PGA First Look: Valspar Championship
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The PGA Tour stays in Florida this week for the Valspar Championship. This event has had many names throughout the years, but it is always played at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. If you remember back to last season, this is where Jordan Spieth claimed his first victory of the season, after beating Patrick Reed and Sean O’Hair in a playoff. This is the event that really catapulted Speith to one of the most historic seasons in recent memory.
The Copperhead Course is a Par 71 that measures just over 7,300 yards. This is not your typical Par 71 layout, as there are four par fives and five par threes. This is a course that is all about angles. Hitting the fairway is nice, but more importantly, you have to be on the right side of the hole to be able to attack these pins.
Many will say that driving accuracy is key this week, but the bombers aren’t going to be hitting drivers on many of these holes. When players hit less than driver off the tee, their accuracy goes way up. We have seen some longer players play well here in the past, so I’m not too keen on driving accuracy this week. I’m more looking for players that are solid tee to green that are great with their long irons (200+ yards). Course history should also be heavily weighted, as the same players do well here each and every season.
Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties will move on and play the weekend after the second round is completed.
Recent Winners of this Event: Jordan Spieth (2015), John Senden (2014), Kevin Streelman (2013), Luke Donald (2012), Gary Woodland (2011)
Weather: I always recommend trusting the actual weatherman (Kevin Roth) who posts a thread in the forum each week, but since he won’t have that out until Wednesday, I’ll take a stab at it. Rain shouldn’t be a big issue this week, but it does look like it could be windy. Winds will be around 15 MPH on Thursday and 12-14 MPH the rest of the week. If there is a disparity between tee time groupings, you want to be on the right side of it.
Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2011-2015)
| Golfer | Salary | S-Rank | Odds | O-Rank | + / – | OWGR | Cuts | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Spieth | $12,800 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3/3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | ||
| Henrik Stenson | $11,500 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1/1 | 4 | ||||
| Danny Willett | $10,800 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0/0 | |||||
| Louis Oosthuizen | $10,600 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1/4 | 103 | 96 | 78 | 20 | |
| Patrick Reed | $10,400 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1/2 | 2 | 132 | |||
