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Scottie Scheffler was in the mix for what would’ve been a third win of the season Sunday at the 2023 BMW Championship.

With Viktor Hovland in the clubhouse lead at 17 under, Scheffler had a 26-foot putt for birdie on the 17th hole to tie the Norwegian, but instead three-putted for a disappointing bogey. That meant he had to hole-out from the fairway on No. 18 if he was to force a playoff with Hovland, who instead walked away with a two-shot win after Scheffler made par.

Scheffler was first in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, Approach to Green and Tee to Green on the week. In a field of 50, he came in 38th in Strokes Gained: Putting, where he lost 1.891 shots to the field. Round up, and there’s the two shots that could’ve forced a playoff.

The 25-year-old’s week at Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course in Illinois was obviously nothing to scoff at with scores of 66-69-64-66. It took a career low and course record (by Hovland) to beat him, after all. But his performance at the BMW highlights a trend that we’ve seen all season from the World No. 1: the game overall is tight, but the putter is too loose.

“The things that I’m working on right now I feel very excited about. I’m hitting a lot of good putts,” said Scheffler before the Open Championship in July while arguing his putting wasn’t a problem. “Pretty soon, a lot of those good putts will start falling in the middle of the hole instead of dodging around the side of it.”

Scottie Scheffler reacts after missing a putt on the ninth green during the first round of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. (Photo: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)

That’s the kind of confidence that gets built up over four years of early success on the PGA Tour. In 110 starts, he’s racked up nine third-place showings, seven runner-up finishes and six wins with 91 made cuts. In 22 events this year alone, Scheffler didn’t miss a single cut and was in the top 25 in 20 of those starts, with 16 top 10s and a pair of wins and runners-up.

The fact he’s been so successful with such below-average performance on the greens makes Scheffler’s start to his professional career all the more impressive.

Here’s a look at Scheffler’s putting stats over his four years on the PGA Tour.

Scottie’s struggles

Scheffler had a bounce-back season last year in SG: Putting, but even then he was only ranked 58th and still managed four wins. This year is his worst SG: Putting on Tour since the 2019-20 season, not to mention his total putting ranking has triple digits for the fourth consecutive season. On top of that, his overall putting average (103rd) has gotten worse the last two seasons.

His one-putt percentage is drastically different (67th to 139th this year), which comes as a tough look seeing as he leads the Tour in SG: Approach to Green and greens in regulation and sits 12th in proximity to the hole.

The only distance putting category where Scheffler is inside the top 40 this year is putts from 25 feet or farther. Over the last three years he was top 40 in at least three distance categories.

Scottie’s successes

Despite some glaring concerns, Scheffler comes in 24th in putting average and 32nd in birdie or better conversion percentage (though both of those are worse than years prior). The 2022 Masters champion is third in birdie average and first in scoring average. Scary thought? He should be scoring even more.

The stats also show that Scheffler is putting significantly better in the final round compared to the first three, which hasn’t been the case over the years.

He’s down to 62nd in putts per final round from 122 and 124 in the last two years, but with that said, his numbers have inflated across the board from Thursday-Saturday.

Aside from his three-jack at the 17th on Sunday, Scheffler has done well to minimize his three-putt percentage and now ranks 13th on Tour.

It’s difficult to pick apart the game of a player who just made a record $21 million on the course and has a firm hold of the world No. 1 ranking. But with that skill and success comes scrutiny when you don’t perform at your best. Statistically speaking, Scheffler’s never been a great putter, and this season has been worse on the greens than the previous three. It’s also arguably his best season overall on Tour.

Just imagine the level of golf we’d be seeing if a few more putts fell.

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The 10 wildest, most surprising stats from the 2022-23 PGA Tour season

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The FedEx Cup Playoffs are over, Viktor Hovland is your Tour King for the year, and now we look ahead to the Ryder Cup, the new fall stretch, and what lies ahead in 2024.

Before we do, it's worth one last backward look at the season that was, and a deep dive into the stats. Each year, there are some eye-popping surprises buried in the data, and this is a great time to dig out the treasure.

MORE: Long putters are trendy again on tour. Here's why.

