PGA Tour Brunch |Valspar Championship
PGA Tour Brunch Second Round Coverage of the 2026 Valspar | Innesbrook
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
PALM HARBOR - Sungjae Im (1st/-7) opened with a 7-under (64), two shy of his career low-round score of (62), done four times and most recently at The Sentry 2025/R3/finished 3rd).
Im carded two eagles on Nos. 1 and 11 along with six birdies against three bogeys on Nos. 6, 8 and 16. He joined Corey Conners as the only players in the field with two eagles in round one.
Im holds fourth 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (most recent: 2022 3M Open Championship/finished T2); 0-for-3 in converting to victory. He leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (3.847).
Making his 14th tournament appearance, nine-time TOUR winner Brandt Snedeker (2nd/-6) opened with bogey-free 6-under (65), his best opening-round score at the Valspar Championship by four strokes (previous: 69, five times).
Snedeker is seeking his first made cut in fifth start on TOUR this season (MC/The American Express, MC/Famers Insurance Open, MC/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches; MC/Puerto Rico Open).
Valspar Championship | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 Sungjae Im 64 (-7)
2 Brandt Snedeker 65 (-6)
3 Davis Thompson 66 (-5)
T4 Billy Horschel 67 (-4)
T4 Pierceson Coody 67 (-4)
T4 Andrew Putnam 67 (-4)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
Valspar | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Innesbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) - Palm Harbor, FL
YARDS/PAR: 7,352 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECT: Larry Packard
PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,700,000; Winner: $1,566,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Viktor Hovland
TOURNAMENT SITE: (link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @ValsparChamp
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Valspar Leaderboard: (link)
Valspar | The Basics
The Tee Times at Copperhead will run from 7:30am (ET) to 2:00pm (ET) today.
Weather: Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies, 76 degree highs. Winds at 13 mph.
Tournament Hub: (link) and Official Site (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 8:00am (EDT) Saturday.
Tee Times, Field & Updates:
Tee Times: (link)
Field: (link)
Updates:
Keith Mitchell WD / Doug Ghim IN
Robert MacIntyre WD / Andrew Putnam IN
Monday
Sudarshan Yellamaraju WD / Kris Ventura IN
Field expanded from 133 players to 135 to round out threesomes:
Seamus Power IN
Matt Kuchar IN
William Mouw WD / Justin Lower IN
Tuesday
Max Greyserman WD / Joel Dahmen IN
Media Coverage at the Valspar Championship
Friday, March 20, 2026 - All Times Eastern Daylight
7:30am -6:00pm PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ - Streaming
12 Noon-6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM Radio or Online
2:00pm-6:00pm, Golf Channel
How to Watch: (link)
What They’re Saying
Im is Dialed In (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Round 2 (Golf Week)
CBS Sports Golf HQ (CBS Sports)
On This Day in Golf History
March 20, 1962 - Raymond Floyd endures one of the strangest routes for a third round tee time in the history of golf at the Tournament Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. After finishing his second round the previous day and not expecting to make the cut, Floyd left North Florida and travelled to his home in the Miami area. After R-2 is completed on Saturday morning, due to the suspension because of darkness for remaining golfers the previous evening, Floyd is informed his (78)-(70)-(148) is good enough to make the cut.Floyd has to charter a jet from Miami to Jacksonville, then charter a helicopter for the 30-mile trip from Jacksonville to Ponde Vedra Beach and reaches his tee-time of 12:34pm with two minutes to spare. With no warm-up, Floyd shot a (70). (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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