Valero Texas Open

Site: San Antonio.

Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks). Yardage: 7,438. Par: 72.

Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner's share: $1.602 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: J.J. Spaun.

FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm.

Last week: Sam Burns won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and Matt Wallace won the Corales Puntacana Championship.

Notes: The final spot in the Masters is being set aside for anyone not already invited who wins the Texas Open. ... Ten players in the field already are in the Masters, including Francesco Molinari. He is in the final year of his five-year exemption from winning the 2018 British Open. ... Adam Schenk is playing for the 11th time in 12 weeks as his wife prepares to have their first child. He was runner-up two weeks ago at the Valspar Championship. ... J.J. Spaun won last year to earn his first trip to the Masters. ... Padraig Harrington returns to the PGA Tour on a sponsor exemption. He made the cut in his previous two tour events. ... Davis Love III is playing his first PGA Tour event since the Wyndham Championship last August. He has not made a cut since the RSM Classic in November 2021. ... Akshay Bhatia received a sponsor exemption. He has special temporary membership. ... The tournament has not gone to a playoff since 2009.

Next week: The Masters.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/