Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2016 Valero Texas Open

The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2016 Valero Texas Open from San Antonio, TX

2016 Valero Texas Open Fantasy Sleeper Preview

The PGA TOUR will head back to Texas the week for the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio; a par-72, 7,435-yard course which had Sergio Garcia as a contributor to the design.  Over the past three seasons this event was held in the weeks leading up to the Masters, but has now been moved back to this April date as the players take aim at a course which presents plenty of challenges to every type of player.  The Texas swing has always been eventful as some of the bigger names stay home, leaving the door open for plenty of new blood to get to the top of the leaderboard.

This week the field will be free of any of the Official World Golf Rankings top-10, but there will still be plenty of well-known, talented players aiming their sights at the winner’s circle come Sunday afternoon.  In total there will be seven players from the top-25 with the top name, according to the OWGR, being World No. 11 Branden Grace; winner of last week’s RBC Heritage.  He was able to take down the trophy in Hilton Head thanks to a score of nine-under-par; besting runners-up Russell Knox and Luke Donald by a pair of strokes for his first career PGA TOUR victory.  Also in this group will be two-time Texas Open winner Zach Johnson (2008, 2009) along with No. 13 Patrick Reed, No. 16 Brandt Snedeker, No. 18 Brooks Koepka, No. 19 Phil Mickelson, and No. 21 J.B. Holmes.

Recently falling out of the world top-25 was last year’s winner and local favorite Jimmy Walker.  Walker lives less than an hour away from this venue, so it was no surprise when he posted a score of 11-under par over the four days last year and earned his second win of the 2015 campaign.  It was an impressive victory as he did so while holding off one of the best players in the game, Jordan Spieth, who was breathing down his neck in the second position.  In the end, Walker outdueled the youngster by an impressive four strokes and will now look to become the third back-to-back winner here for the third time since the turn of the century.  His four-stroke margin of victory was the largest since Tommy Armour III defeated the rest of the field by seven strokes back in 2003.

With some of the biggest names out there choosing not to make the trip to San Antonio, this event is ripe for the picking and it will be interesting to see if one of the high Vegas odds players can make a run at the top spot.  Now on to five golfers who could do just that following the conclusion of this tournament.

2016 Valero Texas Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

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