Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2022 Valero Texas Open

2022 Valero Texas Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

Well, that escalated quickly.

At the turn of 2022, Scottie Scheffler was a promising young player that had yet to crack the winner’s circle on the PGA TOUR. Fast forward about 12 weeks, and he’s won three tournaments and is the new number one in the world!

His latest victory came at the WCG-Dell Match Play, where he downed the likes of Dustin Johnson and defending champion before taking out event specialist Kevin Kisner in the final.

It’s an extraordinary ascent to the top, and only Woods and Spieth took fewer events to reach the summit – where will Scheffler’s ascendance end?

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The good news for the field this week is that he won’t win the Valero Texas Open, simply because he’s not hanging around in the Lonestar State. But with a trip to Augusta National on the horizon, a number of big names – Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson and defending champion Jordan Spieth – will tee it up at TPC San Antonio.

While they will be greeted by a pretty straightforward Greg Norman design, the Oaks Course, they may also have to battle the elements – the early weather forecast suggests that the wind could reach up to 16mph, which with few trees on the real estate will provide some examination.

At 7,340 yards for its Par 72, the Oaks is no pushover and there will be plenty of long-range approaches to contemplate, but there’s also some shorter, 100 yard or so wedges on the Par 5s that could prove vital to the winner of the event.

Otherwise, the rough tends to be kept short and manageable, and the greens – originally Bermuda, now overseeded with Poa – are large in stature.

As ever in large green events, there’s that decision to be made on whether you are going to target iron game flushers – they will hit it closer than anybody else – or putting machines, given that GIR numbers should be high from most in the field.

In our Valero Texas Open sleeper shortlist, we’ve kind of straddled both camps with our plays, but don’t be put off by longer prices this week – Corey Conners (175/1) and Andrew Landry (200/1) have both done the business here at huge odds!

So let’s take a look who’s made the cut in our selections this week.

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