{"id":231808,"date":"2026-04-02T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231808\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:20:08","slug":"valero-texas-open-delayed-amid-dangerous-weather-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/231808\/","title":{"rendered":"Valero Texas Open Delayed Amid \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Weather Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">On Thursday morning the PGA Tour&#8217;s communications department issued a weather warning that suggested thunderstorms could briefly roll through the area at TPC San Antonio in the last leg of the PGA Tour&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/texas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> swing before the first major tournament of the year, the Masters, tees off on April 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;A weak front will reach TPC San Antonio and eventually dissipate over the area today. Before it dissipates, a brief window for showers will exist, mainly between 7-10 am,&#8221; the tour announced. &#8220;A few strikes of lightning could also occur.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The weather warning turned prophetic when the first round of the Valero Texas Open was delayed due to a dangerous weather situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/sports-golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golf<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/golf\/tiger-woods-makes-troubling-decision-after-car-accident-report-11757459\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiger Woods Makes Troubling Decision After Car Accident: Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11774373\" alt=\"The first round of the Valero Texas Open was delayed.\" caption=\"Standing water is seen in a fairway on the 18th hole during a rain delay due to inclement weather during the first round of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio AT&amp;T Oaks Course on April 21, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas.\" credit=\"(Photo by Scott Halleran\/Getty Images)\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4976\" height=\"3008\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-522829842.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More Golf: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/golf\/pga-tour-makes-final-decision-on-tiger-woods-after-announcement-11768913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour Makes Final Decision on Tiger Woods After Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;The start of the first round of the Valero Texas Open, originally scheduled for 7:30 a.m. CT, has been delayed due to a dangerous weather situation,&#8221; the PGA Tour&#8217;s communications department announced on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The PGA Tour did not announce a new start time for the tournament just yet, but the dangerous weather is expected to dissipate later this morning before &#8220;very low chances&#8221; of rain later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Kevin Streelman, Lanto Griffin and Max McGreevy were expected to tee off on No. 1 at 8:30 a.m. ET while Ryan Palmer, Dylan Wu and Mac Meissner were expected to tee off on No. 10 at 8:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The PGA Tour announced play will resume at 9:15 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;The first round of the Valero Texas Open is scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. local time, with all round one tee times delayed 45 minutes from their original starting time,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More Golf:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/golf\/surprise-rory-mcilroy-change-announced-before-the-masters-11758152\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surprise Rory McIlroy Change Announced Before the Masters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday morning the PGA Tour&#8217;s communications department issued a weather warning that suggested thunderstorms could briefly roll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5407,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-231808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-texas-headlines","11":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}