The PGA Tour’s final event before the Masters, the Texas Open, is approaching, with many big names honing their game in San Antonio before heading to Augusta National for their first major of the year.
Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Oberg, Russell Henry, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama are among the Lone Star State’s stars making final preparations for the Masters. Notably absent from that group is Collin Morikawa, who was on the field until Tuesday morning. Absent due to lingering lower back injury I suffered at The Players.
Morikawa had hoped to use the Texas Open as a way to shake off some rust and test his back before the Masters, but he will instead opt for another week of rest and add Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who have not played tournament golf between The Players and the Masters, to his favorites.
Even without the No. 8 player in the world, there will be plenty of star power on display this week in San Antonio, with all of the field’s top stars looking for their first win of the 2026 PGA Tour season. They will all be looking to bring positive momentum to the Masters with a win at the Texas Open, as Brian Herman did a year ago.
2026 Texas Open Schedule
date: April 2nd – 5th
position: TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course) — San Antonio, Texas
Par: 72 | Yardage: 7,438 | Architect: Pete Dye & Greg Norman
wallet: $9.8 million
2026 Texas Open Field, Odds
Odds from DraftKings Sportsbook
- Tommy Fleetwood (February 29): With Morikawa’s withdrawal, the top of the odds sheet has been further condensed, and Fleetwood has jumped to the top spot. We have yet to see the absolute best of Fleetwood this season. Although he hasn’t quite regained the form he had when winning the Tour Championship last year and competing on a weekly basis, he has three top 10s in four starts on the PGA Tour this season.
- Ludwig Oberg (31/2): It will be Oberg’s first start since his fall against The Players on Sunday, but another top-five finish will show whether he was able to shake off the heartbreak and find the positives. Oberg has been on a great run lately, finishing third and fifth in his last two tournaments and building momentum heading into the Masters despite a bit of a setback at Sawgrass.
- Russell Henry (35/2): Hitting the ball is the name of the game at TPC San Antonio, which is why many of the best players in that category have risen to the top of the odds sheet. That’s Henry’s game, and he finished fourth here in his last start in San Antonio in 2024.
- Robert McIntyre (35/2)
- Jordan Spieth (19-1)
- Kim Si Woo (41/2): Kim ranks fifth on the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained on the approach and 16th in strokes gained off the tee, making him a threat anywhere, especially on courses like this. The question is whether the putters, who rank 139th in putting this season, can work together. If he can find a way to get the ball rolling, he could be a serious threat this week.
- Hideki Matsuyama (22-1): Matsuyama was a threat to start the season on the West Coast, but cooled down with the Florida swing. His statistical profile this year is a little strange, with his putter stronger than usual (43rd) and his irons usually great (19th), but his driver being awfully bad (121st), which cost him the win in Phoenix. If he can get it straight off the tee, he’ll be back in the game quickly.
- Maverick McNeely (47/2): It’s been another solid start to the season for McNeely, but he’s yet to hit another gear to really contend for wins. Perhaps returning to the course where he finished T3 a year ago can bring that out as he seeks his second PGA Tour win and first regular season victory.
- Rickie Fowler (27-1): Fowler will lead a group of players seeking an invitation to the final Masters this week to reach the winner (if they haven’t already qualified). He needed a strong performance last week to break into the world top 50, but if he missed out on that spot and wants to return to Augusta he must now work even harder to get his first win since 2023.
- Michael Thorbjornsen (28-1): Also on that list is Thorbjornsen, who came agonizingly close to winning the spot last week, but struggled on another Sunday and fell to T14 on the leaderboard, ending up four spots out of the invitational spot. The 24-year-old has been in danger many times this season, but has yet to find a way to close out the tournament strong enough to claim his first PGA Tour win.
2026 Texas Open Nominated Player
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