Valero Texas Open Purse, Prize Money And Field 2023
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The final tournament before The Masters, the Valero Texas Open, takes place at TPC San Antonio.
Because of its proximity to the first Major of the year, many PGA Tour players who have already qualified for the Augusta National tournament have opted to concentrate on their preparations rather than participate this week.
Nevertheless, there are still a handful of participants who will be hoping to claim the Green Jacket. Among them is the highest-ranked player in the field, World No.17 Tyrrell Hatton. The Englishman had a stunning back nine in the final round of the Players Championship earlier this month, which earned him over $2.5m, and he will be confident of producing another strong performance this week.
A relatively recent Masters winner is also in the field – Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama, who won the Major just two years ago. The World No.21 has won twice on the PGA Tour since then, but not for over a year since claiming the Sony Open in Hawaii title in January 2022. He will be looking to put that right and give himself the perfect preparation for the main event next week.
Other players with relatively high world rankings include World No.32 Sepp Straka, the man two places beneath him, Chris Kirk, and World No.36 Ryan Fox. Kirk, in particular, will be confident of a strong performance given his recent victory in the Honda Classic where he edged out rookie Eric Cole in a playoff, who also appears.
Last year, JJ Spaun claimed the title for his maiden PGA Tour victory. While he hasn’t added to that in the ensuing 12 months, he will be drawing on that experience from a year ago as he looks for back-to-back wins in the tournament this week.
There are several other former winners in the field, including 2019 winner Corey Conners, who plays next week, and the man who won the year before him, Andrew Landry, who doesn’t. Elsewhere, 2013 winner Martin Laird, 2015 victor Jimmy Walker, 2016 champion Charley Hoffman and 2017 winner Kevin Chappell also appear.
One player who had targeted a Masters appearance this year is Rickie Fowler. The American is enjoying a resurgence in form in 2023. However, his performance in last week’s WGC-Match Play, where he didn't progress from his group despite beating World No.3 Jon Rahm in his opening match, meant he didn’t reach the top 50, which would have earned him a place in next week's field.
There is still one last chance for Fowler, and others, to bag a spot - win this week. While the stakes are high for those with lingering hopes of appearing in the Major, the monetary incentive is significant, too. Players will compete for a record purse of $8.9m. Of that, the winner will earn $1.602m.
Below is the prize money breakdown and field for the 2023 Valero Texas Open.
Valero Texas Open Prize Money
Valero Texas Open Field
An, Byeong Hun
Armour, Ryan
Barnes, Ricky
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bhatia, Akshay
Blair, Zac
Bramlett, Joseph
Buckley, Hayden
Carey, David
Champ, Cameron
Chappell, Kevin
Cink, Stewart
Cole, Eric
Cone, Trevor
Conners, Corey
Coody, Pierceson
Cook, Austin
Daffue, MJ
Davis, Cam
Detry, Thomas
Díaz, Roberto
Donald, Luke
Dou, Zecheng
Dufner, Jason
Duncan, Tyler
Echavarria, Nico
Eckroat, Austin
Endycott, Harrison
Fowler, Rickie
Fox, Ryan
Frittelli, Dylan
Garnett, Brice
Gay, Brian
Gerard, Ryan
Ghim, Doug
Gligic, Michael
Glover, Lucas
Gordon, Will
Goya, Tano
Grant, Brent
Griffin, Ben
Griffin, Lanto
Grillo, Emiliano
Hadley, Chesson
Hahn, James
Haley II, Paul
Hall, Harry
Hammer, Cole
Hardy, Nick
Harrington, Padraig
Harrington, Scott
Hatton, Tyrrell
Herman, Jim
Hickok, Kramer
Higa, Kazuki
Higgo, Garrick
Higgs, Harry
Hodges, Lee
Hoffman, Charley
Hojgaard, Nicolai
Holmes, J.B.
Hossler, Beau
Hubbard, Mark
Kim, Michael
Kim, S.H.
Kim, Si Woo
Kirk, Chris
Kizzire, Patton
Knox, Russell
Kodaira, Satoshi
Kraft, Kelly
Kuchar, Matt
Kuest, Peter
Laird, Martin
Landry, Andrew
Lansburgh, Peter
Lashley, Nate
Lingmerth, David
List, Luke
Long, Adam
Love III, Davis
Lower, Justin
Malnati, Peter
Martin, Ben
Matsuyama, Hideki
Matthews, Brandon
McGreevy, Max
Merritt, Troy
Molinari, Francesco
Montgomery, Taylor
Moore, Ryan
Mueller, Jesse
Mullinax, Trey
NeSmith, Matthew
Noren, Alex
Norlander, Henrik
Norrman, Vincent
Novak, Andrew
Núñez, Augusto
Palmer, Ryan
Pendrith, Taylor
Phillips, Chandler
Piercy, Scott
Putnam, Andrew
Rai, Aaron
Ramey, Chad
Reavie, Chez
Redman, Doc
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Roy, Kevin
Ryder, Sam
Schenk, Adam
Schmid, Matti
Schwab, Matthias
Shelton, Robby
Sigg, Greyson
Smalley, Alex
Smotherman, Austin
Spaun, JJ.
Stanley, Kyle
Stevens, Sam
Straka, Sepp
Streelman, Kevin
Stuard, Brian
Tarren, Callum
Taylor, Ben
Taylor, Nick
Thompson, Michael
Todd, Brendon
Truslow, Austen
Tway, Kevin
Van Rooyen, Erik
Walker, Jimmy
Wallace, Matt
Watney, Nick
Werbylo, Trevor
Werenski, Richy
Westmoreland, Kyle
Wood, JJ
Wu, Brandon
Wu, Dylan
Young, Carson
Yuan, Carl
Who Is In The Field For The Valero Texas Open?
As well as defending champion JJ Spaun, there are also appearances from World No.17 Tyrell Hatton, 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Honda Classic champion Chris Kirk and former World No.4 Rickie Fowler.
What Does First Place Pay At The Valero Texas Open?
This year, players are competing for a record purse of $9.2m, an increase of $300,000 on 2022. Of that, the winner will receive $1.602m while the runner-up will walk away with $970,100.