Valero Texas Open PGA Tour tee times, odds, trends: Bettors crushing Rickie Fowler to win, earn final Masters spot

Rickie Fowler remains one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour despite the fact the 34-year-old American hasn't won a tournament since the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open and has fallen to No. 59 in the global rankings. The only shot Fowler has of playing next week's Masters is to win this week's Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio, and bettors at BetMGM are crushing him to do so.

So far in this 2022-23 wraparound season, Fowler has played in 11 events and logged three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a co-runner-up at the Zozo Championship in October. Fowler has missed just one cut. He didn't make it out of group play last week at the WGC-Match Play. He went 2-1 in Round Robin play, including a victory over Jon Rahm. Fowler has earned four top-20 finishes in his past five stroke-play events.

Fowler hasn't qualified for the past two Masters and his only way in is with a victory. He hasn't won the Valero Texas Open and missed the cut last year after finishing T17 the previous two years. Because of the very weak field in San Antonio, Fowler is a +1600 second favorite and leads by far in handle to win at 18.1% and tickets sold at 12.8% -- no one else is in double digits in either.

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, the highest-ranked player in the world in the field at No. 17, is the +1200 favorite but not taking much action. Behind Fowler on handle are Si Woo Kim (+2000) and Matt Kuchar (+3000) at 7.6% each. On tickets sold, Kim is second at 6.0% and Hideki Matsuyama (+2500) third at 4.6%.

Kuchar has been a runner-up here twice, including last year to JJ Spaun. Kim's best result at the tournament is T4 in 2019. Spaun looks to become the first golfer to defend his Valero Texas Open title since Zach Johnson in 2008-09 and is +5000. Two of the past three winners of the Valero Texas Open didn't have entry to that year's Masters before the victory.

TPC San Antonio is a par-72 at approximately 7,450 yards and it likely will take double-digits under par to win, as has been the case every year since 2015. Rain could be a factor in Round 1 and it will be a bit breezy all four days.

Valero Texas Open Round 1 Tee Times (Eastern)

Tee No. 1

• 8:30 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Henrik Norlander
• 8:41 a.m. – Nick Watney, Zac Blair, Joseph Bramlett
• 8:52 a.m. – Patton Kizzire, Kevin Chappell, Sam Ryder
• 9:03 a.m. – Stewart Cink, J.B. Holmes, Davis Love III
• 9:14 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, Brendon Todd, Lanto Griffin
• 9:25 a.m. – Luke List, Brian Gay, Tyler Duncan
• 9:36 a.m. – Chez Reavie, Andrew Landry, Davis Riley
• 9:47 a.m. – Kevin Tway, Byeong Hun An, Matthias Schwab
• 9:58 a.m. – Nate Lashley, Adam Long, Lee Hodges
• 10:09 a.m. – MJ Daffue, Augusto Nunez, Peter Kuest
• 10:20 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Brandon Matthews, Austen Truslow
• 10:31 a.m. – Harry Higgs, Trevor Cone, Roberto Diaz
• 1:25 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Davis Thompson, Ryan Fox
• 1:36 p.m. – Ryan Armour, David Lingmerth, Ben Griffin
• 1:47 p.m. – Troy Merritt, Matthew NeSmith, Robby Shelton
• 1:58 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler
• 2:09 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Cam Davis, Tyrrell Hatton
• 2:20 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Corey Conners, Charley Hoffman
• 2:31 p.m. – Taylor Montgomery, Eric Cole, Austin Smotherman
• 2:42 p.m. – Michael Kim, Satoshi Kodaira, Greyson Sigg
• 2:53 p.m. – Ryan Moore, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Max McGreevy
• 3:04 p.m. – Kevin Roy, Akshay Bhatia, Ryan Gerard
• 3:15 p.m. – Carson Young, Vincent Norrman, Jesse Mueller
• 3:26 p.m. – Scott Harrington, Harry Hall, Cole Hammer

Tee No. 10

• 8:30 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, James Hahn, Alex Smalley
• 8:41 a.m. – Ricky Barnes, Beau Hossler, Mark Hubbard
• 8:52 a.m. – Ben Martin, Thomas Detry, S.H. Kim
• 9:03 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Nico Echavarria, Matt Kuchar
• 9:14 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Andrew Putnam
• 9:25 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Francesco Molinari, Padraig Harrington
• 9:36 a.m. – Brice Garnett, Brian Stuard, Kramer Hickok
• 9:47 a.m. – Jimmy Walker, Kevin Streelman, Adam Schenk
• 9:58 a.m. – Kyle Stanley, Kelly Kraft, Doc Redman
• 10:09 a.m. – Michael Gligic, Carl Yuan, Nicolai Hojgaard
• 10:20 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Sam Stevens, Pierceson Coody
• 10:31 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Brent Grant, David Carey
• 1:25 p.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Brandon Wu, Will Gordon
• 1:36 p.m. – Jason Dufner, Russell Knox, Ben Taylor
• 1:47 p.m. – Luke Donald, Alex Noren, Callum Tarren
• 1:58 p.m. – Cameron Champ, Martin Laird, Richy Werenski
• 2:09 p.m. – Trey Mullinax, Chad Ramey, Michael Thompson
• 2:20 p.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Jim Herman, Emiliano Grillo
• 2:31 p.m. – Chesson Hadley, Hayden Buckley, Justin Lower
• 2:42 p.m. – Austin Cook, Peter Malnati, Doug Ghim
• 2:53 p.m. – Paul Haley II, Zecheng Dou, Kazuki Higa
• 3:04 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Trevor Werbylo, J.J. Wood
• 3:15 p.m. – Matti Schmid, Tano Goya, Peter Landburgh
• 3:26 p.m. – Harrison Endycott, Kyle Westmoreland, Chandler Phillips

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