Rickie Fowler’s Bold Predictions: Which Five Players Will Dominate the 2026 Valero Texas Open?
The Englishman is flushing the ball this year, gaining strokes with his driver in all eight starts and with his irons in seven of those starts. Smith’s two best finishes are a T16 at the WM Phoenix Open at another TPC course in Scottsdale and third at the Valspar Championship at another tree-lined, parkland-style course with narrow fairways.
His short game (chipping and putting) has been a disgrace this season, but two flushers who suck at putting have won here recently: Corey Conners in 2019 and 2023 and J.J. Spaun in 2022. Regardless, Smith’s ball-striking, all the previous long-shot Valero Open winners, and his odds at Kalshi inspired me to add him to my card this week.



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