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2021 Valero Texas Open (27Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) 2021 Valero Texas Open (27th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) San Antonio, Texas April 1-4, 2021 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) TPC San Antonio (The Oaks Course) Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,494 Purse: $7,700,000 ($1,386,000 winner) Third-Round Notes – Saturday, April 3, 2021 Weather: Cloudy. High of 71. Wind ESE 10-20 mph. Due to thunderstorms, the start to the third round was delayed 2 hours, 30 minutes and began at 12:13 p.m. CT. Third-Round Leaderboard Matt Wallace 69-68-67—204 (-12) Jordan Spieth 67-70-67—204 (-12) Charley Hoffman 75-66-65—206 (-10) Cameron Tringale 66-69-73—208 (-8) Anirban Lahiri 71-69-69—209 (-7) Things to Know • 11-time PGA TOUR winner Jordan Spieth and four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace share the 54-hole lead at 12-under • Spieth, making his 83rd start since his win at The Open Championship in 2017, is 9-for-18 in his PGA TOUR career to date with the 54-hole lead/co-lead • Spieth holds at least a share of the 54-hole lead for the third time this season, the most of any player • Wallace holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the first time in his PGA TOUR career in search of his first victory on TOUR • Since 2006, Charley Hoffman leads all players at the Valero Texas Open in top-fiVes (4), top-10s (6), top-25s (11), cuts made (15) and score to par (-99) Third-Round Lead Notes 6 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Valero Texas Open since it moVed to TPC San Antonio in 2010 (most recent: Andrew Landry/2018) 10 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (most recent: Joel Dahmen/Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship) Comparing Sunday’s final group (entering the week) Category Matt Wallace Jordan Spieth Charley Hoffman Age 30 (April 12, 1990) 27 (July 27, 1993) 44 (December 27, 1976) FedExCup 154 40 54 OWGR 60 53 115 Starts at Valero Texas Open 0 5 14 Wins at Valero TeXas Open 0 0 1 Top-10s at Valero Texas Open 0 2 6 Career PGA TOUR starts 36 203 423 Career PGA TOUR wins 0 11 4 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 3 68 55 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 7 13 17 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 0 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 0 4 3 Matt Wallace (T1/-12) • First career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; preVious-best position: T3/2019 Arnold Palmer InVitational (finished T6) • In search of first career TOUR victory (best result to date: T3/2019 PGA Championship) • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (12.587 through three rounds) • Competing on a sponsor eXemption (PGA TOUR member but not otherwise eXempt for the Valero TeXas Open); last sponsor exemption to win on TOUR: Martin Laird/2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open • Four-time European Tour winner Jordan Spieth (T1/-12) • Third 54-hole lead/co-lead of the season (most of any player): T4/Waste Management Phoenix Open, T3/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, TBD/Valero TeXas Open • 19th career 54-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; 9-for-18 to date converting to victory Jordan Spieth with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (9-for-18 to date) 54-hole pos. Tournament Finish T1 2021 Valero Texas Open TBD 1st 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am T3 T1 2021 Waste Management PhoeniX Open T4 T1 2018 The Open Championship T9 1st 2017 THE NORTHERN TRUST 2nd 1st 2017 The Open Championship Won 1st 2017 Travelers Championship Won 1st 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Won 1st 2016 Charles Schwab Challenge Won 1st 2016 Masters Tournament T2 1st 2016 Sentry Tournament of Champions Won 1st 2015 TOUR Championship Won 1st 2015 John Deere Classic Won T1 2015 U.S. Open Won 1st 2015 Masters Tournament Won 1st 2015 Vivint Houston Open T2 T1 2014 THE PLAYERS Championship T4 T1 2014 Masters Tournament T2 T1 2014 Sentry Tournament of Champions 2nd • Led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green in the third round (4.693) • 83rd start on the PGA TOUR since his most recent win (2017 The Open Championship) • Sixth start in the eVent; two prior top-10 finishes (10th/2014, 2nd/2015) • Four top-10 finishes in last siX starts on TOUR: T4/Waste Management Phoenix Open, T3/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro- Am, T4/Arnold Palmer InVitational presented by Mastercard, T9/WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (eliminated in Round of 16) Additional Player Notes • Charley Hoffman (3rd/-10) played the final seVen holes in 6-under (B-P-E-P-B-B-B); since 2006, Hoffman leads all players at the Valero TeXas Open in: Category Value Top-fiVes 4 Top-10s 6 Top-25s 11 Cuts made 15 Score to par -99 • 36-hole leader Cameron Tringale (4th/-8) is making his 297th start on the PGA TOUR since the start of the 2009 season, the most of any player without a win in that span • Tom Hoge (T6/-6) made a career-high nine birdies and tied his career-long birdie streak (5; Nos. 5-9) • The winner of the tournament will be eligible for neXt week’s Masters Tournament; of the top fiVe players on the leaderboard, two are in the field at the Masters (Wallace, Spieth) and three are not currently eligible (Hoffman, Tringale, Lahiri) Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 1st (4.444) Par-5 14th (4.549) R2: Par-4 4th (4.408) Par-5 14th (4.676) R3: Par-4 4th (4.538) Par-5 14th (4.513) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 36.847 36.521 73.368 - R2: 37.099 36.049 73.148 73.259 R3: 36.577 34.654 71.231 72.824 Bogey-free rounds R1 (1): Kyle Stanley (71) R2 (2): Rickie Fowler (68), Matt Wallace (68) R3 (3): Gary Woodland (67), Abraham Ancer (69), Graeme McDowell (69) .
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