Valero Texas Open R1

Texas Open 2021 R1
April 01-04
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
$7,700,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Camilo Villegas started his round with a bogey at the par-4 10th before firing nine birdies to take the first round lead with an 8-under 64 at the Valero Texas Open.

Texas Open 2021 R1

Villegas has won twice on the PGA Tour, at the Tour Championship in 2008 and the Wyndham Championship in 2014, but recent years have been fraught with difficulty including the death of his young daughter last year. He has been on form recently with two top-10 finishes this year.

“Sometimes it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn’t,” said Villegas. “The last few years I’ve been up and down with many things. We keep showing up and the results start showing up.”

Texas Open 2021 R1

Sung Kang’s front nine consisted of two birdies and a bogey at the par-4 12th but an eagle at the par-5 2nd was followed by three more birdies to close with a 66 and tie for second place alongside Cameron Tringale.

“I played great today, but I didn’t start off very good,” said Kang. “I struggled a little bit with a new driver from the start, but I found a way to hit it on the back nine so started driving a lot better.”

Texas Open 2021 R1

Jordan Spieth, who has had four top-10 finishes this year, made five birdies and a bogey on his front nine and another two birdies and a bogey on his final hole to close with a 67. He is tied in fourth place alongside Seung-Yul Noh and Hideki Matsuyama.

“I certainly would have signed up for 5-under starting out,” said Spieth. “Felt like I played some really nice golf on our front nine, the back nine. Then just kind of got a little loose off the tee on the front nine, our second nine, and was able to kind of make do.”

“I hit some decent drives, ended up in iffy spots,” he continued. “Overall, just chipped and putted really well, which was the difference maker today. I didn’t quite hit it as good as I have been.”

Texas Open 2021 R1

Last week’s runner up, Scottie Scheffler, is tied in seventh place alongside Tom Hoge and Sebastián Muñoz after 68s.

“I made a few silly mistakes here and there, kind of two sloppy bogeys, but other than that, I felt like I played really solid,” said Scheffler. “I was pretty frustrated bogeying a par-5 there towards the end of the round, so having a nice bounce back will give me some momentum and make me rest a little easier.”

