Teeing Off
MY BAG
FOR THE VALEROTEXAS OPEN
Justin Leonard
"This is ashorter course, so I know I'm going to hit a lot more short irons. Moreeight-irons and nine-irons, more wedges."
BALL
Nike
One Tour
DRIVER
Nike
SQ Dymo Str8-Fit (9.5°)
Shaft
UST
Avix (X flex)
PUTTER
Nike
Prototype
HYBRID
Nike
ProCombo Tungsten (20°)
Shaft
True Temper
Dynamic Gold S400
FAIRWAY METALS
TaylorMade
Burner (15°)
Shaft
Fujikura
Vista Pro 80 (X flex)
Nike
SQII (17°)
Shaft
Fujikura
Vista Pro 90 (X flex)
IRONS
(Four through pitching wedge)
Nike
Victory Red forged blades
Shafts
True Temper
Dynamic Gold S400
WEDGES
Nike
Victory Red (54° and 58°)
Shafts
True Temper
Dynamic Gold S400
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THIS WEEK'S MAIN EVENT
VALERO TEXAS OPEN
Low Land
Since the Texas Open moved to the Resort course at LaCantera Golf Club in1995, the winner has averaged 18.4 under par on the hilly, 6,881-yard layout,and Tommy Armour III set the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record with a 26-under254 in 2003. Next year the tournament will move to 7,522-yard TPC San Antonio,meaning the gunslingers have only one more shot at going superlow. A likelycandidate to do so is Justin Leonard, a native son who has three top 10s so farthis year and has won three times at LaCantera (2000, '01 and '07), twiceshooting 261—which is the second-lowest total in the Resort course's run.
Lone Stars
Texas and the PGA Tour go back a long way. The Texas Open dates to 1922; theByron Nelson to '44; the Colonial and the Houston Open to '46. The state hasproduced 11 of the Tour's top 50 alltime winners. The top six are listed below.The active Texan with the most wins? That's right, Justin Leonard, who with 12W's has a way to go to crack this list.
BEN HOGAN 64
BYRON NELSON 52
LLOYD MANGRUM 36
HARRY COOPER 31
JIMMY DEMARET 31
LEE TREVINO 29
-- Compiled by Sal Johnson
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CARYN LEVY/PGA TOUR/GETTY IMAGES (LEONARD)
PHOTO
FRED VUICH (BAG AND BALL)
ILLUSTRATION
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