It’s a big week on the PGA Tour as it heads to the Valero Texas Open. Everything, they say, is bigger in Texas, which is true about the stakes. This marks the last chance for someone to sneak into the Masters field as the winner, if not otherwise already in the tournament, will qualify for the first major of the year at Augusta National.
Nine of the top-20 players in the world are participating at TPC San Antonio, with World No. 4 Tommy Fleetwood leading the pack. World No. 8 Collin Morikawa withdrew early in the week because of continued back issues. Russell Henley (No. 10) is the next highest ranked player.
Brian Harman is the defending champion. This year everyone is playing for the $9.8 million purse with the winner taking home $1.764 million for a victory.
Ludvig Aberg is playing for the first time since he struggled at the Players, where he was leading late Sunday on the back-nine and put balls in the water on back-to-back holes.
Gary Woodland, coming off the feel-good victory last week at the Houston Open just weeks after admitting he’s battling PTSD which stems from brain surgery a couple years ago, withdrew from Valero because he’s been playing so much. But his victory gave him an invitation into the Masters next week so this was the perfect time for him to rest.
Here’s the rundown of the prize money in San Antonio
WIN: $1.764 million
2: $1.0682 million
3: $676,200
4: $480,200
5: $401,800
6: $355,250
7: $330,750
8: $306,250
9: $286,650
10: $267,050
11: $247,450
12: $227,850
13: $208,250
14: $188,650
15: $178,850
16: $169,050
17: $159,250
18: $149,450
19: $139,650
20: $129,650
21: $120,050
22: $110,250
23: $102,410
24: $94,570
25: $86,730
26: $78,890
27: $75,950
28: $73,010
29: $70,070
30: $67,130
31: $64,190
32: $61,250
33: $58,310
34: $55,860
35: $53,410
36: $50,960
37: $48,510
38: $46,550
39: $44,590
40: $42,630
41: $40,670
42: $38,710
43: $36,750
44: $34,790
45: $32,830
46: $30,870
47: $28,910
48: $27,342
49: $25,970
50: $25,186
51: $24,598
52: $24,010
53: $23,618
54: $23,226
55: $23,030
56: $22,834
57: $22,638
58: $22,442
59: $22,246
60: $22,050
61: $21,854
62: $21,658
63: $21,462
64: $21,226
65: $21,070
66: $20,874
67: $20,678
68: $20,482
69: $20,286
70: $20,090
71: $19,894
72: $19,698
73: $19,502
74: $19,306
75: $19,110
76: $18,914
77: $18,719
78: $18,522
79: $18,326
80: $18,130
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
