It's always tough for any tournament on the PGA Tour to follow one of golf's major championships. But this week, the Valero Texas Open has its work cut out after a Masters finish that was one for the ages.
The tournament will not be without star power though. Six of the top 30 players on the money list will be playing this week at the Valero Texas Open: Martin Laird (6), Jhonattan Vegas (16), Spencer Levin (21), Adam Scott (23), Kevin Na (28) and Jimmy Walker (29).
It will also have three of the top 30 players in the world golf rankings in Scott, Laird and Geoff Ogilvy, as well as eight major championship winners and five of the top 10 from Augusta.
But still, how do you follow that finish at the Masters? That is a tough act to follow, to say the least.
The Valero Texas Open will need to have another great showing like in last year’s tournament, in which Adam Scott won by shooting a final-round 67 to come from two back of Fredrik Jacobson and take the victory at 14-under.
Jacobson set the bar for Sunday's round by firing a tournament low 65 on Saturday heading into Sunday's final round.
A few players you will want to watch for this week will be, of course, last year's Valero Texas Open champion Adam Scott, Jimmy Walker and Martin Laird.
Scott is coming off a great Masters week that saw him finish in a tie for second along with Jason Day. He is also the defending champion here in South Texas and will be tough to beat after a great showing at Augusta.
Walker finished in a tie for third at last year's Valero Texas Open after rounds of 70, 67, 70 and 69. Walker is a local boy around these parts in Texas and will most likely have a lot of gallery support all week long.
Laird will be playing in his first Valero Texas Open this week and is coming off his seventh top-25 finish of the year with his T-20 at the Masters.
The TPC San Antonio will be no easy track for the guys this week. It ranked sixth-most difficult in fairways hit and seventh for greens in regulation last season. As well, the South Texas winds are always a contributing factor when playing golf in this area of the country.
Although it will be very hard to follow up a Masters finish like we witnessed on Sunday, the Valero Texas Open should be a great tournament to watch this week. I'm going to go with the defending champion Adam Scott to play off his showing at Augusta and successfully defend his title this week.
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