The first major of the year is next week, but there's one more tournament in Texas for players to get prepped for Augusta National.
The 2025 Valero Texas Open kicks off Thursday at TPC San Antonio. Akshay Bhatia is the defending champion, and he'll have to ward off a number of notables in the field this week, including Ludvig Aberg, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama and more.
The purse at the Texas Open is $9.5 million, with $1.71 million going to the winner along with 500 FedEx Cup points.
Here's everything you need to know for the first round of the 2025 Valero Texas Open, including tee times and TV information. All times ET.
Valero Texas Open 2025 first-round tee times
1st tee
- 8:20 a.m.: Aaron Baddeley, Sam Stevens, Ryo Hisatsune
- 8:31 a.m.: Andrew Putnam, Patrick Rodgers, Beau Hossler
- 8:42 a.m.: Lanto Griffin, Matti Schmid, Ben Kohles
- 8:53 a.m.: Brian Harman, Si Woo Kim, Cameron Young
- 9:04 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Chris Kirk, Adam Schenk
- 9:15 a.m.: Chris Gotterup, Adam Svensson, Brandt Snedeker
- 9:26 a.m.: Patton Kizzire, Camilo Villegas, Alex Smalley
- 9:37 a.m.: Nate Lashley, Keith Mitchell, David Lipsky
- 9:48 a.m.: Trevor Cone, John Pak, Preston Summerhays
- 9:59 a.m.: Ryan Gerard, Anders Albertson, Rikuya Hoshino
- 10:10 a.m.: Aldrich Potgieter, Antoine Rozner, Norman Xiong
- 10:21 a.m.: Braden Thornberry, Steven Fisk, Austen Christiansen
- 1:30 p.m.: Daniel Berger, Ben Martin, Rico Hoey
- 1:41 p.m.: Sam Ryder, Henrik Norlander, Ryan Fox
- 1:52 p.m.: C.T. Pan, Charley Hoffman, Ben Griffin
- 2:03 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley, Jordan Spieth
- 2:14 p.m.: Ludvig Åberg, Maverick McNealy, Akshay Bhatia
- 2:25 p.m.: Corey Conners, Max Homa, Gary Woodland
- 2:36 p.m.: Rafael Campos, Erik van Rooyen, Tom Hoge
- 2:47 p.m.: Andrew Novak, Justin Lower, Sami Valimaki
- 2:58 p.m.: Kevin Roy, Danny Walker, Jeremy Paul
- 3:09 p.m.: Michael Thorbjornsen, Niklas Norgaard, Ben James
- 3:20 p.m.: Paul Waring, Cristobal Del Solar, Hunter Logan
- 3:31 p.m.: William Mouw, Matthew Riedel, Thomas Rosenmueller
10th tee
- 8:20 AM: Padraig Harrington, Mark Hubbard, Eric Cole
- 8:31 AM: Martin Laird, Bronson Burgoon, Chan Kim
- 8:42 AM: Chad Ramey, Bud Cauley, Ben Silverman
- 8:53 AM: Rickie Fowler, Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood
- 9:04 AM: Tony Finau, Justin Rose, Patrick Cantlay
- 9:15 AM: Jake Knapp, Tom Kim, Denny McCarthy
- 9:26 AM: Matt Fitzpatrick, Seamus Power, Zach Johnson
- 9:37 AM: Harry Higgs, Vince Whaley, David Skinns
- 9:48 AM: Matteo Manassero, Taylor Dickson, Jared Jones
- 9:59 AM: Will Chandler, Noah Goodwin, Kevin Velo
- 10:10 AM: Hayden Buckley, Quade Cummins, Kaito Onishi
- 10:21 AM: Isaiah Salinda, Tim Widing, Blaine Hale, Jr.
- 1:30 PM: Trey Mullinax, Patrick Fishburn, Chandler Phillips
- 1:41 PM: Ryan Palmer, Jimmy Walker, Mac Meissner
- 1:52 PM: Kevin ...
