Best Bets: Valero Texas Open

Our BetSperts Golf staff has combed through the projections and available lines to identify our favorite bets for the Valero Texas Open. These are our Best Bets for the weekend:

Gary Woodland Top 5 +750 (FanDuel)

Ryan Noonan: With Gary Woodland’s Kansas Jayhawks one win away from the college hoops National Championship game, this is trending towards being a pretty Pro-Woodland week. Now, we might want to back out of this or bet against him on Sunday if Rock Chalk is upended by Villanova on Saturday but watch this space. Narratives aside, Woodland is playing well right now, ranking 14th in this field in SG: BS over the past three months. He hasn’t made the trip to San Antonio often, but he came here last year completely devoid of anything resembling good form and found himself inside the top 10 when the dust settled. He bagged back-to-back top-five finishes in Florida, and I think he’s live to do so again. FanDuel is the most generous, offering +750 on Woodland’s T5.

Check out Ryan’s full betting card for the Valero.

Maverick McNealy Top 30 +130 (FanDuel)

Ron Klos: Having made 10 cuts in a row, Maverick McNealy has become a model of consistency. With a weaker overall field and a Masters ticket on the line to the winner, he is poised to challenge for his first Tour victory. At the very least he should continue his steady play in landing this Top-30 placement. He’s fifth in the field in par-5 scoring and his long-term tee-to-green numbers have been excellent. He’s sixth in the field in Strokes Gained on Texas courses and also ranks 16th on other similar tough scoring courses.

Check out Ron’s full betting preview.

Jhonattan Vegas over Matt Kuchar -110 (DraftKings)

Andy Molitor: Aside from my numbers just thinking that this price is about 5% off, this is just a perfect spot for my classic “bet a bad putter over a bad ball striker” move. If we’re being perfectly honest here, aside from the Genesis, Jhonattan Vegas’ putting hasn’t even been that bad of late. Both men flamed out of a tough field at THE PLAYERS, but both men did fairly well two weeks ago at the Valspar, and neither is currently in the field next week.  Never been a hot-hand guy, but Vegas doing well down at the alt event has me hopeful that his slightly above average putting can continue and he competes here. Scrambling can matter here and GIR% is less predictive than at other events, so I get why Matt Kuchar would get pushed up a bit by those metrics, but I don’t see it mattering enough to keep him close with Vegas.

See all of Andy’s head to head bets this week

Peter Uihlein Top 30 +160 (FanDuel)

John Daigle: Dive deeper and Peter Uihlein’s sterling fit at TPC San Antonio will catch you off guard. Not only has he averaged the fourth-longest distance off the tee (313.9) in this field over the past six weeks, he’s also accumulated the third-highest rate of Greens In Regulation (70.6%)—an important metric since golfers’ average Approach shot at the Oaks Course since 2016 has come from 183 yards out—among his peers in that span. Feel free to grab his Top 40 number at FanDuel (+105) instead if you prefer to avoid stressing over Uihlein’s volatile putting through Friday.

Check out John’s DFS Value Plays

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