Number Crunch: Valero Texas Open  If you've never won a PGA TOUR event before, you may want to look at the Valero Texas Open as a spot. To say the tournament has been kind to non-winners would be an understatement. NUMBER THAT YOU COULD USE TO WIN A BET
15The number of players who have made the Valero Texas Open their first PGA TOUR victory. Eric Axley became the latest last season. Others include Deane Beman (1969), Ben Crenshaw (1973), Duffy Waldorf (1995) and Bart Bryant (2004).
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661The number of miles from the site of last week’s Viking Classic at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss. to this week’s event at LaCantera GC in San Antonio, Texas.
OTHER INTERESTING NUMBERS
2The number of times in tournament history that the champion was over-par in the final round. Eric Axley did last year when he made a 1-over-par 71 on Sunday and Arnold Palmer shot a 75 in sub-freezing temperatures in win in 1960.
2The number of Sponsor’s Exemptions granted in last year’s event (Anthony Kim and Jimmy Walker). Anthony Kim recorded a total score of 268 (12-under-par) which earned him $298,666 and a tie for second place.
3The number of rookies who finished in the top 10 of last year's tournament: Eric Axley (first), David McKenzie (seventh) and Charley Hoffman (T8).
8The number of courses this tournament has been played at since its inaugural event in 1942, all in San Antonio, Texas (Willow Springs GC, Brackenridge Park GC, Fort Sam Houston GC, Oak Hills CC, and LaCantera GC).
11The number of times the tournament winner has been determined in a playoff, most recently in 1999 when Duffy Waldorf beat Ted Tryba.
49In yards, how much longer the course played in 1942 at Willow Springs GC (6,930 yards) than it will for the 2007 event at LaCantera GC (6881 yards).
60The course record at LaCantera GC, set by Bart Bryant in 2004.
141In strokes, the cut line at last year’s event (1-over-par). Seventy-eight players made the cut from a starting field of 144 professionals.
254In strokes, the tournament record (16-under-par), set by Tommy Armour III in 2003 at LaCantera GC.
7,199The median total yardage of all courses on the 2007 PGA TOUR schedule. The length of the course for this week’s tournament at LaCantera GC is 6881 yards, which ranks 56th out of the 65 courses on the 2007 schedule. The Torrey Pines South Course in San Diego (Buick Invitational) is the longest at 7,568 yards, and the Mid-Ocean Club in Bermuda (PGA Grand Slam of Golf) is the shortest at 6,520 yards.
810,000In dollars, the winner's share of this week's $4.5 million prize fund.
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