The Florida swing culminates this week as the PGA Tour moves from a wet and windy TPC Sawgrass to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club for the Valspar Championship.
Sam Burns earned his maiden PGA Tour victory in 2021, where he finished three shots clear of Keegan Bradley. Burns fired a best of the week 63 (-8) in the second round en route to the title. The American returns this week to defend.
Several weather delays hampered the Players Championship and it was late into Monday evening before Australian Cam Smith secured the title, the biggest in his career to date. All eyes will now be on the field this week as several of the world’s leading stars are declared to tee it up.
VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD 2022
- Ancer, Abraham
- Aphibarnrat, Kiradech
- Barjon, Paul
- Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
- Blixt, Jonas
- Bradley, Keegan
- Bramlett, Joseph
- Brehm, Ryan
- Bryan, Wesley
- Buckley, Hayden
- Burgoon, Bronson
- Burns, Sam
- Cook, Austin
- Cink, Stewart
- Clark, Wyndham
- Dahmen, Joel
- Day, Jason
- Donald, Luke
- Duncan, Tyler
- Fitzpatrick, Alex
- Fitzpatrick, Matt
- Fleetwood, Tommy
- Gainey, Tommy
- Garnett, Brice
- Gay, Brian
- Grace, Branden
- Griffin, Lanto
- Grillo, Emiliano
- Guthrie, Luke
- Haas, Bill
- Hadley, Chesson
- Hadwin, Adam
- Hagy, Brandon
- Hahn, James
- Harman, Brian
- Hatton, Tyrrell
- Hensby, Mark
- Herman, Jim
- Hickok, Kramer
- Higgs, Harry
- Hodges, Lee
- Hoffman, Charley
- Hovland, Viktor
- Hughes, Mackenzie
- Huh, John
- Jaeger, Stephan
- Johnson, Dustin
- Johnson, Zach
- Kang, Sung
- Kaymer, Martin
- Kennedy, Blake
- Kisner, Kevin
- Kitayama, Kurt
- Kizzire, Patton
- Knox, Russell
- Koch, Greg
- Koepka, Brooks
- Kokrak, Jason
- Kraft, Kelly
- Kuchar, Matt
- Laird, Martin
- Landry, Andrew
- Lashley, Nate
- Lebioda, Hank
- Lee, Danny
- Lipsky, David
- Long, Adam
- Love III, Davis
- Lowry, Shane
- Malnati, Peter
- McCain, Andrew
- McCarthy, Denny
- McDowell, Graeme
- McGirt, William
- McGreevy, Max
- Merritt, Troy
- Molinari, Francesco
- Moore, Taylor
- Morikawa, Collin
- Mullinax, Trey
- NeSmith, Matthew
- Noh, Seung-Yul
- Noren, Alex
- Norlander, Henrik
- Novak, Andrew
- O'Hair, Sean
- Oosthuizen, Louis
- Ortiz, Carlos
- Pan, C.T.
- Percy, Cameron
- Pereira, Mito
- Perez, Pat
- Piercy, Scott
- Poston, J.T.
- Putnam, Andrew
- Ramey, Chad
- Reavie, Chez
- Redman, Doc
- Reeves, Seth
- Riley, Davis
- Ryder, Sam
- Schauffele, Xander
- Schenk, Adam
- Schwab, Matthias
- Schwartzel, Charl
- Sigg, Greyson
- Simpson, Webb
- Sloan, Roger
- Smalley, Alex
- Smotherman, Austin
- Spaun, J.J.
- Stallings, Scott
- Stanley, Kyle
- Stenson, Henrik
- Streb, Robert
- Streelman, Kevin
- Stuard, Brian
- Suber, Jackson
- Svensson, Adam
- Tarren, Callum
- Taylor, Nick
- Taylor, Vaughn
- Theegala, Sahith
- Thomas, Justin
- Thompson, Curtis
- Thompson, Michael
- Todd, Brendon
- Trainer, Martin
- Tringale, Cameron
- Uresti, Omar
- Varner III, Harold
- Vegas, Jhonattan
- Walker, Jimmy
- Wallace, Matt
- Watson, Bubba
- Werenski, Richy
- Whaley, Vince
- Wiesberger, Bernd
- Willett, Danny
- Wise, Aaron
- Woodland, Gary
- Wu, Brandon
- Wu, Dylan
- Yu, Kevin
WHERE IS THE VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP?
The tournament will be played at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbour, Florida. The Copperhead Course is a lengthy challenge for even the longest hitters at more than 7,200 yards.
WHO WON THE VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR?
Sam Burns earned his maiden victory at the 2021 Valspar Championship. He finished 17-under par and three shots clear of Keegan Bradley. The American fired a best of the week 63 (-8) in the second round en route to the title.
WHAT IS THE PRIZE FUND AT THE VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP?
Whilst a little less than the eye-watering figures on offer at the Players Championship, the purse this week is $7.8m with the winner pocketing $1.4m.