What follows are 10 stats that caught our eye from the 2022-23 season

1. Brian Harman is the scramble king

Did it seem to you, on Saturday and Sunday in the Open Championship, that Brian Harman was constantly getting up and down from some very tough spots to maintain and even increase his lead? As it turns out, this wasn't at all out of character. Harman's scrambling percentage, 67.74 percent, was first among all players this season . It's an impressive rate that put him ahead of other top-10 players such as Scottie Scheffler, Matt Kuchar and Tommy Fleetwood. And Harman needed it; unlike Scheffler, who was No. 1 in SG/approach, Harman was all the way down at 105. If his short game wasn't so on point, he wouldn't have had the year he did, and probably wouldn't have won an Open Championship. (Harman was particularly good from the sand, saving 72% of all chances from 10-20 yards, also first on tour.)

2. Scheffler's scramble game is quietly ridiculous

At this point, most of us know that Scheffler was first in SG/off the tee, first in SG/tee to green, and first in SG/approach—a terrifying triple crown of ball-striking. But here's something that flew under the radar—around the green, the guy was also a genius. Along with the top 10 in scrambling, he was sixth in SG/around the green, and first in average distance to the hole in scrambling situations—the only player to average closer than seven feet.

Basically, along with being the best ball-striker in professional golf by pretty much any metric you want to find, his opponents also lived with the reality that the few times he messed up, he was going to get really, really close anyway.

3. Maverick McNealy notches a putting feat not done in almost a decade

The last time a player averaged more than a stroke gained per round over his opponents in putting was nearly a decade ago, when Jason Day amassed an absurd 1.130 SG/putting in 2015-16. This year, Maverick McNealy shattered the ceiling for only the second time in history , with an average of 1.058. Unfortunately for him, a solid fall gave way to a pretty miserable 2023, and putting was about the only thing that went well before a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of the summer.

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4. Taylor Montgomery led pretty much every putting category you can name

Montgomery may have finished second to McNealy in SG/putting, which is the Rolls Royce of stats (though Montgomery had 76 measured rounds to McNealy’s 46), but here's part of a very long list of all the putting categories he led in 2022-23: total putting, putting average, overall putting average, birdie or better conversion percentage, putts per round, total one-putts, putting from over 25 feet, putting from 10-15 feet, average distance of putts made. And many more. The guy's a machine!

5. Harris English boldly crossed the 100-foot barrier for the second-longest putt ever

Here's some trivia: How many putts of longer than 100 feet have ever been made on the PGA Tour? The answer is "we don't know," but we do know the total since 2003, when this stuff was first measured. Angel Cabrera buried a 103-footer in 2011 in Phoenix. Ben Curtis dropped a 100-foot, one-inch bomb at the 2007 Players, and in 2008 Craig Barlow hit the longest putt ever—111 feet, five inches—at the Buick Open. (Except, when we followed up on that mystery, it turned out it wasn't really a putt at all .

This year, English joined that elite club when he hit a 100-foot, three-inch putt at the sixth hole of the WM Phoenix Open on Friday. Unfortunately, there is no video of this shot immediately available, but stay tuned for more on this.

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6. Koreans have a grip on the "total hole outs" stat

The best thing about going super granular on tour stats is that it gives you the opportunity to find some details that are half-fascinating and half-stupid. This one meets both criteria—in 2020-21, K.H Lee led the tour with 24 hole-outs from anywhere off the green (T-1 with Troy Merritt). Last year, it was Sungjae Im leading with 25. And in 2022-23, Byeong Hun An kept it in the Korean family, holing out 25 times to tie with Ben Griffin for first. The Koreans take dead aim!

7. Hovland loves the thick grass

In approach statistics, one unmissable stop on the grand tour is the stats from the rough. This year, one takeaway is that Hovland is incredible from the rough. He's fourth in proximity from the rough, first in proximity from the right rough, a respectable 34th from the left rough, and sixth in "birdie or better percentage" from the rough in general. We hear so much about his improved short game and all the other things he does well, but here's an underrated aspect—the man can play from the thick stuff.

8. Patrick Cantlay will not lay up

This is a fun one. The "going for the green" stat simply measures who makes the most attempts at trying to reach a par 5 in two shots. That honor goes to Cantlay, who goes for the glory 76.63 percent of the time , beating aggressive players such as Rory McIlroy (72 percent) and Cam Young (69 percent). And it works out for Cantlay! When he goes for it, he makes birdie or better 65 percent of the time , good for ninth on tour last season, and he averages leaving just 21.4 feet after the attempt , good for fourth. Risk and reward! Who could ask for more?

