Who Could Contend at This Weekend's Texas Valero Open?

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00:00Let me ask you, Cory Connors has won this tournament twice since 2019.

00:04Some guys just play better at certain courses and they're very comfortable there.

00:06Is that a guy you're looking at for this tournament?

00:09He is one of the favorites, Mark, and I tell you what, you know, he's definitely somebody

00:13you have to talk about.

00:14He's got two career wins on the PGA tour and this golf course is very predictive.

00:18It's one of the top five most predictive golf courses on the PGA tour that these guys see

00:22year after year.

00:24And you look at the favorites, guys like Ludwig, guys like Cory Connors, Tommy Fleetwood.

00:28I mean, Connors is somebody, at the top of the board, I would lean on most.

00:31He's had a great run-up to this.

00:33He's had a bunch of top tens.

00:34He's hitting the ball extremely, extremely well.

00:37And it's a place he's obviously very comfortable.

00:39Some of the other guys, Fleetwood, never won before.

00:42Hedecky's been a little bit of a rollercoaster.

00:44Cantley hasn't won since August of 2022.

00:47And Ludwig, well, he's probably looking ahead towards Amen Corner.

00:51Yeah, we want to spend some time here in just a few moments talking about the Masters.

00:54But before we do that, it's obviously a big tournament.

00:56There's some big names on the list.

00:58Some early leans on the early line, Keith, for this weekend's action at the Valero.

01:02Well, Donnie, you know we're all fired up for the Masters.

01:04So I usually give you two, but this morning I'm giving you guys three.

01:07All right, how about that?

01:09I'm going to start with Captain Keegan right at plus 2,800.

01:13Two top tens here on the Oaks course.

01:15And you know, in 2025, he's got seven starts and he's got five top 20s.

01:20The guy's playing unbelievable golf.

01:22I love the comp of his win at TPC River Highlands.

01:25Let him play off the tee and then score with your wedges.

01:27Second guy, Bud Cawley, plus 5,500 right there in the middle of the board.

01:32Cawley's had back-to-back top tens and everyone's gonna say, hey, Keith, that was in Florida.

01:35I'm going to say, hey, everybody, guess what?

01:38We're using the same grass on the greens here.

01:40And the guy's been an impeccable ball striker for the last month.

01:43And then the third one, you're going to love this name, Donnie, Rico Hoey at plus 8,000.

01:48And that number keeps climbing.

01:50Rico Hoey is an absolute stellar driver of the golf ball.

01:54And he's great with his wedge game, exceptional, you know, in scoring.

01:58The guy leads the tour every year up there in the top five in Eagles converted.

02:03And you know what?

02:04They're going to say, Keith, you know, hey, he's not that great of a putter.

02:06I'll go back to my earlier statement.

02:08Corey Connors has won here twice in the last six years.

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