Valspar Championship
March 12 – 15, 2015
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
Palm Harbor, Fla.
Par: 71 / Yardage: 7,340
Purse: $5.9 million
with $1,062,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
John Senden

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 18 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with five players from the top-ten: #3 Henrik Stenson, #4 Adam Scott, #6 Jim Furyk, #9 Justin Rose and #10 Jordan Spieth. The other top 50 players are #14 Matt Kuchar, #15 Patrick Reed, #25 Jamie Donaldson, #27 Kevin Na, #28 Lee Westwood, #32 Ryan Moore, #35 Brandt Snedeker, #38 Louis Oosthuizen, #39 Joost Luiten, #46 Luke Donald, #48 Gary Woodland, #49 Jason Dufner and #50 Brendon Todd.
Last year 14 of the top-50 ranked players were in the field
The field includes 13 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2015. Those players are #5 Songmoon Bae, # Patrick Reed, #8 Charley Hoffman, #9 Brandt Snedeker, #12 Ryan Moore, #17 Daniel Berger, #19 Nick Watney, #20 Brendon de Jonge, #21 Shawn Stefani, 22 Harris English, #23 Matt Kuchar, #24 Padraig Harrington and #25 Russell Knox.
The field includes 11 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those players are #5 Brandt Snedeker, #6 Songmoon Bae, #9 Ryan Moore, #12 Charley Hoffman, #13 Patrick Reed, #17 Nick Watney, #18 Daniel Berger, #19 Padraig Harrington, #22 Shawn Stefani, #23 Russell Knox and #25 Harris English.
The field includes all ten of the eleven past champions (2000 champion John Huston not playing): John Senden (2014), Kevin Streelman (2013), Luke Donald (2012), Gary Woodland (2011), Jim Furyk (2010), Retief Goosen (2009 & ’03), Sean O’Hair (2008), K.J. Choi (2006 & ’02), Carl Pettersson (2005) and Vijay Singh (2004).
The event was not played in 2001 because of the 9/11 tragedy.
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Valspar Championship field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Valspar Championship in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Valspar Championship.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Check this out in further weeks:
For all fantasy golf players and those that play in golf games on Draft Kings, FanDuel and Victiv we have come up with a cheat sheat that will help you play the game. Since these games make it important to figure out how players make eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys and doubles, we have grouped the upcoming tournament with those in the field together so that you can pick the number of years you want to access this information for the tournament and you can go back between two to ten weeks on the PGA Tour to see who is hot and making those all important eagles and birdies.
You can find this at out at our GOLFstats iQ and the Daily Fantasy Sports page
Give us your feedback on how you like this new tool at either Ed@Golfstats.com or Sal@golfstats.com
**NOTE**
We have made a lot of changes in Golfstats and one of the biggest is that every on-going event gets updated every hour. It’s not real time scoring, but after each day you will see our database change. This will help look at things like good scores in a row and how each player does after every round.
Another change is our new feature, “Who will win on Sunday”. Just like our previews, this will not only preview the final round but also look at players who shoud win. All of these will enhance GOLFstats and encourage you to check our stuff over the weekend and during play.
Another thing to look for in the next couple of weeks is 24/7 Golf. This is a new app that you can get with your Iphone so that you can take a lot of GOLFstats which you when your away from your computer.