9. Rory became a driving pioneer, again

In 2003, for the first time in measured history, a player averaged more than 320 yards for half of his measured drives. That was Hank Kuehne, who crossed the threshold at 56.72 percent. Bubba Watson was the next to do it in 2006, followed by J.B. Holmes (2011) and Trey Mullinax (2017-18).

At that point, the distance gains took serious hold, and by last season, fully six guys averaged 320 or better 50 percent of the time. Then, this year, Rory McIlroy broke the 60-percent barrier, finishing at 63.28 percent . It’s the latest sign that distance keeps gaining on the professional game, and that McIlroy is at the forefront. (It will also not surprise anyone to know he became the first player ever to average more than 325 yards for all drives.)

10. Russell Henley is the new Calvin Peete

Peete was so famous as a guy who never missed fairways that a gambling game based on accuracy was named in his honor, and now it appears that mantle belongs to Henley, whose 71.74 percent fairways hit percentage led the tour. He's been in the top 30 for the last five years, but this is his first time leading, and represents a continuing evolution. Based on this, it seems like there is a very good chance we might be second-guessing U.S. captain Zach Johnson not picking him for the Ryder Cup in a month, since the rough is awful thick at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club.

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Our most-read putting tip in 2023 came courtesy of a ball-position breakdown from Top 100 Teacher Jim Murphy.

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Fundamentals aren’t always the most riveting topics, but our readers sure seemed intrigued by them in 2023. In fact, over the last 12 months, no putting story was more popular than one featuring one of the most basic fundamental of all: ball position.

Way back in May, GOLF.com’s instruction editor Nick Dimengo reached out to Top 100 Teacher Murphy for a little ball-position explainer when on the greens — and Murphy’s tips did not disappoint. (You can read the full article here. )

“In Murphy’s opinion, the correct ball position for putting is just a slight bit forward of center, erring on the side of dead center,” the article reads. “This allows for a player to strike the ball at the bottom of the arc to slightly on the upswing, giving them the possibility of the best roll.”

It might seem mundane, but there are plenty of problems that can arise when the ball position is out of whack. Too far forward and it opens the shoulders and hips, resulting in an aim point that is too far to the left (for right handers). Too far back and the shoulders and hips get too far closed, making the aim shoot out to the right.

“If you’re comfortable, it means your ball position and setup are usually good,” the article says. “If it feels too far back or forward, then your ball position and alignment might be off — so you’ll need to do some work to adjust accordingly.”

It might seem like common sense that the ball should be in the center of the stance, but it’s always good to have a reminder.

Fundamentals might be boring, but they’re the foundations of a solid golf swing. Give yourselves a pat on the back for being aware of that and making this tip our most popular of the year.

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PGA Tour merger: How 2023 golfer rankings compare with LIV tour standings

Editor's note: For the latest on the LIV Golf and PGA Tour merger, follow USA TODAY Sports' live updates here.

LIV golfers Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson have been hard to miss near the top of major tournament leaderboards this year – especially with Koepka collecting his fifth major at the PGA Championship .

But what about all the other players who left the PGA for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tou r in past months?

With the surprise announcement Tuesday morning of the merger of the two tours' business operations, here's a look at the top 52 players of each tour in 2023.

52? Yes, that's how many players are ranked currently on the LIV site so leaving out Kieran Vincent and Wade Ormsby seemed a bit odd. With a much deeper pool of players competing for the FedExCup , the PGA list leaves out notable players such as Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas – just to name a few.

In the PGA, Jon Rahm (3,042 points) and Scottie Scheffler are running away from the pack with Max Homa, Viktor Hovland and Tony Finau rounding out the top five.

On the LIV tour, Talor Gooch (96 points), Branden Grace, Koepka and Cameron Smith (83) hold the top four slots with Peter Uihlein in fifth.

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The terms of the agreement are not fully finalized and are scheduled to be completed in the coming months.

"After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Tuesday in a statement.

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2024 Valero Texas Open odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

P layers will have one last chance to tune their game before the Masters this week at the 2024 Valero Texas Open , which is once again being held at TPC San Antonio. Corey Conners will look to defend his title after winning the event last year with a score of 15-under par.

Below, we look at the 2024 Valero Texas Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions .

Rory McIlroy typically doesn't play the week before the Masters but he's in the Texas Open field this year and the betting favorite to win at +1000. Ludvig Aberg (+1200), Hideki Matsuyama (+1800) and Collin Morikawa (+2500) are among the other big names teeing it up this week.

