Akshay Bhatia's DOMINANT performance secures win | Round 4 | Valero

In the final round of the 2024 Valero Texas Open, Akshay Bhatia defeated Denny McCarthy in a playoff to claim his second PGA TOUR victory.
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It’s the final week before the season’s first major championship as the PGA TOUR heads to TPC San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open. Rory McIlroy returns to make his third start of this event’s TPC San Antonio era; he finished runner-up in 2013 and missed the cut in 2022. He arrives here with 21 consecutive made cuts worldwide. Jordan Spieth plays in his home state this week. He finished runner-up here in 2015 and claimed victory in 2021. Missing the cut in his last two starts on TOUR, the three-time major winner is also looking to heat up before arriving in Augusta next week for the Masters Tournament. Canadian Corey Connors returns to defend his title this week. He looks to become the first back-to-back winner at the Valero Texas Open since Zach Johnson in 2008-09. He’s made five cuts out of five here and claimed victory in 2019 as well as last year’s success. Others to look out for are Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama and Matt Fitzpatrick.
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[@sammurphy1103]

What a performance. Seems so cool under pressure. Congrats.

[@maybesaadkhan]

Gets the Masters invite too. So cool to see him playing well

[@MrErnestCC]

20 under, drains put to make playoff, birdies playoff. Damn Impressive

[@zero2herogolf]

Congrats to Akshay, played amazing golf all week. McCarthy with that 63 was EPIC! And Rory had an excellent tournament, top 3!!

[@desks3674]

dude just looks like hes having a blast when hes playing even under pressure

[@brandonday2494]

Akshay is a really fun young player. Played great and that was a ballsy putt to tie on 18. Heck of a run by McCarthy though. Good to see some talented new guys going at it. Bhatia is going to be interesting to watch playing Augusta for sure. Looking forward to that.

[@trvrshoe4518]

so happy for him

[@vanc8288]

Man what an event and that finish on 18! Can't wait for the Valero next year!!!

[@mzee4076]

……Bot

[@vanc8288]

@mzee4076 nope im a real boy lol wrote it to make the people who put on Valero smile

[@mzee4076]

@@vanc8288 that is what a bot would say to try and make the rest of us not think he is a bot.

[@philippduster9117]

Hes such a nice guy

[@justinnichols1881]

What an impressive tournament for the young man, more to come with play like this!

[@christophercringle1041]

Congratulations Akshay

[@camo4501]

Way to go man🎉

[@Allaluca]

what a fun player to watch, let's go Akshay!

[@michaelwakefield-dw1sp]

I'm glad no one accused him of icing the pitcher. ⛳⛳⛳

[@dustydreaver]

Proud of him . Let’s go

[@serofibrinous]

Awesome stuff. His game is fun to watch.

[@tyzxcj34]

Thats an awesome swing.

[@skyemac8]

Consistency is the word.

[@brentdowell7433]

Masters bound

[@keithfowler632]

Wire to wire is pretty dominate

[@kevinruus7163]

와우

[@TheFitDragon]

great feel, not something that will be there every week but solid

[@TigerWeeds]

Wish I could has seen the last playoff hole….

[@Shakabaaba]

Give me someone to cheer for PGA

[@pobodysnerfect9270]

LETS GOOOOO

[@stevenjenkins3882]

Finish the business

[@costcoexecutivemember]

Why would you not have a highlight package of the whole final round and playoff….hope it’s coming

[@user-lj7fd7np4h]

First like and comment

[@brettk5762]

Some people choke under the pressure

[@yamamancha]

6 shot lead > Playoff > 3 putts for the win. Not something you see every week.

[@Golf05]

And with a shoulder that popped out of his socket.

[@yamamancha]

@@Golf05 Ouch!

[@theliftexpert]

He misses Leg Day every week since birth , but damn can this string bean play golf ⛳️

[@Dewan_N_Only]

He misses rest of the body day as well lol but yeah he can rip it!

[@radar0412]

Yes PGA tour players, Akshay bhatia is living proof that you DON'T have to spend Endless hours in the weight room transforming your physique into an NFL linebacker's body in order to hit the ball long. You can even save $7,000 on your healthcare deductible that you have allocated for your orthopedic surgeon, for your future back surgery. 😂

[@oozu-maki4488]

This guy can go very low and Augusta caters to lefties so I could definitely see him winning this week.

[@anomad6314]

how did he get from 5 shots ahead to playing in sudden death? .... with 3 putts to win? only half a story here

[@rol1in0n20s]

Can you call it dominant if it goes to a playoff and then the playoff is decided by the other guy chunking it into a creek?

[@popsiclesrgood1]

he birdied the playoff hole idiot.

[@tezzlacoilz]

Haha I def get you, bit misleading title. To be fair he did lead all 3 rounds and pushed it out to a 6 shot lead in the final round but what can you do when a guy birdies 8!!!! out of 9? That is insane. He and Denny both had 21.15 strokes gained to the field so that is pretty dominant by both of them.

[@iitstre_4550]

Considering that he was 9 strokes ahead of the closest competitor (excluding the playoff), yea. I think so. Weird way to hate, but when you go up 9 strokes, we’ll be sure to second guess you

[@tivone13]

You can if you bet on him🥶.

[@zareh805]

Dominated

[@heatherhadfield7942]

McCarthy dominated

[@richardpawlowski7722]

He was lucky to win, lets be fair, Denny McCarthy deserved to win.

[@mattcelder]

On what planet? Akshay led the entire time through 3 days, shot a 67, and McCarthy chunked it into the water in the most clutch moment of his career after a round that was statistically way better than his norm.

[@nathanmulchandani2869]

Based on what? Akshay led by a wide gap the entire tourney. McCarthy deserved to lose, he came alive too late.

[@thegreatwebstar]

Not dominant when opponent shoots 8 under on back 9, but nonetheless, both stories would have been worthwhile. Pretty good competition. Feel bad for denny, he was on a roll. Good for lefty tho, notice he was shaking his head at the end, he knew he didnt win it, denny lost it

[@jonathanrandall4140]

He won wire to wire and shot 67 on Sunday, starting with a six shot lead. McCarthy's 63 was an anomaly. What more do you want??

[@marceloarcos7342]

I love how Max Homa is on the advertisement at the end but the guy hasn’t won anything in ages. He’s just living off mediocrity

[@trumpdonald9393]

When was the last event you won?

[@original_dirtbag]

Literally won something less than 5 months ago

[@fptrojans09]

Pffffffffttttt!! 🤣🤣🤣 McCarthy totally hit that ball in the water on purpose. I mean seriously McCarthy birdied eight of the last nine holes and hits it in the creek from 101 yards out? I don’t think so. That match ending was so rigged.

[@doublejags]

Called nerves?

[@Golfer-rn7lh]

No doubt Akshay is a great golfer but I'm convinced he is anchoring his putter! These extended putters should be banned as there is no way of checking for anchoring