Expert Picks: Valero Texas Open

With a brand new season comes a brand new evolution for Expert Picks. Below are picks and evaluation for each betting and fantasy, as followers have

new updates to the PGA TOUR Fantasy Game, together with in-tournament rostering options, in 2026. Each week our panel of consultants will supply picks and evaluation for the fantasy sport, together with perception on who will captain their roster for further factors. Users can submit their rosters by way of PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf.

Our Golfbet consultants may also share betting picks which have caught their eye.

How it really works: Each week, our consultants from PGATOUR.COM will make their choices in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. Each lineup consists of 4 starters, together with a captain, and two bench gamers that may be rotated after every spherical. Adding to the problem is that each golfer can be utilized solely thrice per every of the three segments.

Aside from the knowledgeable perception beneath, Golfbet’s Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton breaks down the sphere on this week’s version of the Power Rankings.

WILL GRAY (Senior Manager, TOUR & Golfbet Editorial & Distribution)

• Johnny Keefer, Top 10 end (+590): The San Antonio resident is coming off a career-best T3 end final week in Houston and has his first Masters look on deck subsequent week. Vibes are presently sturdy.
• Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Top Canadian (+230): A large-open market with out two-time Valero champion Corey Conners. Nick Taylor is barely favored, however I’ll take Yellamaraju, who confirmed final week that his efficiency at THE PLAYERS wasn’t a fluke.

CHRIS BREECE (Senior Content Manager, Golfbet)

• Austin Smotherman, Top 20 (+340): He’s statistically the very best iron participant on this area. He’s been feast or famine in 2026 with three top-15 finishes, 4 missed cuts and nothing in between. Let’s feast.
• Si Woo Kim (-120) over Jordan Spieth, 72-hole matchup: Going with the superior iron participant over a four-day span.

JIMMY REINMAN (Digital Content Manager)

• Alex Noren, Top 20 (+152): The veteran Swede is available in off 4 made cuts in a row, and he hasn’t completed worse than T32 since January. If climate performs an element, I like him right here much more.
• Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg and Robert MacIntyre, Top 20 end parlay (+485): Going with three European Ryder Cuppers to seek out their approach in the direction of the highest come Sunday. With the format favoring driving accuracy and method play, these three all have a really excessive ground at TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course.

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