TPC San Antonio is a par 72 and plays at 7,438 yards with very little elevation change throughout the course. It's not an overly challenging course, with the winning score being between 11-under and 20-under par over the last 8 years. However, if the wind picks up it will have a big impact on scoring.

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Valero Texas Open – Expert picks

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Ludvig Aberg (+1200)

Aberg is only in his 1st full season on the PGA Tour, but he's already one of the best ball strikers in the world and that's highly advantageous on this course. He ranks 24th in strokes gained: tee-to-green this season and his putting isn't holding him back too much (57th in SG), so he's a perfect fit for TPC San Antonio, even after missing the cut here last year.

Corey Conners (+2200)

It's always hard to expect the defending champion to win in back-to-back years but Conners' course history and ball-striking prowess make him too good to ignore. He's won here twice since 2019 (his only 2 PGA wins)  and hasn't finished worse than 35th in his last 5 starts in this event, using his stellar iron play to propel him to 2 victories.

Valero Texas Open picks – Contenders

Keith mitchell (+5500).

After blowing a 54-hole lead at the Valspar Championship 2 weeks ago, Mitchell missed the cut at the Texas Children's Houston Open over the weekend after finishing 3-over in his last 5 holes to miss it by 1 shot. He's still among the best players on tour from tee to green, ranking 8th in strokes gained, and he's finished 17th and 26th in 2 starts here during his career. He's due for a bounce-back.

Erik van Rooyen (+6600)

van Rooyen has not been good around the greens this season, which is holding him back from contending more, but he's 48th on tour in strokes gained: tee-to-green and 19th total. Before he missed the cut at the Players Championship, he finished 8th, 2nd and 25th in 3 consecutive tournaments.

Valero Texas Open picks – Long shots

Ryan moore (+10000).

Moore is quietly playing well right now, finishing 31st, 5th and 45th in his last 3 starts. Impressively, he's 12th in SG: tee-to-green, including 4th in approach, but his putting has been horrific (173rd). TPC San Antonio is more about ball striking than putting, which has helped him finish in the top 10 twice before, so he's a worthy long shot this week.

Matt Kuchar (+12500)

Kuchar has finished 3rd, 2nd, 12th and 7th in his last 4 starts at this tournament, an event he plays every year. Looking at his stats from this season gives you pause when it comes to betting him because he isn't playing well (6 missed cuts in 8 starts), but it's hard to ignore his recent finishes at TPC San Antonio.

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2024 Texas Open fantasy golf rankings, picks, strategy: Back Billy Horschel, fade Max Homa

Sportsline's eric cohen locked in his pga tour fantasy golf rankings, picks and lineups for the valero texas open 2024 at tpc san antonio.

With Augusta looming, nine of the top 20 players in the world will be in the field for the 2024 Valero Texas Open this week as they look to fine-tune their games beginning on Thursday. However, just as compelling are the players who haven't earned a Masters invitation that need a win to earn a trip to Augusta. Corey Conners was a Monday qualifier before earning a win that got him into the Masters in 2019 and he earned a second Texas Open victory last season.

Conners is comfortably into the field at Augusta this year but he'll still be eager to defend his title at TPC San Antonio this week and will be an undoubtedly popular option for Fantasy golf lineups of all kinds. Conners is listed at 22-1 in the 2024 Texas Open odds while Rory McIlroy is the 9-1 favorite as he looks to get his game into form before making his 10th attempt at a career grand slam next week. Before making any 2024 Valero Texas Open fantasy golf picks, you have to see the Valero Texas Open fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper Eric Cohen .

Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500) and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler's first career victory at +2800). 

Cohen is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.

Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2024 Valero Texas Open.  Cohen's picks are only available at SportsLine .

2024 Texas Open expert picks

One player Cohen is getting behind for his fantasy picks is Billy Horschel. The seven-time PGA Tour winner and former FedEx Cup champion is coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, missing the playoffs entirely and managing only three top-20 finishes for the year. However, he's already registered four this season in just eight events, including top-12 finishes in three of his last four starts.

