The Sunday Sweat

Valero Texas Open

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A tradition like any other. Those words mean only one thing, it’s officially Masters week folks! The first major of the year. And what comes after the Masters? The start of the 2023 golf season 🥳.

The drama is already heating up. Is Tiger officially in the field? How awkward is the locker room going to be with 18 LIV players in the field this week? Playing some of the best golf of his career, can Rory FINALLY complete the career grand slam with a win next weekend?

Now all we need to do is hope that Scottie Scheffler doesn’t run away with it like he did last year and did AGAIN this year at The Players. The 26-year old from Texas is 🥵, currently the #1 player in the world with six wins under his belt dating back to the 2022 WM Phoenix Open.  

One thing is certain, there is a ton of drama for the first major of the year. Tune into the Masters.com or the Masters mobile app to make sure you don’t miss a second of it.

Episode 3 of The Play For Tour is out now! In this episode, we challenged two rising stars in the NBA, Kevin Huerter & Keegan Murray from the Sacramento Kings to a 9-hole money match at Dark Horse Country Club. Watch the full episode below.

Episode 4 of The Play For Tour will be featuring Roger Steele, one of the most popular content creators and storytellers in the game. Be sure to subscribe to our channel for more content to come.

  • ⛳️ Tournament: Valero Texas Open

  • 📍 Location: San Antonio, Texas

  • 💰 Purse: $8,900,000

  • 🎥 Watch: 1pm to 2:30pm ET (Golf Channel), 2:30pm to 6pm ET (NBC)

  • 🏆 Final Group: Tees off at 12:41pm ET

It's no surprise Corey Connors is the favorite going into Sunday even though he is 1-back of the lead, this guy was firing at pins all day. Not sure how this one doesn't go in...

It's good to see our guy Harry Higgs playing well early in the season. Higgs shot even par on moving day and sits 5 back of the lead at T-6. Could this be Higgs' break-out season? Here he is throwing a dart 🎯

Corey Conners finds himself in familiar territory heading into the final round of the Valero Texas Open. Back in 2019, Conners won this tournament to secure his first win on TOUR. Since then he’s been playing some great golf, now 40th in the world, Corey has 13 top-10’s since winning in 2019, but has yet to get win #2.

With such fond memories at TPC San Antonio and having been so close 13 times over the past three years, can this Canadian break through right before the Masters and win for the 2nd time in his career?

Details: More Millennial women are playing golf than ever before, and they all have the same problem - "but what will I wear?!" Most turn to yoga pants or khakis with no in-between. There has long been a huge missed opportunity to connect traditional golf attire and etiquette with the modern day style and fashion for women - until today. Enter Dayclub who is on a mission to disrupt the women's golf apparel game.

Our Q2 pool is in week 4 and we have a few participants in the mix to grab 1.5M points in this weeks event. Join our risk free pick'em pool here for a chance to win $500 at the conclusion of the Wells Fargo Championship.