| Charl Schwartzel | $10,200 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0/1 | 134 | ||||
| Justin Thomas | $10,000 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1/1 | 10 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | $9,800 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 5/6 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 10 | |
| Harris English | $9,600 | 9 | 32 | 10 | -1 | 70 | 3/4 | 10 | 38 | 7 | 107 | |
| Branden Grace | $9,500 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0/1 | 96 | ||||
| Jason Dufner | $9,400 | 11 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 62 | 7/8 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 28 |
| Ryan Moore | $9,300 | 12 | 39 | 14 | -2 | 61 | 5/8 | 5 | 144 | 125 | 44 | |
| Graeme McDowell | $9,200 | 13 | 40 | 15 | -2 | 55 | 0/0 | |||||
| Kevin Na | $9,100 | 14 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 6/8 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 44 | |
| Webb Simpson | $8,900 | 15 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 75 | 4/6 | 96 | 17 | 10 | 2 | |
| K.J. Choi | $8,800 | 16 | 50 | 18 | -2 | 103 | 6/9 | 116 | 44 | 21 | 46 | 93 |
| Ryan Palmer | $8,600 | 17 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 67 | 4/5 | 30 | 51 | |||
| Bill Haas | $8,500 | 18 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 43 | 4/7 | 14 | 81 | |||
| Gary Woodland | $8,400 | 19 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 69 | 3/5 | 103 | 8 | 78 | 29 | 1 |
| Russell Knox | $8,400 | 19 | 53 | 21 | -2 | 33 | 2/3 | 33 | 25 | 106 | ||
| Luke Donald | $8,300 | 21 | 56 | 23 | -2 | 90 | 5/5 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Kevin Streelman | $8,200 | 22 | 53 | 20 | 2 | 104 | 5/6 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 10 | |
| Freddie Jacobson | $8,100 | 23 | 59 | 24 | -1 | 98 | 2/2 | 47 | 20 | |||
| Danny Lee | $8,000 | 24 | 66 | 25 | -1 | 34 | 1/2 | 7 | 96 | |||
| Charles Howell III | $7,900 | 25 | 71 | 27 | -2 | 128 | 6/8 | 10 | 14 | 73 | ||
| Sean O’Hair | $7,800 | 26 | 66 | 26 | 0 | 124 | 4/10 | 2 | 74 | 69 | 125 | 81 |
| Jason Kokrak | $7,800 | 26 | 55 | 22 | 4 | 117 | 2/5 | 7 | 14 | 111 | 132 | 118 |
| Sung-Hoon Kang | $7,700 | 28 | 82 | 29 | -1 | 188 | 1/1 | 55 | ||||
| John Huh | $7,700 | 28 | 72 | 28 | 0 | 190 | 1/4 | 33 | 96 | 91 | 132 | |
| Charley Hoffman | $7,600 | 30 | 84 | 31 | -1 | 59 | 6/9 | 141 | 25 | 75 | 14 | 37 |
| Patton Kizzire | $7,600 | 30 | 98 | 34 | -4 | 68 | 0/0 | |||||
| Martin Kaymer | $7,500 | 32 | 83 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 1/2 | 132 | 20 | |||
| Graham DeLaet | $7,500 | 32 | 86 | 32 | 0 | 170 | 2/3 | 8 | 17 | 116 | ||
| Ian Poulter | $7,400 | 34 | 98 | 33 | 1 | 64 | 1/2 | 24 | ||||
| Kevin Chappell | $7,400 | 34 | 113 | 40 | -6 | 123 | 1/4 | 72 | 119 | 91 | 70 | |
| Keegan Bradley | $7,400 | 34 | 106 | 37 | -3 | 88 | 0/1 | 73 | ||||
