Valspar Championship
March 9th – 12th, 2017
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
Palm Harbor, FL
Par: 71 / Yardage:
Purse: $6.3 million
with $1,134,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Charl Schwartzel

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 36 of the top 100 and 15 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with three players from the top-ten: #6 Henrik Stenson and #7 Justin Thomas. The other top 50 players are #12 Patrick Reed, #16 Bubba Watson, #20 Matt Kuchar, #21 Russell Knox, #28 Charl Schwartzel, #34 Gary Woodland, #36 Daniel Berger, #37 Ryan Moore, #41 Scott Piercy, #44 Bill Haas, #47 Kevin Na, #48 Byeong Hun An and #50 Jim Furyk.
Last year 14 of the top-50 ranked players were in the field
The field one includes 14 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2017. Those top-25 players in the field are: #1 Justin Thomas, #8 Gary Woodland, #11 Charles Howell III, #12 Hudson Swafford, #13 Rod Pampling, #15 Adam Hadwin, #16 Cody Gribble, #17 Daniel Berger, #18 Russell Knox, #19 Webb Simpson, #20 Keegan Bradley, #22 Bill Haas, #23 Martin Laird and #25 Scott Piercy.
The field includes 15 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those top-25 players in the field are: #2 Justin Thomas, #7 Gary Woodland, #11 Charles Howell III, #12 Rod Pampling, #14 Daniel Berger, #15 Hudson Swafford, #16 Cody Gribble, #17 Adam Hadwin, #18 Russell Knox, #19 Webb Simpson, #20 Scott Piercy, #21 Bill Haas, #22 Martin Laird, #23 Keegan Bradley, and #25 Kelly Kraft.
The field includes eleven past champions: Charl Schwartzel (2016), 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.
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Valspar Championship
Player | WGC Mexico | Honda | Genesis Open | Pebble | Maybank | Phoenix Open | Dubai | Farmers | Qatar | CareerBuilder | Abu Dhabi | SBS T. of Champions | Sony Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Woodland (198 pts) |
T38 (18) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (20) |
Justin Thomas (187.33 pts) |
T5 (105) |
CUT (-10) |
T39 (11) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
Win (44) |
Wesley Bryan (152 pts) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
T4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Charles Howell III (131 pts) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
T15 (35) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | T12 (12.67) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (16.67) |
Kevin Na (107.33 pts) |
T52 (0) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | T16 (22.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T70 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (4.67) |
Ollie Schniederjans (107 pts) |
DNP | T48 (2) |
T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T27 (7.67) |
Scott Brown (106 pts) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
T2 (100) |
T58 (0) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
DNP | T41 (6) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
J.J. Spaun (102.67 pts) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | T50 (0.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Martin Laird (101.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (50) |
T66 (0) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T74 (0) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Graham Delaet (99.67 pts) |
DNP | 10 (40) |
T17 (33) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Charley Hoffman (98.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T4 (80) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP |
Matt Kuchar (96.33 pts) |
T20 (45) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jason Dufner (91.17 pts) |
T23 (40.5) |
T14 (36) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
DNP | 21 (9.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Bill Haas (89.33 pts) |
T32 (27) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | DNP | T13 (12.33) |
Morgan Hoffmann (89.33 pts) |
DNP | T2 (100) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T36 (9.33) |
DNP | T77 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Billy Horschel (87.33 pts) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 68 (0) |
Daniel Berger (84.67 pts) |
T16 (51) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
T45 (1.67) |
Webb Simpson (83.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T39 (11) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T13 (12.33) |
Adam Hadwin (82.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T34 (16) |
T39 (7.33) |
DNP | T12 (25.33) |
DNP | T49 (0.67) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Tony Finau (79.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (15) |
T20 (10) |
Brian Harman (79.33 pts) |
DNP | T48 (2) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (10) |
Henrik Stenson (75.83 pts) |
WD (-7.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T8 (16.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Graeme McDowell (75.33 pts) |
DNP | T14 (36) |
67 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 (24.67) |
DNP | T28 (14.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Nick Watney (72 pts) |
DNP | T14 (36) |
T28 (22) |
T14 (24) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Sean O’Hair (69 pts) |
T65 (0) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP | T47 (2) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (13) |
Luke Donald (67.33 pts) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
T17 (33) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Stewart Cink (66.33 pts) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
T28 (22) |
T55 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (4.67) |
Seung-Yul Noh (66 pts) |
DNP | T43 (7) |
