Who is Corey Conners? Will the two-time Valero Texas Open winner be at The Masters?

Canadian professional golfer Corey Conners has been making headlines for quite some time now. On April 2, Conners registered his second Valero Texas Open Championship, which also happens to be his second victory on the PGA Tour.

Conners defeated Sam Stevens by scoring a 4-under 68 with a margin of one stroke. The 31-year-old Canadian will next be seen at the 2023 Augusta Masters, where he will be competing against 90 other players for the prestigious green jacket.

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Who is Corey Conners?

Born on January 6, 1992, in Listowel, Ontario, Corey Conners is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Mike and Janet Conners are his parents. He has a younger sibling named Sarah and a twin sister named Nicole. He married Malory Conners in 2018.

He was defeated by Gunn Yang in the 2014 U.S. Amateur, which was played at the Atlanta Athletic Club, and won the Ontario Amateur in 2010.

His professional career started in 2015 after The Masters. He later went on to compete at the RBC Canadian Open in 2016. Later that year, he finished 42nd on the Web.com Tour.

Corey Conners led the Florida Valspar Championship after 54 holes in March 2018, one shot better than Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, and Tiger Woods.

He defeated Charley Hoffman by two shots to win the Valero Texas Open on the PGA Tour on April 7, 2019, securing the last spot in the 2019 Masters Tournament. He finished in 8th place in the 2019 Masters.

On April 2, 2023, Corey Conners registered his second PGA Tour victory after winning his second Valero Texas Open. He is now slated to compete at the 2023 Augusta Masters.

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Final Field of 2023 Augusta Masters

A total of 90 players are eligible to compete in the prestigious tournament. Despite the PGA vs LIV controversy going around, 17 LIV golfers are also allowed to participate in the event:

1. Fred Couples
2. Sandy Lyle
3. Patrick Reed
4. Jordan Spieth
5. Sergio Garcia
6. Hideki Matsuyama
7. Scottie Scheffler
8. Bubba Watson
9. Dustin Johnson
10. Phil Mickelson
11. Mike Weir
12. Zach Johnson
13. Larry Mize
14. Charl Schwartzel
15. Tiger Woods
16. Bernhard Langer
17. Jose Maria Olazabal
18. Adam Scott
19. Vijay Singh
20. Danny Willett
21. Bryson DeChambeau
22. Gary Woodland
23. Matt Fitzpatrick
24. Jon Rahm
25. Brooks Koepka
26. Shane Lowry
27. Francesco Molinari
28. Collin Morikawa
29. Cameron Smith
30. Justin Thomas
31. Sam Bennett
32. Ben Carr
33. Aldrich Potgieter
34. Harrison Crowe
35. Matthew McClean
36. Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
37. Cameron Champ
38. Sungjae I'm
39. Will Zalatoris
40. Corey Conners
41. Rory McIlroy
42. Tommy Fleetwood
43. Viktor Hovland
44. Cameron Young
45. Mito Pereira
46. Keegan Bradley
47. Max Homa
48. Chris Kirk
49. Xander Schauffele
50. Adam Svensson
51. Sam Burns
52. Mackenzie Hughes
53. Kurt Kitayama
54. Patrick Cantlay
55. Bill Horschel
56. Tony Finau
57. Kim Si Woo
58. Seamus Power
59. Russell Henley
60. Tom Kim
61. Justin Rose
62. Brian Harman
63. Joaquin Niemann
64. Scott Stallings
65. Sahith Theegala
66. Tom Hoge
67. JT Poston
68. Sepp Straka
69. Aaron Wise
70. Taylor Moore
71. Lee Kyoung Hoon
72. Abraham Ancer
73. Tyrell Hatton
74. Adrian Meronk
75. Louis Oosthuizen
76. Ryan Fox
77. Kevin Kisner
78. Kevin Na
79. Thomas Pieters
80. Talor Gooch
81. Jason Kokrak
82. Alex Noren
83. Harold Varner III
84. Sam Burns
85. Jason Day
86. Harris English
87. Keith Mitchell
88. Min Woo Lee
89. Kazuki Higa
90. Gordon Sargent

The 87th edition of The Masters Tournament is scheduled to start on April 6 and will conclude on April 9, 2023. The pre-tournament discussions start on April 3. The Masters dinner is on April 4. Fans can watch the live coverage on ESPN and CBS.