Horschel ranks 71st in the FedEx Cup standings but his play has been worthy of better results, as he ranks sixth on the PGA Tour in total strokes gained (1.351). He's 14th in strokes gained: putting (0.631) and he's been sensational on the green historically at TPC San Antonio, gaining 24 strokes against the field on the putting surface in four career top-11 finishes in the Valero Texas Open. He isn't exempt into the 2024 Masters field and one of the sport's most feisty players is a clear threat to win this weekend given the stakes.

On the other hand, the golf expert is fading Max Homa, despite his status as one of the favorites entering the week. After peaking at No. 5 in the world last year, Homa has slipped to 10th in the OWGR and he's a disappointing 39th in the 2024 FedEx Cup standings. The six-time PGA Tour winner has historically struggled in major championships, missing the cut in nine of his 17 starts at those events. Expect him to be more focused on prepping for Augusta than pulling out a result here.

"Homa may still be ranked 10th in the World Rankings, but he sure hasn't played like it in 2024. In seven events, he has registered only one top-10 finish (T8 at the API) and has struggled with his driver and irons," Cohen said. "Homa hasn't played this event since 2019, so I'll ignore the course history. There are certainly better options this week."  See all of Cohen's Valero Texas Open picks at SportsLine . 

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For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Valero Texas Open fantasy golf picks, including a triple-digit longshot who has "has turned the putter around lately to be better than the field average" that can help spice up your Fantasy golf lineups.  See who it is, and get all of Cohen's fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine . 

Who wins Valero Texas Open 2024, and who are the top players to target for your PGA fantasy golf picks?  Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's fantasy golf rankings , all from the fantasy expert who has called six outright winners since 2022, and find out.

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Nicolai Hojgaard Betting Profile: Valero Texas Open

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA - MARCH 08: Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark reacts after a putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course on March 08, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

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When he takes the course April 4-7, Nicolai Hojgaard will look to build upon his last performance in the Valero Texas Open. In 2023, he shot -5 and placed 28th at TPC San Antonio (Oaks).

The Valero Texas Open Tournament & Course Info

• Date: April 4-7, 2024
• Location: San Antonio, Texas
• Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
• Par: 72 / 7,438 yards
• Purse: $9.2M
• Previous Winner: Corey Conners

At the Valero Texas Open

• Hojgaard finished 28th (with a score of -5) in his only appearance at the Valero Texas Open in recent years (in 2023).
• En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Corey Conners posted numbers of 3.959 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (eighth in field), 9.539 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 0.376 in SG: Putting (41st).
• Conners also posted numbers of 300.6 in average driving distance (51st in field), 77.78% in terms of greens in regulation (first), and 29 putts per round (53rd).

Hojgaard's Recent History at the Valero Texas Open

Hojgaard's recent performances.

• In his last five tournaments, Hojgaard has an average finish of 41st.
• He has made three cuts over his last five tournaments.
• Hojgaard has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
• He has carded an average score of -4 over his last five appearances.
• Off the tee, Nicolai Hojgaard has averaged 305.9 yards in his past five tournaments.
• In his past five starts, Hojgaard is averaging -1.210 Strokes Gained: Putting.
• Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Hojgaard has an average of -1.832 in his past five tournaments.

Hojgaard's Advanced Stats and Rankings

• Hojgaard's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.376 ranks 32nd on TOUR this season, and his 55.7% driving accuracy average ranks 124th.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Hojgaard ranks 95th on TOUR with a mark of -0.035.
• On the greens, Hojgaard's -0.256 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 130th this season, while he averages putts per round (first).

Hojgaard's Best Finishes

• Hojgaard has played six tournaments this season, and he has earned one top-five finish.
• In those six events, he made the cut four times, a success rate of 66.7%.
• As of now, Hojgaard has compiled 356 points, which ranks him 50th in the FedExCup standings.

Hojgaard's Best Strokes Gained Performances

• This season, Hojgaard's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he ranked second in the field with a mark of 3.453 (he finished second in that tournament).
• Hojgaard's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2024, as he delivered a 1.031 mark, which ranked him 26th in the field. He finished 31st in that tournament.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Hojgaard's best mark this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, as he ranked 28th in the field with a mark of 1.224.
• At the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, Hojgaard delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (1.692), which ranked 28th in the field.
• Hojgaard posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.367) at the Farmers Insurance Open, which was held in January 2024. That performance ranked sixth in the field (he finished second in that tournament).

Hojgaard's Strokes Gained Rankings

Hojgaard's past results.

All stats in this article are accurate for Hojgaard as of the start of the Valero Texas Open.

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