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PGA Tour Brunch Takes a Look at the 2023 Valspar
PALM HARBOR - Sam Burns, who earned his first career victory at the 2021 Valspar Championship, defeated Davis Riley in a playoff to successfully defend his title in 2022. The last player to win the same PGA TOUR event three years in a row is Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic from 2009-11.
Burns has accumulated a Scoring Average of 68.63 at the Valspar Championship, the lowest in tournament history (min. 12 rounds). Burns advanced to the TOUR Championship after winning the Valspar in 2021 and 2022 and is one of three players that has earned bonus money via the Comcast Business Tour TOP 10 in each of the last two seasons, along with Patrick Cantlay and Justin Thomas.
Burns won three times on Tour in 2021-22, with his other victories coming at the Sanderson Farms Championship and Charles Schwab Challenge. He was one of five players to win three or more times in 2021-22 and one of five to successfully defend a title last season.
Players to win the same PGA TOUR event at least three years in a row in the last 40 years:
Steve Stricker John Deere Classic 2009, 2010, 2011
Tiger Woods Farmers Insurance Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Tiger Woods WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2005, 2006, 2007
Tiger Woods WGC-CA Championship 2005, 2006, 2007
Stuart Appleby Sentry Tournament of Champions 2004, 2005, 2006
Tiger Woods Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Tiger Woods WGC-NEC Invitational 1999, 2000, 2001
Tiger Woods the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday 1999, 2000, 2001
The buds are back in town!
Justin Thomas is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking and has won 15 times on the PGA TOUR, the most of any player in the field. Thomas his making his third consecutive start and sixth total at the Valspar Championship, where he finished T3 in 2022 and has finished worse than T18 once (MC/2017).
Meanwhile, the second piece of the buddy puzzle, and the 2015 Valspar Championship winner Jordan Spieth is making his sixth start at the event and first since 2018 (MC).
Spieth's win at the Valspar Championship was the second of his career and first of five during the 2014-15 season en route to the FedExCup title. Spieth is a past champion of four tournaments in the next five weeks (Valspar Championship, Valero Texas Open, Masters Tournament, RBC Heritage).
Keegan Bradley would’ve entered the week as No. 4 in the FedExCup standings, the highest position of any player in the field, but WD.
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: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Valspar | The Basics
The Tee Times at TPC Sawgrass will run from 7:40am (ET) to 2:36pm (ET) Thursday.
Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for sunny skies with temps 61-78-degrees. Only a 5% chance of rain with 10 mph winds.
Tournament Hub: (link) and Official Site (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 7:30am (ET) Thursday and Friday.
Valspar: Field/Updates, Tee Times and Leaderboard
The Field: (link)
Update:
Sunday
Callum Tarren (out) / Charley Hoffman (in)
Ryan Gerard (in/sponsor exemption)
Nick Gabrelcik (in/sponsor exemption)
Taylor Montgomery (out) /Dylan Wu (in)
Monday
Anders Albertsons (out) / Hank Lebioda (in)
Aaron Rai (out) / Cameron Percy (in)
Wednesday
Keegan Bradley (out) / Jonathan Byrd (in)
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
Valspar | Tournament Odds
Source: CBS Sportsline
Justin Thomas +1000
Jordan Spieth +1200
Sam Burns +1500
Matthew Fitzpatrick +1800
Tommy Fleetwood +2400
Justin Rose +2700
Adam Hadwin +2800
Denny McCarthy +3000
Davis Riley +3100
Brian Harman +3100
Justin Suh +3700
Wyndham Clark +4000
Ben Griffin +4100
Brandon Wu +4100
Gary Woodland +4100
J.T. Poston +4200
Maverick Mcnealy +4800
Byeong Hun An +5000
Jhonattan Vegas +5000
Aaron Rai +5000
Nate Lashley +5000
Victor Perez +5000
K.H. Lee +5000
Taylor Moore +5000
Joel Dahmen +5500
Will Gordon +5500
Stephan Jaeger +6500
Ben Taylor +6500
Trey Mullinax +6500
Luke List +6500
Ryan Gerard +6500
Ben Martin +6500
Tyler Duncan +6500
Beau Hossler +6500
Nick Taylor +6500
Robby Shelton +6500
Joseph Bramlett +8000
Matthew NeSmith +8000
Webb Simpson +8000
Garrick Higgo +8000
Lee Hodges +8000
Alex Smalley +8000
Akshay Bhatia +8000
Ludvig Aberg +8000
S.H. Kim +9500
Charley Hoffman +9500
Eric Cole +9500
Dylan Frittelli +10000
Pierceson Coody +10000
David Lingmerth +10000
Troy Merritt +10000
Kramer Hickok +11000
Erik Van Rooyen +11000
Russell Knox +11000
Patrick Rodgers +11000
Adam Schenk +11000
Cameron Champ +11000
David Lipsky +11000
Greyson Sigg +11000
Nick Hardy +12000
Sam Ryder +12000
Carson Young +12000
Chad Ramey +12000
Chesson Hadley +14000
Mark Hubbard +14000
Sam Stevens +14000
Stewart Cink +14000
Kevin Kisner +14000
MJ Daffue +14000
Nico Echavarria +15000
Harry Higgs +16000
Michael Kim +16000
Adam Long +16000
Kevin Tway +17000
Matt Wallace +17000
Martin Laird +17000
Peter Malnati +17000
Harry Hall +17000
Carl Yuan +17000
Luke Donald +19000
Dylan Wu +19000
Patton Kizzire +19000
Matthias Schwab +21000
Vincent Norrman +21000
Ryan Moore +21000
Kevin Streelman +21000
Erik Barnes +21000
Ryan Armour +21000
Austin Cook +21000
Doug Ghim +21000
Brian Stuard +21000
Augusto Nunez +21000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: Coming off a semi-drought at the largest purse of the Spring, and a re-set in the PGATourCom game, the TL pick machine will go with: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood and Will Gordon. The two reserves: Justin Thomas and Sam Burns.
For the Tour One and Done? Spieth.
What They’re Saying
Burns Seeking Three-Peat (PGATourCom)
PGA TOUR and R&A to put some limits on golf balls (CBS Sports HQ)
Power Rankings for Valspar (PGATourCom)
How to Watch - The Valspar (ESPN+)
Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy
Best Bets, Strategies for The Valspar - (Action Net)
Golfbet Insider (PGATourCom)
Expert Picks for Valspar - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for Valspar - (PGATourCom)
VISN: See segment here ⬇️
On This Day in Golf History
March 15, 2023 - Jordan Spieth won his second PGA Tour title when he holed a 28-foot putt on the third playoff hole to win the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbot, Florida. Spieth’s birdie on the par 3 17th at the famed Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook resort came after Sean O’Hair and Patrick Reed missed their marks with their second shots, with Reed’s bunker shot coming within four feet of the hole. - 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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