SAN ANTONIO – Everything is bigger in Texas, including Matt McCarty qualifying for the Valero Texas Open on Friday.
McCarty was even par with one hole left on TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course, but beat two beauties on the par-5 18th hole.th He circled the hole and hit a 5-foot eagle putt for a 68, reaching the number at 2-under 142. That’s what it means to get it done.
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Mark Hubbard flirted with taking the weekend off from being the first-round leader. After shooting a 65 on Thursday, he rounded the front nine with a 1-under 35 and finished in the top five of the tournament. But the back nine got ugly as he came home with a 42 and needed a par at the end to make the numbers.
Golf is fickle. Let’s take a look at some of the celebrities who have sent packages. Since the second round was not completed, the cut will be officially announced on Saturday (at 2 under). Luke Clanton was the only golfer in the field who didn’t finish. He’s 2 under on the final hole. He needs to make par to play on the weekend.
Russell Henry hits a shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open.
russell henry
On paper, Henry should have been poised for a big week. Statistics show that he did a lot of things right – 8th place in melee and T-16 in driving accuracy. twenty onecent SG: Around the Green. So what went wrong? On Thursday, my putter got cold and I missed too many greens. He hit an 81-foot bunker shot on No. 4 for birdie and moved to 2 under, but sank a three-putt from 44 feet on No. 8 and ended up on the wrong side of the cut line. Henry shot 72-71 and qualified for Augusta early.
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tom hoge
Hoge has missed four of his last five cuts and finished T-71 in one tournament during a period in which he played all four rounds. In the end, I hit a bogey and fell one stroke short. It must be frustrating. Hoge also recently changed caddies, adding Geno Bonaly to the bag.
Sepp Straka
Straka started seven games and missed just the second time this season. There were two bad holes that cost me one each round. He hit a triple on the fourth on Thursday and a double on the eighth on Friday for a two-shot even-par 72. he was 122ndn.d. Strokes Gained: From tee to green, he hit just 11 of 28 fairways.
tom kim
Kim Byung-hyun started the first eight games of the season over the weekend, but missed his first appearance of the season. He was 2 under after 11 holes in the first round, but shot a 74 to dig himself a hole. He fought back with an eagle and three birdies in the first nine Friday, but two bogeys at home forced him to shoot a 70. It wasn’t enough.
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Rickie Fowler
There will be no Masters this year for Fowler. He bounced back Thursday with a 70 after bogeying three of his first six holes. But it never got off the ground Friday. He started Friday with a bogey and a double bogey. He hovered around the cut line through the 10 holes, but bogeyed the 11th and 15th holes and ran out of birdies. He shot 75 on Friday, hitting just five fairways.
Max Homa
Thursday had a promising start with a 3 under par, but Friday’s start was tumultuous. Homa bogeyed the first three holes right after the gate. Bogeys on Nos. 12 and 13 put him in the black. His approach game on Friday was lackluster, hitting just seven in regulation in the second round.
Max Homa lines up his putt on the 11th green during the first round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open.
jimmy walker
Everyone’s favorite local boy and 2015 champion achieved his 20th birthday.th First career appearance at the Texas Open. However, this is the third year in a row that they have missed out on a spot, and the fourth time in the past five games. He got off to a decent start with a 69, but stumbled with a 77 on Friday. He ranked last in Friday’s SG: Putting and was just 4 of 10 in scrambles.
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Johnny Keefer
San Antonio residents will still be able to sleep in their own beds this weekend. He just doesn’t have tea time. The multi-million rounds at TPC San Antonio will come in handy at the Texas Open someday, but it won’t be this year. He shot 76-71.
Kiefer was dead last in Strokes Gained: Putting on Thursday and went just 5 of 12 in scrambles that week.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Valero Texas Open: Who qualified and who missed out
