Valero Texas Open
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Sep 12, 2026
Danny KlozaHOST
Haven't we
TrudyHOST
seen Cam Smith play here at Texas Open?
Danny KlozaHOST
I don't know if he's been here or not.
Danny KlozaHOST
I think he has.
Ricky BobbyGUEST
does.
Ricky BobbyGUEST
That's why he comes to the Valero Open every year.
TrudyHOST
To get one picture with me.
TrudyHOST
You
Geoff FienbergGUEST
We're in an extra like 40 minutes.
Keith StewartGUEST
Pat, bronze for me is Gary Woodland at the Texas Open.
Keith StewartGUEST
Can't think of, can't think of a better moment that combines both, you know, the arc of the comeback, uh, alongside just some really, really special golf.
Keith StewartGUEST
And he had played well there the year before.
Ken WiseHOST
It was a rainy one in San Antonio.
Ken WiseHOST
J.J. Spahn, the reigning U.S. Open champion, shot a 67 in the final round to win the Valero Texas Open.
Ken WiseHOST
The purse this year was $9.8 million and he won $1,764,000 for his victory.
Ken WiseHOST
But 104 years earlier, in 1922, a Scottish-born club professional from Chicago named Bob McDonald... was on a municipal golf course in san antonio playing his shots off rubber mats with hickory clubs and he won the first texas open he took home fifteen hundred dollars and in 1922 that was the richest paycheck in professional golf the 104 years in between is this episode The Valero Texas Open is the third oldest tournament on the PGA Tour.
Ken WiseHOST
Only the Western Open, which was in 1899, started in 1899, and the Canadian Open, which started in 1904, are older.
Ken WiseHOST
Outside the PGA Tour, the U.S. Open started in 1895.
Ken WiseHOST
The PGA Championship was played in 1916, which I guess would make the Texas Open the fifth oldest professional tournament in North America.
Ken WiseHOST
Apologies, by the way, to Valero if I forget to say Valero Texas Open.
Rick WolfelHOST
Going back a few years now, you've worked the Senior PGA Championship, which was in Michigan that year.
Rick WolfelHOST
Ended up with Andy Young and her bunch at the Valero Texas Open in 2024.
Rick WolfelHOST
That was a fun one.
Rick WolfelHOST
I can imagine with that group.
Steve PalmerGUEST
The main pick is Matt Wallace, who's been playing some wonderful golf lately.
Steve PalmerGUEST
He was second in the Texas Open in April, beaten by just a shot.
Steve PalmerGUEST
Runner-up in the Italian Open at the end of June.
Steve PalmerGUEST
40th in the Open Championship, which is a decent effort, last month.
Ryan LavnerHOST
Again, did much of his damage in the points system based on what he did in 2025.
Ryan LavnerHOST
Did win at the Valero Texas Open.
Ryan LavnerHOST
Has a couple of other nice top 10, top 15 type finishes in the signature events.
Ryan LavnerHOST
If his putter can stay hot, I do like his option performed well last year on that stage at Bethpage Black.
Scotty SayersHOST
But I think that Salesmanship Club is feeling like Byron Nelson is going to be in that championship series.
Ed ClementsHOST
Well, I sure hope so because it would be... a travesty if they're and i still i feel that way about about uh colonial mark i know what about houston and you know what about san antonio well i know i feel i don't i don't have the passion i have for houston and jim crane but memorial special and of course san antonio has the deep pockets of valero i talked to a friend who knows the valero they're very concerned that san antonio could get kicked to the curb and that's the That's the old Texas Open.
Ed ClementsHOST
That's one of the oldest golf tournaments on tour.
Mark BrooksPANELIST
It is, and they too have raised a lot of money for locals.
Will DoctorHOST
Has won here in the state of Texas twice.
Will DoctorHOST
Is a two-time winner of the Valero Texas Open.
Will DoctorHOST
14 birdies through two rounds for Spahn to most of the field.
Will DoctorHOST
He shot 66 yesterday on his 36th birthday.
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