So join us a couple of hours after play on Saturday night or Sunday morning for our “Who will win on Sunday” feature in which you can see who shall win during the final nine.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Valspar Championship
Player | WGC Cadillac | Honda | Northern Trust | AT&T Pebble | Farmers | Maybank Malaysian | Phoenix Open | Dubai Desert | Humana | Qatar Masters | Sony Open | Abu Dhabi | Hyundai T of C |
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Jordan Spieth (196.17 pts) |
T17 (49.5) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
T7 (36.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Brandt Snedeker (181.5 pts) |
T17 (49.5) |
DNP | 74 (0) |
Win (88) |
T19 (20.67) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Daniel Berger (179.67 pts) |
DNP | 2 (100) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Patrick Reed (168.83 pts) |
T23 (40.5) |
T7 (55) |
DNP | T29 (14) |
DNP | DNP | T40 (6.67) |
DNP | T24 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
Lee Westwood (158.67 pts) |
T12 (57) |
T25 (25) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Henrik Stenson (153.67 pts) |
T4 (120) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Nick Watney (145.67 pts) |
DNP | T41 (9) |
T22 (28) |
2 (66.67) |
T7 (36.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 14 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jim Furyk (129.67 pts) |
T12 (57) |
DNP | T14 (36) |
T7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Matt Kuchar (128.17 pts) |
T23 (40.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 (13.33) |
DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | T17 (11) |
Ryan Moore (125.83 pts) |
T9 (67.5) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (22) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 (10) |
Harris English (120 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
T30 (20) |
DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | T40 (6.67) |
DNP | T30 (6.67) |
DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | DNP |
Adam Scott (120 pts) |
T4 (120) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Brendon Todd (118.5 pts) |
T23 (40.5) |
DNP | T14 (36) |
T10 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T44 (2) |
DNP | T8 (16.67) |
Russell Knox (115.67 pts) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T15 (23.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Padraig Harrington (112 pts) |
DNP | Win (132) |
T56 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jamie Donaldson (107.33 pts) |
T44 (9) |
6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (20.67) |
DNP | T46 (2.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP |
Ian Poulter (105.5 pts) |
T49 (1.5) |
T3 (90) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
T19 (20.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Martin Laird (95 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
William McGirt (93.33 pts) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
T14 (36) |
T21 (19.33) |
DNP | DNP | T30 (13.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Louis Oosthuizen (90 pts) |
6 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Alex Prugh (80 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
T30 (20) |
T10 (26.67) |
T5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Kevin Na (77.5 pts) |
T9 (67.5) |
DNP | T61 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T26 (16) |
DNP | T48 (0.67) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Charley Hoffman (76.67 pts) |
T38 (18) |
DNP | T30 (20) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T53 (0) |
DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
Scott Stallings (72 pts) |
DNP | T63 (0) |
66 (0) |
DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
Sang-Moon Bae (71.33 pts) |
T46 (6) |
CUT (-10) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | T32 (12) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | 6 (20) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Valspar Championship
Player | WGC Cadillac | Honda | Northern Trust | AT&T Pebble | Farmers | Maybank Malaysian | Phoenix Open | Dubai Desert | Humana | Qatar Masters | Sony Open | Abu Dhabi | Hyundai T of C |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brice Garnett (-36.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Woody Austin (-36.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Derek Ernst (-33.33 pts) |
DNP | 67 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
John Merrick (-33.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Scott Brown (-33.33 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
62 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Bo Van Pelt (-30 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
T65 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Tim Wilkinson (-30 pts) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Kevin Kisner (-26.67 pts) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 84 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Andres Romero (-26.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T67 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Robert Allenby (-26.67 pts) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Valspar Championship
Best Bets:
Jim Furyk
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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T20 | T7 | T2 | T13 | Win | T52 | CUT |
It’s time for him to break out of this four and a half year slump in not winning. There is a reason that he likes playing here, may not be very long but still plays well on the course.
Brandt Snekeker
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
Game has come around and if you look at his seven wins on the PGA Tour they have come on shot-making courses like Innsbrook.
Sang-Moon Bae
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T14 | T43 | T2 |
Has played ten times on the PGA Tour in 2015 and on the five courses that are shot-making just like Innsbrook he is 50 under par. Has come close at Innsbrook and will contend on Sunday.
Best of the rest:
Jordan Spieth
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T20 | T7 |
Dangerous on any kind of course, Is just a notch away from winning.
Adam Scott
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T30 | T28 | CUT | CUT | T35 |
We will see him starting to play better now that he has some competitive rounds under his belt. Hasn’t shown much on this course but that should turn around this week.
Luke Donald
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T4 | T4 | Win | T6 | T58 |
Very impressive record of six starts and being in the top-six in his last four starts.
Henrik Stenson
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
May be playing for the first time but this course should fit his game.
Solid contenders
Gary Woodland
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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T8 | CUT | T29 | Win |
Doesn’t fit the mold because of his length, but seems to be able to do well on this course.
Lee Westwood
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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First time playing in this event |
More info:
Another first timer that will do great on this course, he will be sorry that he has waited this long to play here.
Matt Kuchar
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T38 | T14 | T10 | T12 | CUT | T20 |
His game hasn’t been that great this year, but look for a change starting this week. Course is right up his alley.
Boo Weekley
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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84 | 2 | CUT | CUT | T52 | CUT | CUT |
Look for him to have a great week, was a shot out of the playoff in Puerto Rico and returns to a course that is made for his game.
Long shots that could come through:
Daniel Berger
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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First time playing in this event |
More info:
Guess we can’t call him a first-timer anymore since he played so well at the Honda.
Robert Garrigus
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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T4 | T56 | T2 | CUT | CUT | T42 | CUT |
Game coming around now that he is in Florida.
Sam Saunders
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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First time playing in this event |
More info:
Showed some signs last week that his game can produce a victory.
Be very cautious on him this week:
Patrick Reed
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
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CUT |
Has two things working against him, course isn’t for him and he will have other things on his mind with the allocations of some wrong doing in his past. Shame that he has to go through this.
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