| Chez Reavie | $7,300 | 37 | 101 | 35 | 2 | 108 | 4/6 | 127 | 63 | 20 | 11 | |
| Russell Henley | $7,300 | 37 | 123 | 46 | -9 | 83 | 0/0 | |||||
| Daniel Berger | $7,300 | 37 | 111 | 38 | -1 | 57 | 0/1 | 72 | ||||
| Vijay Singh | $7,200 | 40 | 123 | 45 | -5 | 203 | 6/7 | 10 | 115 | 38 | 63 | 51 |
| Steve Stricker | $7,200 | 40 | 112 | 39 | 1 | 249 | 3/4 | |||||
| John Senden | $7,200 | 40 | 104 | 36 | 4 | 92 | 6/10 | 85 | 1 | 91 | 38 | 15 |
| Jonas Blixt | $7,100 | 43 | 126 | 48 | -5 | 134 | 1/3 | 122 | 85 | 38 | ||
| Jamie Lovemark | $7,100 | 43 | 123 | 46 | -3 | 143 | 1/2 | 44 | 106 | |||
| Blayne Barber | $7,100 | 43 | 132 | 53 | -10 | 230 | 0/1 | 133 | ||||
| Ernie Els | $7,000 | 46 | 116 | 42 | 4 | 208 | 2/5 | 95 | 85 | 5 | ||
| Luke List | $7,000 | 46 | 120 | 44 | 2 | 334 | 0/1 | 121 | ||||
| Cameron Tringale | $7,000 | 46 | 114 | 41 | 5 | 84 | 4/5 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 46 | 93 |
| Francesco Molinari | $6,900 | 49 | 134 | 55 | -6 | 80 | 1/1 | 40 | ||||
| Martin Laird | $6,900 | 49 | 117 | 43 | 6 | 192 | 4/5 | 33 | 70 | 78 | 5 | |
| Jeff Overton | $6,900 | 49 | 149 | 63 | -14 | 318 | 5/6 | 63 | 132 | 43 | 5 | |
| Adam Hadwin | $6,900 | 49 | 134 | 55 | -6 | 187 | 1/1 | 71 | ||||
| Andrew Loupe | $6,900 | 49 | 139 | 59 | -10 | 184 | 0/0 | |||||
| Cameron Smith | $6,900 | 49 | 155 | 64 | -15 | 95 | 0/0 | |||||
| Hunter Mahan | $6,800 | 55 | 129 | 49 | 6 | 87 | 2/3 | |||||
| Troy Merritt | $6,800 | 55 | 133 | 54 | 1 | 112 | 1/3 | 6 | 140 | |||
| Will Wilcox | $6,800 | 55 | 130 | 52 | 3 | 132 | 1/1 | 33 | ||||
| Patrick Rodgers | $6,800 | 55 | 138 | 58 | -3 | 121 | 0/0 | |||||
| Stewart Cink | $6,700 | 59 | 141 | 61 | -2 | 206 | 6/8 | 60 | 96 | 14 | 70 | 11 |
| Padraig Harrington | $6,700 | 59 | 148 | 62 | -3 | 130 | 3/5 | 116 | 65 | 20 | 81 | |
| Nick Taylor | $6,700 | 59 | 193 | 83 | -24 | 319 | 1/1 | 24 | ||||
| Boo Weekley | $6,700 | 59 | 155 | 64 | -5 | 142 | 3/8 | 85 | 84 | 2 | 86 | |
| Scott Brown | $6,700 | 59 | 159 | 68 | -9 | 178 | 1/4 | 72 | 85 | 27 | 116 | |
| Colt Knost | $6,700 | 59 | 139 | 59 | 0 | 201 | 1/3 | 103 | 70 | 107 | ||
| Si Woo Kim | $6,700 | 59 | 155 | 66 | -7 | 168 | 0/0 | |||||
| Retief Goosen | $6,600 | 66 | 159 | 68 | -2 | 216 | 6/9 | 69 | 44 | 105 | 20 | 28 |
| Daniel Summerhays | $6,600 | 66 | 130 | 50 | 16 | 114 | 3/4 | 10 | 70 | 63 | 131 | |
| Lucas Glover | $6,600 | 66 | 135 | 57 | 9 | 290 | 7/10 | 24 | 96 | 38 | 107 | 20 |
| Brian Harman | $6,600 | 66 | 158 | 67 | -1 | 113 | 2/4 | 95 | 25 | 14 | 86 | |
| Camilo Villegas | $6,600 | 66 | 130 | 50 | 16 | 204 | 2/5 | 85 | 91 | 94 | ||
| Vaughn Taylor | $6,500 | 71 | 182 | 78 | -7 | 96 | 2/6 | 81 | ||||
| Tyrone Van Aswegen | $6,500 | 71 | 220 | 93 | -22 | 283 | 0/0 | |||||
| Chris Kirk | $6,500 | 71 | 170 | 73 | -2 | 54 | 0/1 | 138 | ||||
