Articles by Nick Cutler – CEO Australian Golf Digest
Valero Texas Open - 2026
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert MacIntyre | -15 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Ludvig Åberg | -13 | 6 | 3 |
| T3 | Matt Wallace | -11 | 14 | 3 |
| T3 | Ryo Hisatsune | -11 | 8 | 3 |
| T5 | Marco Penge | -10 | 14* | 3 |
| T5 | Chris Kirk | -10 | 9 | 3 |
| T5 | Chandler Phillips | -10 | 9 | 3 |
| T5 | Michael Kim | -10 | 9 | 3 |
| T5 | Tony Finau | -10 | 7 | 3 |
| T10 | Davis Thompson | -9 | 13 | 3 |
| T10 | Stephan Jaeger | -9 | 11* | 3 |
| T10 | Kevin Yu | -9 | 11 | 3 |
| T10 | Alex Smalley | -9 | 7 | 3 |
| T10 | Andrew Putnam | -9 | 7 | 3 |
| T10 | Kevin Roy | -9 | 6 | 3 |
| T16 | Doug Ghim | -8 | 13* | 3 |
| T16 | Austin Smotherman | -8 | 10* | 3 |
| T16 | J.J. Spaun | -8 | 9 | 3 |
| T16 | Sam Ryder | -8 | 8 | 3 |
| T16 | Steven Fisk | -8 | 7 | 3 |
| T16 | Bud Cauley | -8 | 7 | 3 |
| T22 | S.W. Kim | -7 | 14* | 3 |
| T22 | Hank Lebioda | -7 | 13 | 3 |
| T22 | Austin Eckroat | -7 | 10 | 3 |
| T22 | Maverick McNealy | -7 | 9* | 3 |
| T22 | Tommy Fleetwood | -7 | 9 | 3 |
| T22 | Kristoffer Reitan | -7 | 9 | 3 |
| T22 | John Parry | -7 | 8 | 3 |
| T22 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -7 | 7 | 3 |
| T30 | Adam Schenk | -6 | 13* | 3 |
| T30 | Hideki Matsuyama | -6 | 12 | 3 |
| T30 | Sami Valimaki | -6 | 12 | 3 |
| T30 | Alex Noren | -6 | 12 | 3 |
| T30 | Billy Horschel | -6 | 11 | 3 |
| T30 | Brian Harman | -6 | 11* | 3 |
| T30 | Beau Hossler | -6 | 11* | 3 |
| T30 | Zach Bauchou | -6 | 11 | 3 |
| T30 | Eric Cole | -6 | 11 | 3 |
| T30 | Mac Meissner | -6 | 10* | 3 |
| T30 | Paul Waring | -6 | 8* | 3 |
| T41 | Chad Ramey | -5 | 14 | 3 |
| T41 | A.J. Ewart | -5 | 14 | 3 |
| T41 | Adam Svensson | -5 | 13 | 3 |
| T41 | Erik van Rooyen | -5 | 12* | 3 |
| T41 | Brandt Snedeker | -5 | 12* | 3 |
| T41 | Kevin Streelman | -5 | 12 | 3 |
| T41 | Andrew Novak | -5 | 10 | 3 |
| T41 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -5 | 10* | 3 |
| T41 | S.H. Kim | -5 | 9* | 3 |
| T41 | Bronson Burgoon | -5 | 8* | 3 |
| T41 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | -5 | 7* | 3 |
| T52 | Taylor Moore | -4 | 14* | 3 |
| T52 | Jeffrey Kang | -4 | 10* | 3 |
| T52 | Joe Highsmith | -4 | 10 | 3 |
| T52 | David Ford | -4 | 8* | 3 |
| T52 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -4 | 8* | 3 |
| T52 | Luke Clanton | -4 | 8* | 3 |
| T52 | Matt McCarty | -4 | 8* | 3 |
| T52 | J.T. Poston | -4 | 7* | 3 |
| T60 | Christo Lamprecht | -3 | 13* | 3 |
| T60 | Gordon Sargent | -3 | 11 | 3 |
| T60 | Will Zalatoris | -3 | 10* | 3 |
| T60 | Vince Whaley | -3 | 9* | 3 |
| T60 | Nick Taylor | -3 | 8* | 3 |
| T65 | Jordan Spieth | -2 | 8* | 3 |
| T65 | Rico Hoey | -2 | 7* | 3 |
| T65 | Peter Malnati | -2 | 7* | 3 |
| 68 | Takumi Kanaya | -1 | 12* | 3 |
| T69 | Danny Walker | +1 | 10* | 3 |
| T69 | Mark Hubbard | +1 | 8* | 3 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tom Hoge | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Russell Henley | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Denny McCarthy | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Kensei Hirata | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Pontus Nyholm | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jimmy Stanger | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | John VanDerLaan | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | William Mouw | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max Homa | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Chandler Blanchet | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Davis Chatfield | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brendon Todd | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tom Kim | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Car Young | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sepp Straka | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jordan Smith | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Marcelo Rozo | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Charlie Crockett | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Haotong Li | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Michael Thorbjornsen | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Seamus Power | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Kris Ventura | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Neal Shipley | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Dan Brown | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Hardy | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jimmy Walker | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Johnny Keefer | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adrien Saddier | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matthieu Pavon | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Zecheng Dou | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jackson Suber | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Chan Kim | +5 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jesper Svensson | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | +7 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Austin Wylie | +8 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +9 | F | 2 |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | +10 | F | 2 |
