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Third Round Coverage of the '26 Valspar Championship
36-hole Cut: Seventy-four professionals at 1-over (143) from a field of 135 professionals .
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
PALM HARBOR - Welcome to third round coverage of the 2026 Valspar championship - or in your favorite reporter’s case - the ValsDoubleBogey Championship.
Sungjae Im (1st/-9) is the lone PGA TOUR winner among the top four players on the leaderboard. He holds 36-hole lead/co-lead for the fifth time on TOUR, most recently at the 2021 Shriners Children’s Open where he won). Overall, he is 1-for-4 in converting midway leads to victory.
Im made his third start on TOUR this season after suffering from a wrist injury in January. Of late, he MC/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, and MC/THE PLAYERS Championship)
Im made his fourth Valspar Championship appearance (T4/2019, T29/2021, MC/2024). Over career, owns two TOUR titles in 211 career starts with the most recent being the 2020 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beach.
Defending champion Viktor Hovland (MC/+3) misses the cut for the first time on TOUR since the 2025 PLAYERS Championship; second consecutive year that the defending champion has missed the cut at this event (Peter Malnati).
Nine-time TOUR winner Brandt Snedeker (T5/-5) made his first cut in five starts this season while LIV → PGA Tour returning member Brooks Koepka (T10/-4) posted a back nine 4-under (31) en route to a second-round (67). He finished T9 and T13 in his last two starts in Florida.
Ninety hole-outs have occurred through 36 holes at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook, the second-most hole outs on any course this season (110/TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course/72 holes)
Brian Campbell withdrew during the second round with a neck injury.
Valspar Championship | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
1 Sungjae Im 64 69 133 (-9)
2 David Lipsky 69 65 134 (-8)
T3 Doug Ghim 68 67 135 (-7)
T3 Chandler Blanchet 69 66 135 (-7)
T5 Five players 137 (-5)
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 7:35am (ET) to 1:55pm (ET) today.
Weather: Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies, 72 degree highs. Winds at 13mph and little to no chance of rain.
Tournament Hub: (link) and Official Site (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 8:00am (EDT) Sunday.
Tee Times
Tee Times: (link)
Media Coverage at the Valspar Championship
Saturday, March 21, 2026 - All Times Eastern Daylight
7:45am -6:00pm PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ - Streaming
1:00pm -6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM Radio or Online
1:00pm-3:00pm - Golf Channel
3:00pm - 6:00pm - NBC and Peacock Network
How to Watch: (link)
What They’re Saying
Im Takes Lead into Weekend (PGATourCom)
Snedeker, Dahman Make Cut, Defending Champ Does Not (Golf Week)
Tee Times & How to Watch Round 3 (Golf Week)
CBS Sports Golf HQ (CBS Sports)
On This Day in Golf History
March 21, 1940 - Ben Hogan won his first PGA Tour title at the North-South Open at famed Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. After building a seven shot lead in the opening rounds by shooting (66)-(67), Hogan holds on in the final two rounds (74)-(70) to defeat Sam Snead by three strokes.Hogan had been winless in his first seven years on tour and was on the verge of retiring from touring to be a full-time teaching professional. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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