After 36 holes of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio in Texas, Akshay Bhatia holds a five-shot lead at 11 under after a second-round 2-under 70, a solid follow-up to his 63 on Thursday.
Brendon Todd, Russell Henley and Denny McCarthy are tied for second at 6 under, while Rory McIlroy is alone in fifth at 5 under.
Bhatia, who’s finished T-17 and T-11 in two starts since missing the cut at the Players Championship, has one PGA Tour win on his resume, the 2023 Barracuda Championship.
The purse at the Valero is $9.2 million with $1.656 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.
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From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the third round of the 2024 Valero Texas Open. All times listed are ET.
Saturday tee times
1st tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 10:25 a.m. |
Alexander Bjork, C.T. Pan, Justin Lower |
| 10:35 a.m. |
Garrick Higgo, Sam Stevens, Kevin Streelman |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Ben Griffin, Chez Reavie, Hideki Matsuyama |
| 10:55 a.m. |
Andrew Putnam, Charley Hoffman, Max Homa |
| 11:05 a.m. |
Chan Kim, Rico Hoey, Pierceson Coody |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Bronson Burgoon, Kevin Chappell, Victor Perez |
| 11:25 a.m. |
Lucas Glover, Stewart Cink, Austin Eckroat |
| 11:35 a.m. |
Aaron Baddeley, Ben Martin, Tyler Duncan |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Mark Hubbard, Corey Conners, Martin Laird |
| 11:55 a.m. |
Jordan Spieth, Thorbjorn Olsen, Ryan Moore |
| 12:05 p.m. |
Matti Schmid, Robby Shelton, Nick Hardy |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Webb Simpson, Adam Schenk, Peter Kuest |
| 12:25 p.m. |
Denny McCarthy, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood |
| 12:35 p.m. |
Akshay Bhatia, Brendon Todd, Russell Henley |
10th tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 10:25 a.m. |
Adam Scott, Ludvig Aberg, Davis Thompson |
| 10:35 a.m. |
Ben Silverman, Keith Mitchell, Mate Lashley |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Kevin Kisner, Adam Svensson, Josh Teater |
| 10:55 a.m. |
Harry Hall, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, S.H. Kim |
| 11:05 a.m. |
Tom Whitney, Vince Whaley, Andrew oivak |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman, Tyson Alexander |
| 11:25 a.m. |
Joe Highsmith, Parker Coody, Lanto Griffin |
| 11:35 a.m. |
Bud Cauley, Ben Kohles, Alex Noren |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Kevin Yu, Mac Meissner, Ryan McCormick |
| 11:55 a.m. |
Aaron Rai, Maverick McNealy, Nicolai Hoojgaard |
| 12:05 p.m. |
Carl Yuan, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brandt Snedker |
| 12:15 p.m. |
J.J. Spaun, Vincent Norrman, David Lipsky |
| 12:25 p.m. | |
| 12:35 p.m. |
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