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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2026

First Round Notes

Weather: Thursday: Morning rain and isolated thunderstorm. Partly cloudy afternoon. High of 83. Wind S/SE 8-12 mph, gusting to 24 mph. Friday: Mostly cloudy. High of 87. Wind SSE 8-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph.

Suspension summary: Due to dangerous weather conditions in the morning, first-round tee times were delayed 90 minutes and started at 9:00 a.m. CT. The first round was suspended at 7:56 p.m. due to darkness, with 24 players left to complete the round. The first round resumed Friday at 7:47 a.m. and was completed at 8:50 a.m. The second round began as scheduled at 7:30 a.m.

First-Round Leaderboard

Mark Hubbard (1st/-7)

• Claims his sixth 18-hole lead/co-lead in stroke-play events on TOUR and first since 2022 Barracuda Championshipv(finished 4th); also shared the 18-hole lead at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with teammate Ryan Brehm (3rd)
• Eight birdies are tied with Will Zalatoris (T8/-5) and Adam Schenk (T17/-4) for the most in the first round
• 65 marks his best score in 15 career rounds at TPC San Antonio (previous: 68, 2024/R2 and 2025/R2)
• In five prior appearances in the Valero Texas Open, recorded two made cuts and one top-25 finish (T25/2024)
• In nine starts this season, has one top-25 finish (T23/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• Entered the week No. 135 in the FedExCup standings
• In 271 prior career starts on TOUR, owns 17 top-10 finishes, with his best being T2 (2019 Texas Children’s Houston Open)

Additional Notes

• Tony Finau (T2/-6) and Davis Thompson (T2/-6) match for the low round of the morning wave with 66s; it marks Finau's second-best score in 23 career rounds at TPC San Antonio (best: 65, 2017/R2); for Thompson, it ties his second-lowest 18-hole score this season (best: 65, Puerto Rico Open/R3)
• Robert MacIntyre (T2/-6) and Steven Fisk (T2/-6) are two of seven players bogey free in the first round
• Andrew Putnam (T2/-6) records his best score in his last 22 rounds on TOUR and his lowest 18-hole score in 29 career rounds in the Valero Texas Open; first opening round in the 60s in nine starts in the event
• In his first Valero Texas Open start, rookie John Parry (T2/-6) cards five birdies and an eagle (No. 14) against one bogey
• Making his third appearance in the Valero Texas Open (T7/2024, T62/2025), Tommy Fleetwood (T8/-5) is the highest- ranked player in the field at No. 4 in the OWGR and finished T8 or better in three of four starts this season
• Austin Smotherman (T17/-4) aces the 220-yard par-3 13th with a 6-iron, his first hole-in-one in his 86th PGA TOUR start; becomes the fifth player to record a hole-in-one on the 13th at TPC San Antonio and first since 2019 (Nick Taylor/R3)
• David Ford (T17/-4) leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (3.974) and recorded a career-best 140' 10" of putts made, his most in a round on TOUR in his 25th career start (previous best: 105' 2", 2023 RSM Classic/R2)
• Pontus Nyholm (T17/-4) leads the field in Strokes Gained: Around the Green (3.788)
• Rookie Sudarshan Yellamarju (T31/-3) entered the week coming off back-to-back top-10 finishes (T5/THE P
• First-round scores by notable players:
  • 2015 Valero Texas Open winner Jimmy Walker (T31/-3)
  • 2022 Valero Texas Open winner and reigning U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun (T31/-3)
  • 2016 Valero Texas Open winner Charley Hoffman (T59/-1)
  • 13-time PGA TOUR winner and 2021 Valero Texas Open champion Jordan Spieth (T59/-1)
  • Defending champion Brian Harman (T79/E)
• Since the Valero Texas Open relocated to TPC San Antonio in 2010, only two of the 15 winners of the event held at least a share of the first-round lead: Corey Conners (2023) and Akshay Bhatia (2024)

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 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. Valero employees logged more than 139,000 volunteer hours in 2025 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 $25 million in 2025 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, Akshay Bhatia, and 2025 champion Brian Harman 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 $281 million to hundreds of worthy charities since inception. Please visit www.ValeroTexasOpen.com for more information.

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