SAN ANTONIO — Corey Conners knows his way around the TPC San Antonio Oaks Course, as is evidenced by his combined 35-under par through his previous four starts at the Valero Texas Open.
The Canadian also secured his only PGA Tour title here in 2019, topping Charley Hoffman by two strikes to walk away with a $1.35M payday.
But golf is a fickle game, and even with all his success at the Greg Norman design, Conners looked the part of a newbie when he was putting on the par-3 16th hole during his second round on Friday.
Conners four-putted from 55 feet on the short hole, needing three putts to get home on the final four feet.
3 putts from 4 feet.
Corey Conners drops to 6-under after the double bogey but still co-leads @ValeroTXOpen. pic.twitter.com/oB4tFVmG5z
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 31, 2023
Despite the double bogey, Conners was right in the thick of things, sitting just behind Patrick Rodgers through much of the early afternoon.
It’s been a solid season thus far for Conners, who has six top-25 finishes in 10 starts. He’s already in the field at Augusta National next week, so he doesn’t have the same pressure he had when he won the event in 2019, marking the last Monday qualifier to win on Tour.