# Canadian Wins Valero Texas Open! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 8, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195 "2019-04-08T00:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195/1 "2019-04-08T00:21:09Z")
Wow! What a round of golf. Corey Connors birdied 4 of the first 5 holes then bogeyed the next 4. Looked like he was going to blow it but birdied 6 of the back 9 holes for a 2 shot win. Only the 5th Monday qualifier to win on the PGA in the last 40 years and only the 15th Canadian to win a PGA event. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195/2 "2019-04-08T16:56:47Z")
Always good to see qualifiers win! Always good to see Canadians win! Did he get into the Masters as a result?? ---
**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wins-valero-texas-open/832195/3 "2019-04-08T17:36:17Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Always good to see qualifiers win! > > Always good to see Canadians win! > > Did he get into the Masters as a result?? Yes among lots of other perks. Here’s a quote: “Besides a chance to play in next week’s Masters, a tournament he played in 2015 as a U.S. Amateur finalist, Conners also is now fully exempt on the PGA Tour through the 2020-21 season and will play in next month’s PGA Championship.”