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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2025

Third Round Notes

Weather: Mostly cloudy. High of 68. Wind N 8-15 mph, gusting to 25 mph..

Cut: 65 professionals and one amateur at 2-under 142 from a field of 143 professionals and one amateur.

Third-Round Leaderboard

Brian Harman (1st/-12)

• First 54-hole lead/co-lead this season (previous best 54-hole position: T5/Sony Open in Hawaii/finished T21)
• Entered the day as the 36-hole solo leader at 12-under par with a four-stroke lead over Keith Mitchell
• Maintains outright lead following a third-round 72, including two birdies (Nos. 14, 17) and two bogeys (Nos. 2, 4)
• Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (8.547)
• Making his eighth career start at the Valero Texas Open, with a T16 in 2014 being his best of four top-25 finishes
• Has made 36 previous starts since his last win on TOUR (2023 Open Championship); over that stretch, has recorded four PGA TOUR wins (3): 2023 Open Championship, 2017 Truist Championship, 2014 John Deere Classic
• Seeks to become the eighth 54-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR this season
• Bidding to join Hideki Matsuyama (The Sentry) and Thomas Detry (WM Phoenix Open) as the only players this year to win after holding both the 36- and 54-hole leads
• Since the event moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010, nine of the 14 champions held at least a share of the 54-hole lead

Andrew Novak (2nd/-9)

• Records six birdies, the most by any player in the third round, against three bogeys for a 3-under 69
• Sits inside the top-10 after 54 holes for the third time this season (T7/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/finished T34, 2nd/Farmers Insurance Open/finished 3rd)
• Three top-25 finishes in 11 starts this season, highlighted by a solo-third at the Farmers Insurance Open, his lone top-10
• In hs 98th career start, bidding for his first PGA TOUR title (best finish: 2nd/2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship)

Miscellaneous notes

• Tom Hoge (3rd/-8) records the only bogey-free round Saturday with a 4-under 68 and sits inside the top-10 after 54 holes for the second time this season (T6/The Sentry/finished T8); in his 296th start on TOUR, bidding for his second career win (2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)
• Keith Mitchell (4th/-7) has top-25 finishes in each of his three career starts at the Valero Texas Open (2024/T14, 2021/T17, 2018/T26); projected to move to No. 5 in the Aon Swing 5 standings, with the top five FedExCup points earners (not otherwise exempt) in the Puerto Rico Open, Valspar Championship, Texas Children’s Houston Open and Valero Texas Open earning spots in the RBC Heritage
• Corey Conners (T10/-4) and Zach Johnson (T10/-4) seek to join Arnold Palmer and Justin Leonard as the only three-time winners of the Valero Texas Open; each of Conners’ two career PGA TOUR wins came at TPC San Antonio (2019, 2023) while Johnson remains the last back-to-back champion of the event (2008, 2009)
• 2021 Valero Texas Open champion Jordan Spieth (-3) sits T17 following a 1-over 73; in eight career starts at the Valero Texas Open, has four top-10 finishes (2024/T10, 2021/Won, 2015/2nd, 2014/10th)

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 produces low-carbon fuels including renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with a production capacity of approximately 1.2 billion gallons per year in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. See our annual report on Form 10-K for more information on SAF. Valero also owns 12 ethanol plants located in the U.S. Mid-Continent region with a combined production capacity of approximately 1.7 billion gallons per year. Valero manages its operations through its Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol segments. Please visit valero.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. Valero employees logged more than 133,000 volunteer hours in 2024 for hundreds of community projects. Valero funds various nonprofit agencies for programs and services supporting education, basic needs, health care, and civic initiatives.  Through the overwhelming support of business partners, sponsors, and donors, the Valero Texas Open and the Benefit for Children generated more than $24 million in 2024 for charities in 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 2024 champion Akshay Bhatia 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 $256 million to hundreds of worthy charities since inception. Please visit www.ValeroTexasOpen.com and follow on Facebook, Instagram, and X (@ValeroTXOpen) for more information.

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