| Roberto Castro | $6,500 | 71 | 175 | 75 | -4 | 285 | 1/3 | 122 | 119 | 21 | ||
| Shawn Stefani | $6,500 | 71 | 191 | 82 | -11 | 217 | 2/2 | 17 | 7 | |||
| Harold Varner III | $6,500 | 71 | 193 | 83 | -12 | 256 | 0/0 | |||||
| Jerry Kelly | $6,400 | 77 | 177 | 76 | 1 | 158 | 5/9 | 72 | 58 | 21 | 20 | 93 |
| George McNeill | $6,400 | 77 | 179 | 77 | 0 | 165 | 6/9 | 127 | 7 | 30 | 46 | 63 |
| Seung-yul Noh | $6,400 | 77 | 163 | 71 | 6 | 218 | 0/2 | 121 | 116 | |||
| James Hahn | $6,400 | 77 | 160 | 70 | 7 | 116 | 1/2 | 38 | 132 | |||
| Chesson Hadley | $6,400 | 77 | 166 | 72 | 5 | 255 | 2/2 | 44 | 14 | |||
| David Toms | $6,300 | 82 | 196 | 85 | -3 | 200 | 4/8 | 85 | 128 | 111 | 20 | 37 |
| Chad Campbell | $6,300 | 82 | 207 | 90 | -8 | 207 | 4/8 | 24 | 78 | 94 | 28 | |
| Kyle Reifers | $6,300 | 82 | 211 | 91 | -9 | 198 | 1/2 | 72 | 38 | |||
| Brett Stegmaier | $6,300 | 82 | 223 | 95 | -13 | 268 | 0/0 | |||||
| Tony Finau | $6,300 | 82 | 184 | 79 | 3 | 97 | 0/1 | 133 | ||||
| Hiroshi Iwata | $6,300 | 82 | 220 | 93 | -11 | 100 | 0/0 | |||||
| Kyle Stanley | $6,300 | 82 | 173 | 74 | 8 | 294 | 0/2 | 132 | 93 | |||
| Brendon Todd | $6,300 | 82 | 227 | 96 | -14 | 110 | 2/3 | 24 | 44 | 116 | ||
| Derek Fathauer | $6,300 | 82 | 229 | 97 | -15 | 244 | 0/2 | 85 | ||||
| Jim Herman | $6,300 | 82 | 198 | 86 | -4 | 183 | 0/1 | 132 | ||||
| Stuart Appleby | $6,200 | 92 | 282 | 112 | -20 | 392 | 6/9 | 58 | 61 | 94 | 57 | |
| Ben Crane | $6,200 | 92 | 230 | 98 | -6 | 360 | 4/6 | 116 | 32 | 105 | ||
| Chris Stroud | $6,200 | 92 | 232 | 100 | -8 | 167 | 1/4 | 63 | 81 | |||
| Scott Stallings | $6,200 | 92 | 263 | 107 | -15 | 279 | 1/5 | 122 | 119 | 149 | 107 | 3 |
| Zac Blair | $6,200 | 92 | 250 | 103 | -11 | 137 | 0/1 | 72 | ||||
| Justin Leonard | $6,100 | 97 | 218 | 92 | 5 | 541 | 6/8 | 103 | 54 | 4 | 29 | 20 |
| Bryce Molder | $6,100 | 97 | 185 | 80 | 17 | 212 | 2/6 | 85 | 96 | 30 | 20 | 106 |
| David Hearn | $6,100 | 97 | 198 | 86 | 11 | 147 | 2/4 | 53 | 8 | 121 | 94 | |
| Morgan Hoffmann | $6,100 | 97 | 204 | 89 | 8 | 144 | 1/2 | 116 | 25 | |||
| Jon Curran | $6,100 | 97 | 230 | 98 | -1 | 228 | 1/1 | 40 | ||||
| Michael Kim | $6,100 | 97 | 264 | 108 | -11 | 378 | 0/0 | |||||
| Jason Gore | $6,000 | 103 | 275 | 109 | -6 | 191 | 1/4 | 96 | ||||
| Rory Sabbatini | $6,000 | 103 | 289 | 114 | -11 | 199 | 6/8 | 72 | 70 | 27 | 74 | 15 |
| Matt Every | $6,000 | 103 | 302 | 118 | -15 | 161 | 1/5 | 138 | 8 | 78 | 78 | |
| Billy Hurley III | $6,000 | 103 | 346 | 119 | -16 | 427 | 1/2 | 17 | 119 | |||
| Mark Wilson | $5,900 | 107 | 368 | 120 | -13 | 405 | 6/9 | 24 | 115 | 132 | 55 | 57 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | $5,900 | 107 | 254 | 105 | 2 | 180 | 5/6 | 96 | 61 | 16 | 28 | |
| Will MacKenzie | $5,900 | 107 | 289 | 114 | -7 | 461 | 6/7 | 44 | 4 | |||
| Carl Pettersson | $5,900 | 107 | 280 | 111 | -4 | 222 | 5/10 | 53 | 20 | 78 | 94 | 67 |
