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2023 Fantasy Golf Picks — Valero Texas Open DraftKings Picks, Predictions, Preview, Sleepers

Pat Mayo breaks down his 2023 Valero Texas Open DraftKings Picks while previewing the course and key stats.

Pat Mayo and Tyler Tamboline discuss their favorite 2023 Valero Texas Open DraftKings picks, debate the best roster construction for the week and project ownership for DFS guaranteed prize pools (GPPs).

Valero Texas Open Picks, Bets, DraftKings Notes

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2023 Valero Texas Open: Key Stats

  • Strokes Gained: Ball Striking
  • Opportunities Gained
  • Driving Distance Gained
  • Par 5s Gained

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2023 Valero Texas Open: DraftKings Notes

Field: 144 players
Cut: Top 65 and Ties after 36 Holes
Lineup Lock: Thursday, March 30
Roster: Six golfers
Salary cap: $50,000


2023 Valero Texas Open: Course

  • Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
  • Yardage: 7,494
  • Par: 72
  • Greens: Champion Bermuda overseeded with Poa Trivialis and velvet Bentgrass

2023 Valero Texas Open: Past Winners

  • 2022: JJ Spaun -13
  • 2021: Jordan Spieth -18
  • 2019: Corey Conners -20
  • 2018: Andrew Landry -17
  • 2017: Kevin Chappell -12
  • 2016: Charley Hoffman -12
  • 2015: Jimmy Walker -11

2023 Valero Texas Open: DraftKings Picks

Elite Values

Corey Conners $10,100

High-End Value

Si Woo Kim $9,700
Ryan Fox $9,000

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Second-Level Values

Christiaan Bezuidenhout $8,600
Matt Wallace $8,500
Cam Davis $8,300

Mid-Level Values

Aaron Rai $7,900
Alex Smalley $7,600
Patton Kizzire $7,500
Garrick Higgo $7,300

Scrub Values

Akshay Bhatia $7,000
MJ Daffue $7,000
Austin Smotherman $6,900
Pierceson Coody $6,900

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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2021 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and was a finalist for three FSWA Awards (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 24 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are second-most all-time.

Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Sports Betting, Daily Fantasy, and Traditional Season Long Fantasy).


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