Valero Texas Open R1

Valero Texas 2022 R1

Mar 31 – April 03
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
$8,600,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Russell Knox carded a flawless 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the Valero Texas Open.

Valero Texas 2022 R1

“It was a great day obviously,” said the Scotsman. “A little chilly this morning, but then as the round kind of got going, I mean, absolutely the most beautiful weather to play golf in.

“Obviously thrilled with the round. I took care of business off the tee, which was nice. Obviously this course, if you get offline, it can be very penal. So I drove the ball well, iron play was solid again and just a couple of those good luck moments starting the round kind of got my momentum nice. Chip-in there on 7, good up-and-down on 6, great up-and-down on 9, those were kind of the key parts that allowed me to kind of settle into the back nine and have some easier birdies.”

Valero Texas 2022 R1

Russell’s round including a run of four consecutive birdies from the 12th.

“No. 12, I hit a nice wedge shot in there and had a relatively short putt for birdie, made that. No. 13 was a huge bonus. I mean, it was 220-something today. I hit a hybrid. Wasn’t a perfect strike but ended up in beautiful position, probably, I don’t know, seven, eight feet away. Was able to birdie an extremely difficult par 3, which is always a bonus.

“Then had the par 5, which I made up-and-down from the bunker. Then 15 was a nice little bonus, too. Hit a beautiful drive down there, hit 6-iron just over the back and was able to get that in from 20-plus feet from the fringe. That was one of those kind of bonus birdies that you need when you’re going to have a good day.”

Valero Texas 2022 R1

Dane Rasmus Hojgaard looked set for the lead after six birdies and an eagle at the par-5 18th but his final drive at the 9th went left and he needed four more shots to finish leading to a double bogey and a 66.

England’s Aaron Rai shares fourth place at 5- under with Americans Matt Kuchar, Denny McCarthy and J.J. Spaun.

