SAN ANTONIO – J.J. Spaun earned his first PGA Tour victory and secured his first trip to the Masters by shooting a 3-under-par 69 on Sunday to win the Valero Texas Open by two strokes.
In his 147th career start on golf’s top circuit, Spaun survived a double-bogey start to his day by posting five birdies with no bogeys the rest of the way to finish at 13-under 275 at TPC San Antonio.
Matt Jones (66) and Matt Kuchar (69) – each needing a win in the last event before the first men’s major tournament of the year to earn an invitation to Augusta National Golf Club – shared second place.
“I was thinking about the Masters last night,” Spaun said. “But I think a year ago, to think I would even be here playing on tour, I’d have to do a lot of work. To finally get a win, it’s what you dream about.”
In October, Spaun was ranked No. 396 in the Official World Golf Ranking. It followed a 2020-21 season in which he missed more cuts than he made, including at the Texas Open, and had only one top-10 finish. He had to play in the developmental Korn Ferry Tour last year to retain his tour card.