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Despite 'bedridden' coach, J.J. Spaun feels he's breaking slump ahead of Valero title defense

J.J. Spaun is currently healthy, but a recent injury has posed some challenges for him.

"My coach has been hurt for like four months," Spaun said Wednesday ahead of his Valero Texas Open title defense. "He broke his pelvis in December, so he can't really travel. He normally travels out here every week and he's been pretty much bedridden, can't really walk, he's not very mobile."

Spaun notched his maiden PGA Tour victory at TPC San Antonio last year, which got him into January's Sentry Tournament of Champions, where he placed T-5. He followed that up with a T-12 at the Sony Open, but the 32-year-old Californian has since missed four out of six cuts.