Valero Texas 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Russell Knox	-7	65
2	Rasmus Hojgaard	-6	66
T3	Matt Kuchar	-5	67
T3	Denny McCarthy	-5	67
T3	J.J. Spaun	-5	67
T3	Aaron Rai	-5	67
T7	Scott Stallings	-4	68
T7	Anirban Lahiri	-4	68
T7	Luke List	-4	68
T7	Ryan Palmer	-4	68
T7	Matt Jones	-4	68
T7	Brendon Todd	-4	68
T7	Brendan Steele	-4	68
T7	Peter Uihlein	-4	68
T7	Austin Smotherman	-4	68
T7	David Skinns	-4	68
T7	Henrik Norlander	-4	68
T18	Doc Redman	-3	69
T18	C.T. Pan	-3	69
T18	Si Woo Kim	-3	69
T18	Troy Merritt	-3	69
T18	John Huh	-3	69
T18	James Hahn	-3	69
T18	Matthias Schwab	-3	69
T18	Robert MacIntyre	-3	69
T18	Ben Martin	-3	69
T18	Jim Herman	-3	69
T18	Aaron Baddeley	-3	69
T18	Michael Gligic	-3	69
T30	Adam Hadwin	-2	70
T30	Chris Kirk	-2	70
T30	Seung-Yul Noh	-2	70
T30	Kramer Hickok	-2	70
T30	Gary Woodland	-2	70
T30	J.T. Poston	-2	70
T30	Tyler Duncan	-2	70
T30	Dylan Frittelli	-2	70
T30	Henrik Stenson	-2	70
T30	Martin Laird	-2	70
T30	Maverick McNealy	-2	70
T30	Vince Whaley	-2	70
T30	Bill Haas	-2	70
T30	Adam Schenk	-2	70
T30	Kevin Streelman	-2	70
T30	Corey Conners	-2	70
T30	Tony Finau	-2	70
T30	Scott Gutschewski	-2	70
T30	Richy Werenski	-2	70
T30	Charles Howell III	-2	70
T30	Patrick Rodgers	-2	70
T30	Richard Bland	-2	70
T30	Davis Riley	-2	70
T53	Robert Streb	-1	71
T53	William McGirt	-1	71
T53	Patton Kizzire	-1	71
T53	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	71
T53	Kevin Chappell	-1	71
T53	Ian Poulter	-1	71
T53	Chesson Hadley	-1	71
T53	Peter Malnati	-1	71
T53	Mito Pereira	-1	71
T53	Hudson Swafford	-1	71
T53	Lucas Glover	-1	71
T53	Nate Lashley	-1	71
T53	Luke Donald	-1	71
T53	Keegan Bradley	-1	71
T53	Brice Garnett	-1	71
T53	Austin Cook	-1	71
T53	Andrew Putnam	-1	71
T53	Stephan Jaeger	-1	71
T53	Dylan Wu	-1	71
T72	Rory McIlroy	Par	72
T72	Rickie Fowler	Par	72
T72	Adam Long	Par	72
T72	Nick Taylor	Par	72
T72	Kelly Kraft	Par	72
T72	Adam Svensson	Par	72
T72	Ben Kohles	Par	72
T72	Trey Mullinax	Par	72
T72	Nick Watney	Par	72
T72	Jordan Spieth	Par	72
T72	Charley Hoffman	Par	72
T72	Zach Johnson	Par	72
T72	Cameron Champ	Par	72
T72	Jared Wolfe	Par	72
T72	Pat Perez	Par	72
T72	Camilo Villegas	Par	72
T72	Jake Kevorkian	Par	72
T89	Brian Stuard	+1	73
T89	Kyle Stanley	+1	73
T89	Wyndham Clark	+1	73
T89	Bryson DeChambeau	+1	73
T89	Doug Ghim	+1	73
T89	Lee Westwood	+1	73
T89	Seth Reeves	+1	73
T89	Joseph Bramlett	+1	73
T89	Max McGreevy	+1	73
T89	Brandt Snedeker	+1	73
T89	Beau Hossler	+1	73
T89	Greyson Sigg	+1	73
T89	Logan McAllister (a)	+1	73
T89	Taylor Moore	+1	73
T89	Dawie van der Walt	+1	73
T104	Bronson Burgoon	+2	74
T104	Matthew NeSmith	+2	74
T104	Roger Sloan	+2	74
T104	Jason Day	+2	74
T104	Graeme McDowell	+2	74
T104	Martin Trainer	+2	74
T104	Shawn Stefani	+2	74
T104	Min Woo Lee	+2	74
T104	Paul Barjon	+2	74
T104	Lee Hodges	+2	74
T104	Chad Ramey	+2	74
T104	Hideki Matsuyama	+2	74
T104	Branden Grace	+2	74
T104	Jonas Blixt	+2	74
T104	Alex Smalley	+2	74
T119	Harry Higgs	+3	75
T119	Hayden Buckley	+3	75
T119	Garrick Higgo	+3	75
T119	Ryan Brehm	+3	75
T119	Sung Kang	+3	75
T119	Lanto Griffin	+3	75
T119	K.H. Lee	+3	75
T119	Justin Lower	+3	75
T119	Curtis Thompson	+3	75
T119	Samuel Saunders	+3	75
T129	Brandon Hagy	+4	76
T129	Nick Hardy	+4	76
T129	Kevin Tway	+4	76
T129	Andrew Novak	+4	76
T133	Takumi Kanaya	+5	77
T133	Ben Kern	+5	77
T133	Sam Ryder	+5	77
T133	Sahith Theegala	+5	77
T137	Matt Wallace	+6	78
T137	David Lipsky	+6	78
T137	Jimmy Walker	+6	78
T137	Hank Lebioda	+6	78
T137	Guido Migliozzi	+6	78
T137	Ludvig Aberg (a)	+6	78
WD	Chez Reavie		77
WD	Danny Lee		30