PGA Tour Live Blog: Akshay Bhatia wins after a thriller, Rory McIlroy third

Valero Texas Open 2024 Live Scores

The Valero Texas Open in the season 2024 is being played in San Antonio, Texas, United States of America at the TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course). The tournament starts at the Thursday, 4th of April and ends at the Sunday, 7th of April 2024.
The Valero Texas Open is part of the PGA Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $9,200,000.
The course for the tournament at TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course) plays at Par 72.

After his victory in Houston, Stephan Jäger is taking a short break before the US Masters. Rory McIlroy, Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood & Co. are already warming up for the Major.

Bhatia leads after the second round

The stars of the PGA Tour can fine-tune their final tournament form for the first major of the year at the Valero Texas Open. Ahead of the start of the US Masters, players who are not competing in Augusta in particular showed their form on Thursday. American Akshay Bhatia is in the lead (-15), followed by his compatriots Denny McCarthy (-11) and Brendon Todd (-8).

PGA Tour live

Through the Golf Post Live Blog you can follow all results on the PGA Tour live. Alongside the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour), the PGA Tour is the world’s largest tournament series in men’s professional golf. The tour attracts prize money that is just as high as the level of the international elite that comes together at quite a few of the tournaments. The annual highlights of the season are the four major tournaments (co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour), the Players Championship and the final FedExCup playoffs, which conclude the season every year. Signature events were created for this purpose. These include the three FedExCup playoff tournaments, The Sentry, the invitational tournaments (Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament) and four other tournaments, which can change annually.

The PGA Tour has gained its importance primarily through its ability to retain top players through the attractiveness of the tournaments and the size of the prize money, which has risen steadily in recent years. The FedExCup is the American equivalent of the European Race to Dubai, with players collecting points throughout the season until the FedExCup winner is crowned in three tournaments in August. The FedExCup playoffs consist of three tournaments: the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship and the final Tour Championship. The winner of the Tour Championship also becomes the winner of the FedEx Cup and secures the record jackpot of 25 million US dollars.