Can Rory McIlroy win the 2024 Valero Texas Open? Odds explored

Modified Apr 03, 2024 13:01 GMT

THE PLAYERS Championship - Final Round — Rory McIlroy Valero Texas Open odds (Image via Getty)

The 2024 Valero Texas Open is set to tee off on Thursday, Apr. 4, a week ahead of the Masters.

The event, to be played at the TPC San Antonio's Oaks Course in San Antonio, Texas, will feature a stacked 156-player field. Notably, World No.2 Rory McIlroy is the top-ranked player and is also the outright favorite to win.

According to SportsLine, McIlroy comes into the Texas Open with 15-2 odds. The Northern Irishman is followed by the Ludvig Aberg with +1200 on the odds list.

It's pertinent to note that the four-time major winner is one of 20 top-50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking playing this weekend. Despite the stacked field, the golfer seems like a strong pick for the weekend in Texas.

For the unversed, McIlroy hasn’t had the best of starts to the 2024 PGA Tour season. The 34-year-old started off the new schedule with a T66 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

He followed it up with a T24 finish at the Genesis Open. He managed back-to-back T21 finishes at the Cognizant Classic and the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Rory McIlroy at The Players Championship (Image via Getty)

Coming off a T19 finish at The Players Championship, McIlroy will be eyeing his first win of the season at the Texas Open. Despite being an outright favorite on SportsLine’s odds list, the Irishman isn’t a top pick on the PGA Tour power rankings.

McIlroy will tee off on Thursday, Apr. 4 at 2:08 pm ET. Rickie Fowler and Tommy Fleetwood will join him on the first tee.