| Spencer Levin | $5,900 | 107 | 198 | 86 | 21 | 263 | 4/5 | 60 | 119 | 44 | ||
| Sam Saunders | $5,900 | 107 | 250 | 103 | 4 | 266 | 1/1 | 24 | ||||
| Bronson Burgoon | $5,900 | 107 | 232 | 100 | 7 | 272 | 0/0 | |||||
| Hudson Swafford | $5,900 | 107 | 186 | 81 | 26 | 234 | 0/1 | 72 | ||||
| Peter Malnati | $5,900 | 107 | 289 | 114 | -7 | 159 | 0/0 | |||||
| Darren Clarke | $5,800 | 116 | 607 | 133 | -17 | 608 | 1/1 | 58 | ||||
| Brian Gay | $5,800 | 116 | 384 | 122 | -6 | 7/9 | 77 | 121 | 55 | 37 | ||
| Steven Bowditch | $5,800 | 116 | 414 | 124 | -8 | 79 | 1/4 | 103 | 96 | 121 | 37 | |
| Brendon de Jonge | $5,800 | 116 | 246 | 102 | 14 | 181 | 5/8 | 33 | 96 | 43 | 78 | 5 |
| Austin Connelly | $5,800 | 116 | 450 | 126 | -10 | 0/0 | ||||||
| Lee McCoy | $5,800 | 116 | 486 | 130 | -14 | 0/0 | ||||||
| Ken Duke | $5,700 | 122 | 471 | 128 | -6 | 440 | 6/7 | 63 | 82 | 111 | 5 | |
| Ricky Barnes | $5,700 | 122 | 257 | 106 | 16 | 295 | 4/5 | 53 | 77 | 78 | 28 | |
| Tyler Aldridge | $5,700 | 122 | 420 | 125 | -3 | 297 | 0/0 | |||||
| Carlos Ortiz | $5,700 | 122 | 298 | 117 | 5 | 293 | 1/1 | 68 | ||||
| Mark Hubbard | $5,700 | 122 | 277 | 110 | 12 | 454 | 0/0 | |||||
| Erik Compton | $5,600 | 127 | 375 | 121 | 6 | 273 | 2/3 | 116 | 32 | 30 | ||
| Justin Hicks | $5,600 | 127 | 459 | 127 | 0 | 605 | 2/3 | 133 | 32 | 27 | ||
| Thomas Aiken | $5,600 | 127 | 407 | 123 | 4 | 193 | 0/0 | |||||
| Charlie Beljan | $5,600 | 127 | 595 | 131 | -4 | 438 | 0/3 | 103 | 139 | 78 | ||
| Scott Pinckney | $5,600 | 127 | 282 | 112 | 15 | 242 | 0/1 | 85 | ||||
| Trevor Immelman | $5,500 | 132 | 600 | 132 | 0 | 7/8 | 122 | 63 | 28 | |||
| Rod Perry | $5,500 | 132 | 1696 | 140 | -8 | 0/5 | 133 | 96 | 154 | |||
| Steve Wheatcroft | $5,500 | 132 | 482 | 129 | 3 | 368 | 0/2 | 103 | ||||
| Andres Gonzales | $5,500 | 132 | 679 | 136 | -4 | 420 | 1/1 | 69 | ||||
| Whee Kim | $5,500 | 132 | 618 | 134 | -2 | 398 | 0/0 | |||||
| Robert Allenby | $5,400 | 137 | 1018 | 138 | -1 | 692 | 3/6 | 127 | 32 | 105 | 46 | |
| Mike Weir | $5,400 | 137 | 1482 | 139 | -2 | 1/3 | 85 | 153 | ||||
| Chad Collins | $5,400 | 137 | 657 | 135 | 2 | 465 | 2/4 | 38 | 139 | 63 | ||
| Gregory Yates | $5,400 | 137 | 692 | 137 | 0 | 830 | 0/0 |
Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.
Legend
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| S-Rank | Each golfer’s salary rank compared to the field, with one being the most expensive. |
| O-Rank | Each golfer’s odds rank compared to the field, with one the biggest favorite. |
| + / – | The difference between a golfer’s salary and odds rank. The bigger the number, the better. |
| OWGR | Official World Golf Ranking |
| Cuts | Cut record of each golfer at this event in the last ten seasons. |
| 2011 – 2015 Columns | Course history at this event over the last five seasons. |