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Tim Schmitt

How do you handle a strong Texas breeze? Locals Ryan Palmer and Dylan Frittelli demonstrate at Valero Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO — Organizers of the Valero Texas Open have long been planning a birthday party for Friday night, one with an impressive guest list that includes past champions Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson, Hale Irwin, Lee Trevino and former PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman, who won the event in 1969.

The cause for celebration is the tournament’s 100th anniversary, which makes it the longest-running event still played in the same city.

Since a birthday party of this magnitude is sure to come with plenty of candles, it seemed appropriate that Friday’s conditions included a healthy dose of wind to help extinguish those candles.

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