Valero Texas 2022 R4

Mar 31 - April 03
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
$8,600,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

J.J. Spaun won his maiden PGA Tour title on Sunday at the Valero Texas Open, and earned his ticket to the Masters.

Valero Texas 2022 R4

"I feel like I've been playing good for a really long time this year, even starting back in the fall. Just been staying patient, and I know this course is a good course for being patient and hitting fairways and hitting greens and short game is a big deal around here and I think I chipped it fairly well.

"It was just one of those weeks where I kind of had a good feeling about it all week long. I've just been playing well and it was about time that I was due to string four good ones together and fortunately that's what I did today."

Valero Texas 2022 R4

The American started the day in a four-way tie for the lead and opened with a double bogey at the par-4 1st. He recovered with three birdies on the front nine to make the turn in 35 before making two more to close with a 69 and reach 13-under at TPC San Antonio.

"I was pretty upset, but the only thing, the saving grace to that or the thing I learned from that is it's the first hole. Like if I was 2 over through 5, it probably would have felt different, but I knew because it was only the first hole, like you've just got to forget about it.

"I actually thought to myself if I was at 8-under starting on the fourth round and playing the first hole and I made par and I was 8-under, I would be happy because the first hole is actually really tough, especially with that wind. So I just didn't let it bother me and I just tried to overcome and I did."

Valero Texas 2022 R4

The last time a PGA Tour winner started his final round with a double bogey was in 2008 when Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open and won in a playoff the next day.

Fellow American Matt Kuchar also needed a win to make it to the Masters but had to settle for a share of second place at 11-under after closing with a 69. Tied alongside him is Australian Matt Jones who carded a 66.

Canadian Adam Hadwin closed with a 67 for a share of fourth place at 10-under alongside Americans Troy Merritt, Charles Howell III and overnight co-leader Beau Hossler.

South African Dylan Frittelli, who also shared the 54-hole lead alongside Brandt Snedeker, signed for a 73 and finished tied for 8th at 9-under. Snedeker's final 75 placed him in a tie for 18th at 7-under.

Valero Texas 2022 R4