Texas Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Camilo Villegas *	-8	64
T2	Sung Kang *	-6	66
T2	Cameron Tringale	-6	66
T4	Hideki Matsuyama	-5	67
T4	Seung-Yul Noh *	-5	67
T4	Jordan Spieth *	-5	67
T7	Tom Hoge	-4	68
T7	Sebastián Muñoz *	-4	68
T7	Scottie Scheffler *	-4	68
T10	Kevin Stadler *	-3	69
T10	Matt Wallace	-3	69
T10	Vincent Whaley *	-3	69
T13	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-2	70
T13	Adam Hadwin *	-2	70
T13	Brandon Hagy *	-2	70
T13	Padraig Harrington *	-2	70
T13	Matt Kuchar	-2	70
T13	Kyoung-Hoon Lee *	-2	70
T13	Pat Perez *	-2	70
T13	Brendan Steele *	-2	70
T13	Martin Trainer *	-2	70
T22	Keegan Bradley *	-1	71
T22	Wesley Bryan	-1	71
T22	Corey Conners *	-1	71
T22	Cameron Davis *	-1	71
T22	Zach Johnson *	-1	71
T22	Patton Kizzire	-1	71
T22	Anirban Lahiri *	-1	71
T22	Denny McCarthy	-1	71
T22	Ryan Moore	-1	71
T22	Rory Sabbatini	-1	71
T22	Charl Schwartzel	-1	71
T22	Kyle Stanley	-1	71
T22	Sepp Straka *	-1	71
T22	Vaughn Taylor *	-1	71
T22	Gary Woodland *	-1	71
T22	Erik van Rooyen	-1	71
T38	Abraham Ancer *	E	72
T38	Akshay Bhatia	E	72
T38	Joseph Bramlett	E	72
T38	Rafael Campos *	E	72
T38	K.J. Choi *	E	72
T38	Jason Dufner	E	72
T38	Brice Garnett	E	72
T38	William Gordon *	E	72
T38	John Huh	E	72
T38	Si Woo Kim	E	72
T38	Chris Kirk *	E	72
T38	Martin Laird *	E	72
T38	Keith Mitchell	E	72
T38	Ryan Palmer *	E	72
T38	Doc Redman *	E	72
T38	Chase Seiffert	E	72
T38	Roger Sloan	E	72
T38	Brandt Snedeker	E	72
T38	Jimmy Walker *	E	72
T57	Ryan Brehm	1	73
T57	Tyler Duncan	1	73
T57	Tony Finau	1	73
T57	Michael Gligic	1	73
T57	Lucas Glover *	1	73
T57	Chesson Hadley	1	73
T57	Scott Harrington	1	73
T57	David Hearn	1	73
T57	Charles Howell III	1	73
T57	Tain Lee *	1	73
T57	Tom Lewis	1	73
T57	Luke List *	1	73
T57	Adam Long	1	73
T57	Peter Malnati *	1	73
T57	Ben Martin *	1	73
T57	Matthew NeSmith *	1	73
T57	D.A. Points *	1	73
T57	Greyson Sigg *	1	73
T57	Brian Stuard	1	73
T57	Nick Taylor *	1	73
T57	Harold Varner III	1	73
T57	Bernd Wiesberger	1	73
T57	Danny Willett	1	73
Projected Cut: ( +1 )
T80	Ryan Armour	2	74
T80	Sebastian Cappelen	2	74
T80	Joel Dahmen	2	74
T80	Sam Fidone *	2	74
T80	Doug Ghim *	2	74
T80	Harry Higgs *	2	74
T80	Beau Hossler *	2	74
T80	Russell Knox *	2	74
T80	Hunter Mahan *	2	74
T80	Graeme McDowell *	2	74
T80	Adam Schenk *	2	74
T80	D.J. Trahan	2	74
T80	Bo Van Pelt	2	74
T80	Jhonattan Vegas *	2	74
T80	Kris Ventura *	2	74
T95	Kiradech Aphibarnrat *	3	75
T95	Sam Burns *	3	75
T95	Kevin Chappell *	3	75
T95	Branden Grace *	3	75
T95	Lanto Griffin	3	75
T95	Charley Hoffman	3	75
T95	Kelly Kraft *	3	75
T95	Andrew Landry *	3	75
T95	Davis Love III	3	75
T95	Patrick Rodgers *	3	75
T95	Sam Ryder	3	75
T95	Carlos Sainz Jr *	3	75
T95	Robby Shelton	3	75
T95	Henrik Stenson *	3	75
T95	Aaron Wise *	3	75
T110	Scott Brown *	4	76
T110	Bronson Burgoon	4	76
T110	Rickie Fowler *	4	76
T110	Brian Gay	4	76
T110	Rhein Gibson	4	76
T110	Kramer Hickok *	4	76
T110	Bo Hoag	4	76
T110	Michael Kim	4	76
T110	Satoshi Kodaira	4	76
T110	Nate Lashley	4	76
T110	Hank Lebioda *	4	76
T110	Troy Merritt	4	76
T110	Cameron Percy	4	76
T110	Ted Potter, Jr.	4	76
T124	Byeong Hun An	5	77
T124	Cameron Champ	5	77
T124	Luke Donald	5	77
T124	Austin Eckroat (a)	5	77
T124	Jim Furyk *	5	77
T124	Danny Lee	5	77
T124	Mac Meissner (a)	5	77
T124	Rob Oppenheim	5	77
T124	Andrew Putnam	5	77
T124	Scott Stallings *	5	77
T134	Austin Cook *	6	78
T134	J.B. Holmes	6	78
T134	J.J. Killeen *	6	78
T134	Henrik Norlander *	6	78
T134	J.J. Spaun	6	78
T139	Phil Mickelson	7	79
T139	Nick Watney *	7	79
T139	Xinjun Zhang	7	79
142	Sam Bennett (a)	8	80
143	Sean O’Hair	11	83
144	Patrick Grimes *	13	85
* Player started on the back nine