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Valero Texas Open: Final round, Sunday tee times and pairings
Going into the final day of the Texas Open, American Akshay Bhatia leads the pack with a four-shot lead in San Antonio.
With one round remaining at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, American Akshay Bhatia holds a four-shot lead and is 15-under par in his bid to hold off the opposition led by Denny McCarthy, who shot 67 on Saturday.
Bhatia had a five-stroke lead after 36 holes, but his four-stroke lead after 54 holes matches the biggest so far this season on tour. It’s also the biggest at the Valero Open since Jimmy Walker in 2015.
“I was never calm today and it was the hardest thing to deal with. It’s just so hard, you feel so tense and all these things in your stomach, your mind can kind of go one way,” Bhatia said. “I kept to my game plan. I tried to talk as much as I could to my caddie.”
Brendon Todd (70 on Saturday) sits solo in third at 8 under. Hideki Matsuyama made a giant leap up the leaderboard with a 6-under 66, but he’s eight shots off the pace in a tie for fourth.
McCarthy nearly posted a clean round, carding six birdies against one bogey. He’s still seeking his first win on the PGA Tour.
“Challenging golf course again today,” McCarthy said. “Wind was blowing out of the same direction as yesterday, which helped because it was kind of a nasty beast yesterday afternoon and it was maybe just a little bit calmer version of that today, but still a very hard golf course. Yeah, I’m just proud of how I kind of fought my way around again and managed my game.”
Bhatia, 22, is on the verge of qualifying for his first major. The Texas Open champion will receive the final berth into next week’s Masters, if not already qualified.
Texas Open: Final round tee times and pairings
Time-Players
10:20 AM ET
Webb Simpson, Matt Fitzpatrick, Martin Laird
10:30 AM ET
Tyson Alexander, Chez Reavie, Austin Eckroat
10:40 AM ET
Matti Schmid, Ryan Moore, Peter Kuest
10:50 AM ET
Bud Cauley, Andrew Novak, Chan Kim
11:00 AM ET
Josh Teater, Keith Mitchell, Max Homa
11:10 AM ET
Justin Lower, Sam Stevens, Nick Hardy
11:20 AM ET
Jordan Spieth, McClure Meissner, Parker Coody
11:30 AM ET
Andrew Putnam, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Vince Whaley
11:40 AM ET
Adam Scott, Tommy Fleetwood, Alexander Björk
11:50 AM ET
Thorbjørn Olesen, Mark Hubbard, Adam Schenk
12:00 PM ET
Lucas Glover, Ben Martin, Rory McIlroy
12:10 PM ET
Richard Hoey, Stewart Cink, Alex Noren
12:20 PM ET
Russell Henley, Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama
12:30 PM ET
Brendon Todd, Denny McCarthy, Akshay Bhatia
Time-Players (Hole 10)
10:20 AM ET
C.T. Pan, Davis Thompson, Vincent Norrman
10:30 AM ET
Garrick Higgo, Kevin Chappell, Brian Harman
10:40 AM ET
Aaron Baddeley, Tyler Duncan, Joe Highsmith
10:50 AM ET
Carl Yuan, Nate Lashley, Corey Conners
11:00 AM ET
S.H. Kim, Ben Griffin, Bronson Burgoon
11:10 AM ET
Ryo Hisatsune, Victor Perez, Robby Shelton
11:20 AM ET
Kevin Kisner, Dylan Wu, Kevin Streelman
11:30 AM ET
Pierceson Coody, Charley Hoffman, Harry Hall
11:40 AM ET
Kevin Yu, Collin Morikawa, Tom Whitney
11:50 AM ET
Aaron Rai, Maverick McNealy, Nicolai Hojgaard
12:00 PM ET
Brandt Snedeker, David Lipsky, J.J. Spaun
12:10 PM ET
Adam Svensson, Beau Hossler, Hayden Springer
12:20 PM ET
Lanto Griffin, Ben Kohles
12:30 PM ET
Ben Silverman, Ryan McCormick