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First Round Coverage of the 2025 Valero Texas Open | San Antonio

By TERRY LYONS, Editor Digital Sports Desk

SAN ANTONIO - Akshay Bhatia, the defending champion, is making his fourth start at the Valero Texas Open (2024/1st, 2023/T46, 2021/MC). Bhatia was the solo leader after each of the first three rounds last year before defeating Denny McCarthy in a playoff. Bhatia won with a birdie-4 on the first playoff hole (No.…