T11 (39) |
T8 (33.33) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Kelly Kraft (65.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T28 (14.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T27 (7.67) |
Scott Stallings (63 pts) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | T14 (24) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 8 (16.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Valspar Championship
Player | WGC Mexico | Honda | Genesis Open | Pebble | Maybank | Phoenix Open | Dubai | Farmers | Qatar | CareerBuilder | Abu Dhabi | SBS T. of Champions | Sony Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spencer Levin (-46.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Andrew Loupe (-43.33 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Steven Bowditch (-40 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
Matt Every (-35 pts) |
DNP | WD (-5) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Danny Lee (-33.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
WD (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T41 (3) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
John Senden (-33.33 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Ricky Barnes (-32 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
T48 (1.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Bryson DeChambeau (-31.33 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
WD (-5) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (0.33) |
Si Woo Kim (-30 pts) |
T72 (0) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | WD (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 (6.67) |
T91 (0) |
Smylie Kaufman (-26.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T72 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Valspar Championship
Best Bets:
Justin Thomas
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
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T18 | T10 |
Everything fits for a win this week, played great last week coming close, has all of the right stats to play well including leading the Par Breakers for the year and has played well in his two times playing on the Copperhead course.
Henrik Stenson
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T11 | 4 |
He did withdraw last week due to a stomach virus, but should be ready to go by Thursday. Has a great record on this course and should continue the good play this week.
Ryan Moore
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 5 | CUT | CUT | T44 | T80 | T19 | CUT | T8 | CUT |
Has been magical the last two years, as he was 3rd last year and 5th in 2015.
Best of the rest:
Charles Howell III
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T10 | T14 | CUT | T28 | T2 | T65 | T6 | CUT | T16 |
Has been knocking on the doors of some good finishes in 2017, has great record at Innisbrook.
Kevin Na
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T22 | T10 | 2 | T38 | T44 | T72 | T8 | WD | CUT | CUT | T57 |
Another knocking on the door this week, was T-27th last year, T-10th in 2015 and runner-up in 2014.
Gary Woodland
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T42 | CUT | T8 | CUT | T29 | Win |
Past champion, he has played well this year.
Bill Haas
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | T14 | CUT | T16 | CUT | T30 | CUT | T58 |
Last year’s runner-up has played very solidly in 2017 and could pull it off.
Graham Delaet
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T8 | T17 | CUT |
Another good combination of coming into this event which he was T-5th last year and T-8th in 2014 playing well.
Solid contenders
Billy Horschel
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T56 | CUT |
Comes into the week with a T-4th in his last start at the Honda.
Matt Kuchar
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T11 | T33 | T38 | T14 | T10 | T12 | CUT |
Innisbrook is a shot-makers kind of course so should fit in perfectly for Matt who was T-11th last year.
Jim Furyk
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
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T40 | T20 | T7 | T2 | T13 | Win | T52 |
Knows his way around Innisbrook, has played well this year.
Luke Donald
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T22 | T53 | T4 | T4 | Win | T6 |
His game is perfect for Innisbrook, one of the reasons he has four top-tens in eight starts.
Sean O’Hair
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
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WD | T2 | 74 | 69 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | Win | CUT | CUT | T10 |
On the cusp of some really good play, could happen this week on a course he plays well on.
Long shots that could come through:
Wesley Bryan
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
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Has a pair of 4th place finishes in his last two starts, playing at Innisbrook for the first time.
Steve Stricker
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
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T7 | T8 | T4 | T14 | CUT |
These are the type of courses Stricker does very well on.
Sam Saunders
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
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T22 | T24 |
Has has his ups and downs, but this is a course he can play on.
Just don’t know on this guy:
Patrick Reed
2017 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T2 | CUT |
Has played well in this event the last two years, but has scrambled with his game in the last couple of months. We all know that playing someplace that a person has played well in past, could create good vibes for him this week. Still, don’t expect much out of him right now.
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