Bob Weeks Picks Six – Valero Texas Open

TSN Senior Reporter

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After a thrilling week of match play, the PGA Tour returns to a 72-hole stroke play event at the Valero Texas Open. 

Last year Jordan Spieth ended nearly a four-year winless drought, winning this event with a score of 18-under. 

Canadian Corey Conners is looking to ride the momentum from his third-place finish at the WGC-Dell Match Play last week at the tournament where he collected his only professional win in 2019. 

Next week is a big one on the PGA calendar, with The Masters set to begin April 7, but that hasn't stopped a number of the game's top players from teeing it up at TPC San Antonio one week before their trip to Augusta National. 

Favourites

Rory McIlroy +750

It might seem odd to pass up the Match Play for the Valero Texas Open, but McIlroy is, more than anything, trying to find a way to groove his game for Augusta National. Playing the week before might be the answer. It’s his second visit to TPC San Antonio, the last one coming way back in 2013 when he ended up second. His game is firing on all cylinders at the moment with the only hiccup over his last three starts being a bad putting week at the Players. 

Corey Conners +1800

After a slow start to the season on the West Coast, Conners has returned to form and perhaps gone even a little bit better. He tied for 11th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then reached the semi-finals at last week’s Dell Technologies Match Play. While his putting is markedly improved, a noticeable difference in his game can be seen with his wedges. He’s on the positive side of Strokes Gained: Around The Green in five of his last six starts. A past champion of this tournament (2019) always brings good vibes. 

Mid-Range

Gary Woodland +3000 

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