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CaddyBytes 🏆 2025 Valero Texas Open Final Round Highlights: Min Woo Lee delivered the breakthrough Sunday he’d been chasing, surviving a hard-charging leaderboard to win the 2025 Valero Texas Open and claim his first PGA Tour title. Starting the final round with a five-shot lead, Lee faced immediate pressure in soft, scoreable conditions that invited low numbers. And the challengers came fast. Scottie Scheffler made an early push, Sammy Valimaki went low with an eagle at the par-5 3rd, Rory McIlroy caught fire with a birdie run and an eagle at the 8th, and Gary Woodland produced one of the best stories of the day with a stunning charge that included an eagle at 16 and a course-record-tying 62. Lee’s round wasn’t stress-free. He had to scramble to save par on the back nine, then later made a costly bogey that tightened the tournament and shrank his cushion. But every time the pressure peaked, Lee answered — including a huge aggressive shot over water at the 9th and a key birdie burst that pushed him to 20-under, then 21-under, steadying the round when it looked like momentum might slip away. Behind him, Scheffler posted a brilliant 63, while Woodland’s emotional Sunday surge and Valimaki’s continued birdie-making kept the heat on all afternoon. By the closing holes, Lee’s once-comfortable lead was down to a single shot, and the finishing stretch became a true test of nerve. With the tournament hanging in the balance, Lee produced the composure he needed, handling the awkward closing-game shots and pouring out his emotion as the final putt dropped. The five-shot advantage may have nearly disappeared, but the result did not: Min Woo Lee held on by one and officially became a PGA Tour champion. It was a final round full of star power, scoreboard swings, and late drama — but in the end, San Antonio belonged to Min Woo Lee.

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