It's the week before the Masters Tournament and most of the PGA Tour money leaders are taking the week off to rest or prepare for the season's first major championship.
That accounts for the fact that only a dozen players among the top 30 on the money list are in the field this week for the Valero Texas Open, which begins on Thursday at the TPC San Antonio Oaks Course.
Ludvig Åberg, fourth on the money list with $4,956,223, is the highest-ranked player in the tournament, followed by No. 6 Hideki Matsuyama ($4,464,913) and No. 9 Corey Conners ($3,452,581).
Can anyone catch money leader Rory McIlroy?
Åberg is more than $4 million behind McIlroy and can't catch him by winning the first-place check of $1,710,000. However, he could climb to second with a victory, passing Collin Morikawa and Russell Henley. Matsuyama also can get to second place by winning at San Antonio.
Conners can climb as high as fourth with a victory, provided Åberg misses the cut or makes $206,358 or less.
PGA Tour money leaders
Through Texas Children’s Houston Open
Players in Valero Texas Open field in bold
1. Rory McIlroy $9,057,558
2. Russell Henley $5,643,775
3. Collin Morikawa $5,558,964
4. Ludvig Åberg $4,956,223
5. J.J. Spaun $4,581,472
6. Hideki Matsuyama $4,464,913
7. Sepp Straka $4,195,617
8. Shane Lowry $3,613,011
9. Corey Conners $3,452,581
10. Scottie Scheffler $3,341,197
11. Justin Thomas $3,219,600
12. Maverick McNealy $3,166,013
13. Lucas Glover $3,033,613
14. Michael Kim $2,785,623
15. Thomas Detry $2,757,678
16. Min Woo Lee $2,658,736
17. Nick Taylor $2,643,264
18. Akshay Bhatia $2,416,394
19. Tom Hoge $2,374,618
20. Sungjae Im $2,243,500
21. Harris English $2,172,204
22. Patrick Cantlay $2,149,650
23. Joe Highsmith $2,095,856
24. Daniel Berger $2,036,591
25. Jacob Bridgeman $1,950,020
26. Keegan Bradley $1,893,819
27. Tommy Fleetwood $1,893,098
28. Robert MacIntyre $1,871,762
29. Denny McCarthy $1,862,280
30. Viktor ...
