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With birdies on four of the last five holes, Chad Collins posted a career-best third-place finish Sunday. Collins fired a 3-under-par 69 that included six birdies and three bogeys, to post 10-under 278 and briefly hold the clubhouse lead.

This marks the sixth top-10 of Collins’ career, with his previous-best finish being a T4 at the 2010 OHL Mayakoba Classic. Collins earns 190 points towards the FedExCup standings, jumping from 202nd to 132nd.

The Valero Texas Open has treated Collins well in the past. In four starts now, he’s finished top-30 three times, with a T19 in 2008 and T26 in 2014.

In 13 starts in 2015-16, Collins had made the cut four times with a T47 at the Puerto Rico Open as his best finish of the season.

Kevin Chappell

Making his seventh start in the Valero Texas Open, and sixth-consecutive, Kevin Chappell made five birdies and one bogey in the final-round, good for a 4-under 68 and tied for fourth.

Chappell’s best finish in the event is a T2 in 2011.

Chappell was in search of his first career PGA TOUR win in his 153rd start on the PGA TOUR. In 12 starts this season before this week, Chappell had collected a pair of solo-second-place finishes, The RSM Classic and Arnold Palmer Invitational. He is coming off a T9 finish at last week’s RBC Heritage.

Ryan Palmer

Texas native Ryan Palmer birdied his last two holes Sunday to post a 3-under 69 and claim a share of fourth place.

Palmer was making his 14th start in the Valero Texas Open, and 13th-consecutive. Each of his three top-10 finishes in the event have come since the event moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010; 2010/T9, 2015/T6 and 2016/T4.

Palmer was in search of his fourth career PGA TOUR title, having previously won the 2004 Children’s Miracle Network Classic (Disney World), 2008 Ginn sur Mer Classic in Florida and 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Palmer’s fourth-place finish this week marks his first top-10 finish in 12 starts this season.

Martin Piller

Making his 10th start of the 2015-16 PGA TOUR Season, Dallas resident Martin Piller’s four-sub-par scores of 70-68-71-70—279 (-9) to finish T4 and earn his first top-10 finish on the PGA TOUR in 35 starts. His previous- best showing is T19 from the 2015 Barbasol Championship.

Piller made his return to the PGA TOUR for the 2015-16 season by virtue of his 5th-place finish on the 2015 Web.com Tour priority list.

While Piller was claiming his top-10 finish in San Antonio, his wife Gerina was competing in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, where she was in the top-10, but still playing when he finished.

Ricky Barnes

In search of his first career PGA TOUR win in his 222nd start, 54-hole leader Ricky Barnes struggled in the final round, posting a 2-over 74 and finishing tied for fourth. This marks Barnes’ 15th top-10 finish since joining the TOUR in 2009.

Among active players on the PGA TOUR, Greg Chalmers has made the most starts on TOUR without a win (384).

Barnes’ career-best finish is a T2 at the 2009 U.S. Open, where he held sole possession of the 54-hole lead but shot a final-round 6-over 76 to fall by two shots to Lucas Glover. The last time Barnes held the 54-hole lead was at the 2015 Barbasol Championship, where he held a share of the lead with Scott Piercy, but finished five shots back in a tie for third after a final-round 70.

Like Kevin Chappell, Barnes’ is coming off a T9 finish at last week’s RBC Heritage. In 16 starts this season, Barnes now has three top-25 finishes.

Miscellaneous Notes

2011 Valero Texas Open champion Brendan Steele, who held the 18- and 36-hole leads, struggled in round three, posting a 3-over 75 and finishing T13. He remains in search of his second TOUR title.

In the season’s first start, Steele held a one-stroke lead after 54 holes at the Safeway Open, before a 4- over 76 Sunday resulted in a share of 17th place.

Branden Grace, who came from three strokes back in last week’s final round of the RBC Heritage to win his first PGA TOUR event, finished T9 at this week’s Valero Texas Open. Grace began Sunday’s final round eight strokes back, before his 5-under 67 resulted in the top-10 finish.

This marked Grace’s 52nd career start on the PGA TOUR and third-consecutive start in the Valero Texas Open; T9/2016, T30/2015, T79/2014.

Past Valero Texas Open champions in the field: Brendan Steele/2011 (T13), Zach Johnson/2008, 2009 (T29), Justin Leonard/2000, 2001, 2007 (T55) Jimmy Walker/2015 (MC), Ben Curtis/2012 (MC), and Tim Herron/1997 (MC).

Bogey-free rounds:

R1: Hiroshi Iwata (71), Spencer Levin (69), Peter Malnati (67), Martin Piller (70), Patrick Reed (65), Brendan Steele (64).

R2: Rob Oppenheim (68), Kyle Stanley (68)

R3: Brice Garnett (69), Kevin Streelman (69), Nick Taylor (66), Billy Horschel (67)

R4: Zac Blair (69), Peter Malnati (67)

Scoring Averages at TPC San Antonio:

The par-4 10th hole played as the most difficult in Sunday’s final round, with an average of 4.338. The par- 5 14th was the easiest hole at 4.592.

ABOUT VALERO

Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries (collectively, Valero), is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products, and sells its products primarily in the United States (U.S.), Canada, the United Kingdom (U.K.), Ireland and Latin America. Valero owns 15 petroleum refineries located in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels per day. Valero is a joint venture member in Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC, which owns two renewable diesel plants located in the U.S. Gulf Coast region with a combined production capacity of approximately 1.2 billion gallons per year, and Valero owns 12 ethanol plants located in the U.S. Mid-Continent region with a combined production capacity of approximately 1.6 billion gallons per year. Valero manages its operations through its Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol segments. Please visit investorvalero.com for more information.

ABOUT VALERO IN THE COMMUNITY

Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries (collectively, Valero), and the Valero Energy Foundation are committed to improving the quality of life in communities where Valero has major operations. In 2023, Valero, its employees and the foundation collectively generated more than $77 million in charitable support through direct/in-kind donations, fundraising and volunteerism. Valero employees logged more than 127,000 volunteer hours in 2023 for hundreds of projects in their communities. Valero provides funding to a variety of nonprofit agencies for programs and services supporting education, basic needs, health care and civic initiatives.  Through the overwhelming support of sponsors, the foundation’s signature programs, the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children, generated more than $23 million raised in 2023 for charities across the United States.

ABOUT THE VALERO TEXAS OPEN

The Valero Texas Open is the sixth-oldest professional tournament in golf worldwide, the third-oldest on the PGA TOUR and the longest held in the same city. In 2022, the tournament celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Its list of champions includes some of the greatest names in golf history: Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Lee Trevino, Nick Price, Justin Leonard, Zach Johnson, Adam Scott, Jimmy Walker, Jordan Spieth and 2019, 2023 champion Corey Conners to name a few.

Since Valero became title sponsor in 2002, the tournament has become a leader in charitable fundraising among PGA TOUR events. The Valero Texas Open, together with its Benefit for Children and Champions fore Charity initiatives, has contributed more than $232 million to hundreds of worthy charities since inception. Please visit www.ValeroTexasOpen.com for more information.