	24	72	2	49	91
Kazuki Higa	150	$6,900	$8,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	4	11	36	72	36
Troy Merritt	150	$6,700	$7,800	4/4	4	34	500	36	49	108	76	84	80	80
Ben Taylor	160	$6,900	$8,100	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	126	53	5	58	98
Scott Piercy	160	$6,800	$8,100	0/2	500	500	500	94	130	29	76	21	50
Adam Long	160	$6,900	$8,100	1/3	35	79	81	500	500	93	19	128	102	50
Callum Tarren	160	$6,600	$8,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	107	96	125	127	112
Matthys Daffue	180	$7,000	$7,900	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	29	19	64	21	48
Lucas Glover	180	$6,900	$8,000	3/3	18	4	14	500	500	36	51	108	68	39
Greyson Sigg	180	$6,600	$8,000	2/2	41	59	500	500	500	57	115	61	90	120
Martin Laird	180	$6,800	$8,000	5/5	29	30	36	11	18	130	140	39	111	80
Chad Ramey	180	$6,700	$7,900	1/1	41	500	500	500	500		27	27	81	93
Michael Kim	200	$6,500	$7,900	0/3	500	110	500	153	135	26	45	5	102	11
Henrik Norlander	200	$6,700	$7,700	1/2	53	138	500	500	500	22	45	15	116	88
Michael Thompson	200	$6,500	$7,800	2/2	500	500	500	68	49	19	98	45	96	37
Russell Knox	200	$6,500	$7,500	1/3	61	79	500	81	500	58	130	121	127	111
Cameron Champ	200	$6,700	$7,900	2/3	83	34	500	73	500	72	80	130	35	53
Chesson Hadley	210	$6,800	$7,800	3/4	53	23	130	20	500	83	88	44	29	111
Vincent Norrman	210	$6,700	$7,700	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	16	108	21	63	124
Austin Smotherman	210	$6,900	$7,800	1/1	61	500	500	500	500	36	35	80	112	139
Doug Ghim	210	$6,800	$7,700	1/2	94	44	500	500	500	16	27	133	62	67
Kevin Tway	230	$6,500	$7,700	2/4	WD	500	81	36	3	38	72	89	63	40
Matthias Schmid	250	$6,400	$7,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	93	139	33	90	133
Augusto Nunez	250	$6,700	$7,600	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	26	119	15	71	48
Carl Yuan	250	$6,600	$7,600	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	63	71	81	115	87
Zac Blair	250	$6,500	$7,400	1/2	500	500	500	36	77	10	49	108	122	115
Ryan Moore	250	$6,400	$7,400	4/4	500	76	3	7	18	108	108	90	67	7
Stewart Cink	250	$6,800	$7,400	1/2	500	500	500	112	22	88	128	105	93	65
Kevin Chappell	250	$6,700	$7,600	3/4	18	94	500	30	1	16	15	29	76	145
Matthias Schwab	250	$6,600	$7,500	1/1	8	500	500	500	500	8	135	54	60	50
Ryan Gerard	250	$6,600	$7,500	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	93	71	11	4	3
Justin Lower	250	$6,500	$7,600	0/1	137	500	500	500	500	73	88	115	96	68
Doc Redman	260	$6,400	$7,300	2/2	67	44	500	500	500	16	121	90	80	88
Peter Malnati	280	$6,600	$7,300	3/5	41	94	23	64	144	72	89	73	81	20
Andrew Novak	280	$6,700	$7,300	0/1	94	500	500	500	500	46	27	133	44	29
Harry Higgs	280	$6,600	$7,300	0/2	130	79	500	500	500	38	135	7	135	48
James Hahn	300	$6,300	$7,200	1/1	69	500	500	500	500	71	98	111	32	98
Harrison Endycott	300	$6,500	$7,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	58	65	76	26	115
Ryan Armour	340	$6,600	$7,200	1/4	500	79	57	123	92	45	115	61	63	58
Brent Grant	350	$6,400	$7,200	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	8	72	40		20
Ricky Barnes	350	$6,300	$7,000	2/2	500	500	500	51	67	7	33	80	93	111
Brice Garnett	370	$6,400	$7,100	1/3	72	79	500	80	500	8	88	48	55	135
Tano Goya	370	$6,500	$7,400	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	35	99	11	55	55
Luke Donald	370	$6,300	$7,100	1/4	58	119	102	500	117	126	39	125	40	76
Nicolas Echavarria	370	$6,400	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	130	107	1	131	130
Austin Cook	370	$6,300	$7,100	1/4	72	94	130	30	500	13	135	86	102	108
Zecheng Dou	370	$6,400	$7,100	1/1	500	500	500	51	500	69	90	127	108	62
Paul Haley	420	$6,400	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	35	72	21	102	58
Cole Hammer	420	$6,300	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	119	65	91	99	61
Andrew Landry	420	$6,300	$7,000	1/3	500	94	102	1	500	45	40	122	125
Carson Young	500	$6,300	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	38	119	3	29
Roberto Diaz	500	$6,100	$7,000	1/2	500	500	57	81	500	31	71	130	8	42
Jason Dufner	550	$6,200	$7,000	0/1	500	130	500	500	500	58	36	44	74	32
Michael Gligic	550	$6,100	$7,000	0/2	83	110	500	500	500	68	88	71	90	76
Kevin Roy	650	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	50	88	33	29	76
Trevor Cone	650	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	73	65	70	74	76
Kyle Westmoreland	650	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	50	130	39	135	29
Chez Reavie	650	$6,300	$7,000	0/1	WD	500	500	500	500	72	89	101	111	80
Trevor Werbylo	650	$6,200	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	64	27	40	49	58
Brandon Matthews	650	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	35	130	40	55	130
Jim Herman	650	$6,100	$7,000	2/3	71	500	125	500	18	72	44	14	66	139
Scott Harrington	650	$6,200	$7,000	0/1	500	79	500	500	500	46	72	29	26	115
Brian Stuard	650	$6,000	$7,000	2/5	105	110	4	36	130	73	99	71	122	70
Kelly Kraft	650	$6,000	$7,000	1/4	125	44	115	500	117	16	108	136	55	102
Jimmy Walker	650	$6,200	$7,000	4/5	109	59	30	4	13	99	49	129	139	13
Richy Werenski	650	$6,200	$7,000	3/4	48	500	61	11	110	89	27	21	131	67
Robert Streb	650	$6,200	$7,000	1/3	94	500	63	500	92	88	115	116	102	96
J.B. Holmes	750	$6,000	$7,000	1/3	500	124	71	112	500	119	71	67	117	124
Chandler Phillips	800	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	72	120	91	12	1
Kyle Stanley	800	$6,000	$7,000	2/3	94	14	52	500	500	88	54	60	91
Max McGreevy	800	$6,100	$7,000	0/1	83	500	500	500	500	50	119	141	33	127
Brian Gay	800	$6,000	$7,000	2/4	500	124	77	81	6	116	117		88	11
Nick Watney	800	$6,000	$7,000	1/5	125	130	81	20	77	141	57	120	117	76
Davis Love	2000	$6,000	$7,000	0/2	500	104	136	500	500	129	146	94	121	106
Jesse Mueller	2500	$6,100	$7,000	0/0	500	500	500	500	500	86	97	135	148	115
JJ Wood	2500	$6,000		0/0	500	500	500	500	500

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PGA DFS First Look: Valero Texas Open

Valero Texas Open

Salaries, Odds, Course History (L5 Years), and Form (L5 Events)

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