PGA Tour Brunch | Valspar | Final
PGA Tour Brunch | Valspar | Final
Final Round Coverage of the 2023 Valspar Championship
By TERRY LYONS
PALM HARBOR - Adam Schenk has held the lead/co-lead after each round this week in search of his first PGA TOUR title.
A total of five players have made the Valspar Championship their first TOUR win, including two-time defending champion Sam Burns.
Tommy Fleetwood was one of three players with a bogey-free round on Saturday (Patton Kizzire/67, Doc Redman/68).
The 2015 Valspar Championship winner Jordan Spieth seeks to become the event’s fifth multiple winner (K.J. Choi, Retief Goosen, Paul Casey, Sam Burns)
Spieth, Kizzire, Webb Simpson and Cody Gribble are the only players among those at 5-under or better on the leaderboard with Tour victories
Justin Thomas, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking, sits T-20.
The Valspar | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
Adam Schenk 66-69-70—205 (-8)
Jordan Spieth 67-70-69—206 (-7)
Tommy Fleetwood 68-69-69—206 (-7)
Webb Simpson 71-68-68—207 (-6)
Taylor Moore 71-67-69—207 (-6)
Cody Gribble 72-65-70—207 (-6)
Leaderboard After 54: (link)
Valspar | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Innesbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) - Palm Harbor, FL
YARDS/PAR: 7,340 yards/Par 71
ARCHITECTS: Larry Packard
PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,100,000 - Winner: $1,458,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Sam Burns - two time defending
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @ValsparChamp
How to Watch & Listen
Sunday, March 19th
ESPN+ Streaming - 8:00am (ET) to 6:00pm (ET) - Main Feed and Featured Groups
Golf Channel - 1:00pm (ET) to 3:00pm (ET)
NBC - 3:00pm (ET) to 6:00pm (ET)
PGA Tour Radio - Sirius/XM 92 and Online - 1:00pm (ET) to 6:00pm (ET)
How to Watch - The Valspar (ESPN+) / R-4 (link)
The Valspar | The Basics
Today’s Tee Times at the Valspar will run from 7:40am (ET) to 1:40pm (ET).
Weather: Partly sunny with temperatures 60-63 degrees. Minimum chance of rain. Winds at 12 mph
Tournament Hub: (link) and Official Site (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at Noon (ET) on Monday.
Valspar: Tee Times and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Door Wide Open at Valspar (PGATourCom)
Spieth, Fleetwood Chase Schenk (Golf Week/USA Today)
How to Watch R-4 (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
March 19, 1961 - Bob Goalby made a string of eight straight birdies - a PGA Tour record at the time en route to winning the St. Petersburg Open in Florida. Goalby made birdie from the eighth through the 15th to shoot a final round (65) at the Pasadena Country Club. He beat runner-up Ted Kroll by three strokes. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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