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Valspar Championship
Golf tournament in Palm Harbor, Florida, US
Golf tournament in Palm Harbor, Florida, US
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Valspar Championship |
| image | Valspar Championship logo.png |
| image_size | 230 |
| location | Palm Harbor, Florida |
| establishment | 2000 |
| org | The Copperheads |
| course | Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club |
| (Copperhead Course) | |
| par | 71 |
| yardage | 7340 yd |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | March |
| aggregate | 266 Vijay Singh (2004) |
| to-par | −18 as above |
| current_champion | NOR Viktor Hovland |
| map | USA#USA Florida |
| map_label | Innisbrook Resort |
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Florida |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
(Copperhead Course) | to-par = −18 as above The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, north of St. Petersburg, Florida.
History
The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic, and was originally an alternate event in autumn and late summer. It replaced the JCPenney Classic, held annually in central Florida since 1960, and at Innisbrook since 1990. It was opposite the Presidents Cup in October 2000, and the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in September 2002. It was scheduled for the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in 2001 in mid-September, but the September 11 attacks (on Tuesday) forced the cancellations of both tournaments.
From 2003 to 2006, the Tampa Bay event had a slot in the schedule to itself in late October (and early November in 2003) as the last full-field event before the Tour Championship. The Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor.
Since 2007, the Tampa Bay event has been played in March, as the Players Championship moved six weeks later, to mid-May.
For a time, the tournament was without a title sponsor, leading to speculation on its fate beyond 2007. Then, on January 24, 2007, tournament officials and the PGA Tour announced a six-year sponsorship agreement with PODS of Clearwater, Florida. However, the company chose to exercise an option to withdraw as title sponsor after the 2008 event, and tournament officials searched to find a replacement. On June 4, 2008, Transitions Optical, Inc., the photochromic lens manufacturer headquartered locally in Largo, was announced as the new title sponsor. Transitions left the event after the 2012 season. Just two weeks before the 2013 tournament, EverBank agreed to be presenting sponsor for the tournament. In September 2013, Valspar Corporation signed a four-year deal to become title sponsor of the event, now named the Valspar Championship. On March 9, 2016, the PGA Tour, Valspar Corporation, and Copperhead Charities – the Valspar Championship host organization – announced a three-year title sponsorship extension, thus carrying Valspar's commitment to the tournament through 2020. This extension occurred in the midst of the original contract period, which was from 2013 to 2017.
Vijay Singh set the tournament record in 2004 with 266 (−18) and won by five strokes.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse | |||||||||||
| ($) | Winner's | ||||||||||||
| share ($) | Valspar Championship | Tampa Bay Championship | Transitions Championship | PODS Championship | Chrysler Championship | Tampa Bay Classic | |||||||
| 2025 | NOR Viktor Hovland | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Justin Thomas | 8,700,000 | 1,566,000 | ||||||
| 2024 | USA Peter Malnati | 272 | −12 | 2 strokes | USA Cameron Young | 8,400,000 | 1,512,000 | ||||||
| 2023 | USA Taylor Moore | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Adam Schenk | 8,100,000 | 1,458,000 | ||||||
| 2022 | USA Sam Burns (2) | 267 | −17 | Playoff | USA Davis Riley | 7,800,000 | 1,404,000 | ||||||
| 2021 | USA Sam Burns | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | USA Keegan Bradley | 6,900,000 | 1,242,000 | ||||||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | ENG Paul Casey (2) | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Jason Kokrak | ||||||||
| ZAF Louis Oosthuizen | 6,700,000 | 1,206,000 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | ENG Paul Casey | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Patrick Reed | ||||||||
| USA Tiger Woods | 6,500,000 | 1,170,000 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | CAN Adam Hadwin | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Patrick Cantlay | 6,300,000 | 1,134,000 | ||||||
| 2016 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel | 277 | −7 | Playoff | USA Bill Haas | 6,100,000 | 1,098,000 | ||||||
| 2015 | USA Jordan Spieth | 274 | −10 | Playoff | USA Sean O'Hair | ||||||||
| USA Patrick Reed | 5,900,000 | 1,062,000 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | AUS John Senden | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | USA Kevin Na | 5,700,000 | 1,026,000 | ||||||
| 2013 | USA Kevin Streelman | 274 | −10 | 2 strokes | USA Boo Weekley | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | ||||||
| 2012 | ENG Luke Donald | 271 | −13 | Playoff | KOR Bae Sang-moon | ||||||||
| USA Jim Furyk | |||||||||||||
| USA Robert Garrigus | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | USA Gary Woodland | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | USA Webb Simpson | 5,500,000 | 990,000 | ||||||
| 2010 | USA Jim Furyk | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | KOR K. J. Choi | 5,400,000 | 972,000 | ||||||
| 2009 | ZAF Retief Goosen (2) | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Charles Howell III | ||||||||
| USA Brett Quigley | 5,400,000 | 972,000 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | USA Sean O'Hair | 280 | −4 | 2 strokes | USA Stewart Cink | ||||||||
| JPN Ryuji Imada | |||||||||||||
| USA Troy Matteson | |||||||||||||
| USA Billy Mayfair | |||||||||||||
| USA George McNeill | |||||||||||||
| AUS John Senden | 5,300,000 | 954,000 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | USA Mark Calcavecchia | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | AUS John Senden | ||||||||
| USA Heath Slocum | 5,300,000 | 954,000 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | KOR K. J. Choi (2) | 271 | −13 | 4 strokes | USA Paul Goydos | ||||||||
| USA Brett Wetterich | 5,300,000 | 954,000 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | SWE Carl Pettersson | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | USA Chad Campbell | 5,300,000 | 954,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | FIJ Vijay Singh | 266 | −18 | 5 strokes | USA Tommy Armour III | ||||||||
| SWE Jesper Parnevik | 5,000,000 | 900,000 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | ZAF Retief Goosen | 272 | −12 | 3 strokes | FJI Vijay Singh | 4,800,000 | 864,000 | ||||||
| 2002 | KOR K. J. Choi | 267 | −17 | 7 strokes | USA Glen Day | 2,600,000 | 468,000 | ||||||
| 2001 | Canceled due to the September 11 attacks | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | USA John Huston | 271 | −13 | 3 strokes | USA Carl Paulson | 2,400,000 | 432,000 |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Multiple winners
Four players have won this tournament more than once:
- K. J. Choi (2002, 2006)
- Retief Goosen (2003, 2009)
- Paul Casey (2018, 2019)
- Sam Burns (2021, 2022)
References
References
- (December 17, 2001). "2001 PGA Tour Schedule". [[USA Today]].
- (January 24, 2007). "Tampa Event Named PODS Championship". [[Golf Channel]].
- Page, Rodney. (March 8, 2008). "Finding sponsor top priority". [[St. Petersburg Times]].
- (June 4, 2008). "Transitions Optical preserves Tampa leg of Florida swing". PGA Tour.
- Harwell, Drew. (March 1, 2013). "EverBank to sponsor PGA event at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor". [[Tampa Bay Times]].
- (September 6, 2013). "Valspar commits to four-year sponsorship of PGA Tour event in Tampa Bay". PGA Tour.
- (March 9, 2016). "Valspar extends title sponsorship of PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship through 2020". PGA Tour.
- Lavner, Ryan. (March 12, 2020). "PGA Tour cancels Players and other events thru April 5th". Golf Channel.
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