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2021 Valero Texas Open Champion Jordan Spieth Enters Valero Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Tournament officials announced today that Jordan Spieth, the 2021 Valero Texas Open champion, has committed to play in next month’s tournament.
San Antonio’s historical PGA TOUR event returns this spring to TPC San Antonio’s The Oaks course for the 16th year, March 31-April 6, a week preceding the Masters Tournament.
Spieth, a Texas native and resident, is now scheduled to compete for the ninth time in San Antonio. In addition to his win in 2021, he was runner-up in 2015 and T10 last year.
Among his 13 PGA TOUR career titles are the 2015 Masters Tournament and U.S. Open, the same year he was the FedExCup champion after winning THE TOUR Championship, his fifth win of the year. In 2017 he added The Open Championship to his major championship win total.
Spieth has competed in five Ryder Cups for Team USA. Also in the field, are this year’s Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and three of his Vice Captains- Kevin Kisner, Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson.
Two other past champions have been confirmed today in this year’s field-San Antonio resident and major champion (PGA) Jimmy Walker (2016) and four-time TOUR winner Martin Laird (2013).
Currently, there are seven players among the top 13 in the world who are committed- Collin Morikawa (No. 4), Ludvig Åberg (No. 5), Hideki Matsuyama (No. 6), Russell Henley (No. 7), Tommy Fleetwood (No. 9), Patrick Cantlay (No. 12), and Bradley (No. 13).
Past champions of the Valero Texas Open returning are Akshay Bhatia (2024), Corey Conners (2019, 2023), J.J. Spaun (2022), Spieth (2021), Charley Hoffman (2016), Walker (2015), Laird (2013) and Zach Johnson (2008, 2009).
2018 U.S Open and FedExCup Champion Justin Rose is scheduled to play in the VTO for the first time since 2006 and will be making his first-ever start at TPC San Antonio this spring. Five-time TOUR winner Sam Burns, six-time TOUR winner Max Homa, and six-time TOUR winner Rickie Fowler, will return to compete in the tournament as well.
Players currently in the VTO field invited to the 2025 Masters (19): Åberg, Bhatia, Bradley, Burns, Cantlay, Conners, Fleetwood, Lucas Glover, Brian Harman, Henley, Tom Hoge, Homa, Johnson, Chris Kirk, Matsuyama, Denny McCarthy, Morikawa, Rose, Spieth.
Major Champions in the field (10): Bradley (PGA), Glover (U.S. Open), Harman (The Open), Johnson (Masters, The Open), Matsuyama (Masters), Francesco Molinari (The Open), Morikawa (The Open, PGA), Rose (U.S. Open), Simpson (U.S. Open), Spieth (Masters, U.S. Open), Walker (PGA).
PGA TOUR players have until Friday, March 29 at 4:00 p.m. Central Time to commit and can withdraw at any time.
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