Articles by Jordan Dempsey
Why hitting good misses beats playing for great shots, at least on your scorecard
Average 90s-shooters miss many more greens in regulation than they hit, especially on approach shots of 150 yards or more. For low handicappers, it might be 175 or 200 yards before the bad misses outweigh the good shots. The point is, when the percentages aren’t in your favor, plan for a miss. Factoring in your Read more…
Valero Texas Open - 2025
Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
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1 | Sam Ryder | -9 | F | 1 |
2 | Keith Mitchell | -8 | F | 1 |
3 | Brian Harman | -6 | F | 1 |
T4 | Car Young | -5 | F | 1 |
T4 | Jordan Spieth | -5 | F | 1 |
T6 | Tommy Fleetwood | -4 | F | 1 |
T6 | Aldrich Potgieter | -4 | F | 1 |
T6 | Steven Fisk | -4 | F | 1 |
T6 | Maverick McNealy | -4 | F | 1 |
T6 | Andrew Novak | -4 | F | 1 |
T6 | Ben James | -4 | F | 1 |
T12 | Chan Kim | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Sam Burns | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Tony Finau | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Matteo Manassero | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Rico Hoey | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Emiliano Grillo | -3 | F | 1 |
T12 | Peter Malnati | -3 | F | 1 |
T19 | Ryo Hisatsune | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Bud Cauley | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Ben Silverman | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Patton Kizzire | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Camilo Villegas | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Alex Smalley | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Taylor Dickson | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Hayden Buckley | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Isaiah Salinda | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Daniel Berger | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Patrick Fishburn | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Ben Griffin | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Doug Ghim | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Matt Kuchar | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Matt Wallace | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Rafael Campos | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Harry Hall | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Sami Valimaki | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Alejandro Tosti | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | William Mouw | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Thriston Lawrence | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Jesper Svensson | -2 | F | 1 |
T19 | Thorbjørn Olesen | -2 | F | 1 |
T43 | Beau Hossler | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Lanto Griffin | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | S.W. Kim | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Cam Young | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Patrick Cantlay | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Adam Svensson | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Denny McCarthy | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Zach Johnson | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | John Pak | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Rikuya Hoshino | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Noah Goodwin | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Quade Cummins | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Ben Martin | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Trey Mullinax | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Keegan Bradley | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Lee Hodges | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Ludvig Ã…berg | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Corey Conners | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Kurt Kitayama | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Erik van Rooyen | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Joel Dahmen | -1 | F | 1 |
T43 | Cristobal Del Solar | -1 | F | 1 |
T65 | Sam Stevens | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Eric Cole | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Andrew Putnam | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Patrick Rodgers | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Martin Laird | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Ben Kohles | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Chad Ramey | E | F | 1 |
T65 | J.T. Poston | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Justin Rose | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Seamus Power | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Vince Whaley | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Braden Thornberry | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Blaine Hale, Jr. | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Chandler Phillips | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Henrik Norlander | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Mac Meissner | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Charley Hoffman | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Nick Hardy | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Tom Hoge | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Greyson Sigg | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Victor Perez | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Kevin Roy | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Mason Andersen | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Takumi Kanaya | E | F | 1 |
T65 | Ricky Castillo | E | F | 1 |
T90 | Padraig Harrington | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Matti Schmid | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Chris Kirk | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Adam Schenk | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | David Lipsky | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Harry Higgs | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Ryan Gerard | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Kevin Velo | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Antoine Rozner | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Hideki Matsuyama | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Webb Simpson | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Gary Woodland | +1 | F | 1 |
T90 | Paul Peterson | +1 | F | 1 |
T103 | Bronson Burgoon | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Jake Knapp | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Nate Lashley | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Trevor Cone | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Anders Albertson | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Kaito Onishi | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Tim Widing | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Ryan Palmer | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Luke List | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Akshay Bhatia | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Brice Garnett | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Justin Lower | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Jeremy Paul | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Max McGreevy | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Frankie Capan III | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Kris Ventura | +2 | F | 1 |
T103 | Matthew Riedel | +2 | F | 1 |
T120 | Aaron Baddeley | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Rickie Fowler | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Chris Gotterup | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | David Skinns | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Preston Summerhays | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Kevin Kisner | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Michael Thorbjornsen | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Niklas Norgaard | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Paul Waring | +3 | F | 1 |
T120 | Philip Knowles | +3 | F | 1 |
T130 | Mark Hubbard | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Matt Fitzpatrick | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Will Chandler | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Austen Christiansen | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Ryan Fox | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Jimmy Walker | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Max Homa | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Hunter Logan | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Thomas Rosenmueller | +4 | F | 1 |
T130 | Patrick Pockels | +4 | F | 1 |
T140 | Tom Kim | +5 | F | 1 |
T140 | Jared Jones | +5 | F | 1 |
T140 | Jackson Suber | +5 | F | 1 |
143 | Danny Walker | +7 | F | 1 |
144 | Vince Covello | +9 | F | 1 |