| WD | Webb Simpson | - | - | |
| WD | Lucas Glover | - | - |
South Africa 2026 Leaderboard
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryson DeChambeau | -26 | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | -26 | 18 | 4 |
| T3 | Thomas Detry | -23 | 18 | 4 |
| T3 | Branden Grace | -23 | 18 | 4 |
| T3 | Abraham Ancer | -23 | 18 | 4 |
| T6 | Dean Burmester | -22 | 18 | 4 |
| T6 | David Puig | -22 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | Carlos Ortiz | -21 | 18 | 4 |
| T9 | Anirban Lahiri | -20 | 18 | 4 |
| T9 | Charles Howell III | -20 | 18 | 4 |
| 11 | Scott Vincent | -19 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Michael La Sasso | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Josele Ballester | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Richard Bland | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Joaquin Niemann | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Victor Perez | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Louis Oosthuizen | -16 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Sergio Garcia | -16 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Cameron Smith | -16 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Younghan Song | -16 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Laurie Canter | -16 | 18 | 4 |
| T22 | Jason Kokrak | -15 | 18 | 4 |
| T22 | Adrian Meronk | -15 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Tom McKibbin | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Luis Masaveu | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Caleb Surratt | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Charl Schwartzel | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Brendan Steele | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| T24 | Talor Gooch | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| 30 | Peter Uihlein | -13 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Richard T. Lee | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Marc Leishman | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Martin Kaymer | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Lucas Herbert | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Cameron Tringale | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| 37 | Sebastian Muñoz | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T38 | Harold Varner III | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T38 | Tyrrell Hatton | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T38 | Paul Casey | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T38 | Bubba Watson | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T38 | Thomas Pieters | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| 43 | Yosuke Asaji | -9 | 18 | 4 |
| T44 | Ben Campbell | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T44 | Elvis Smylie | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T44 | Byeong Hun An | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T44 | Sam Horsfield | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T48 | Phil Mickelson | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| T48 | Ian Poulter | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| 50 | Lee Westwood | -6 | 18 | 4 |
| 51 | Miguel Tabuena | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| 52 | Danny Lee | -3 | 18 | 4 |
| T53 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T53 | Matthew Wolff | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| 55 | Björn Hellgren | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| 56 | Anthony Kim | +1 | 18 | 4 |
| 57 | Minkyu Kim | +3 | 18 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRUSHERS GC | -76 | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | SOUTHERN GUARDS GC | -75 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | TORQUE GC | -72 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | FIREBALLS GC | -69 | 18 | 4 |
| 5 | LEGION XIII | -64 | 18 | 4 |
| 6 | CLEEKS GOLF CLUB | -61 | 18 | 4 |
| 7 | HYFLYERS GC | -50 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | RIPPER GC | -48 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 | 4ACES GC | -44 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | SMASH GC | -41 | 18 | 4 |
| 11 | MAJESTICKS GC | -37 | 18 | 4 |
| 12 | RANGEGOATS GC | -33 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | KOREAN GOLF CLUB | -24 | 18 | 4 |
