The Valspar Championship returns to its traditional March date and will wrap up the PGA TOUR’s four-tournament stretch in Florida after being contested in May in 2021.
The three winners in Florida so far have included
a first-time winner (Sepp Straka, The Honda Classic)
two players who entered the week in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking and picked up their second win of the season
Scottie Scheffler/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
Cameron Smith/THE PLAYERS Championship.
Half of OWGR Top Ten In Field
Five of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are scheduled to compete in the Valspar Championship, the most for the tournament since 2015 (5).
This is the seventh event this season with at least five of the top 10 players and second consecutive.
No. 2 Collin Morikawa
No. 3 Viktor Hovland
No. 8 Justin Thomas
No. 9 Xander Schauffele
No. 10 Dustin Johnson
Johnson Makes 300th Start on PGA TOUR
2020 FedExCup Champion Dustin Johnson is making his 300th career start on the PGA TOUR this week.
In the first 299 starts, Johnson collected 24 wins (8.0%), 113 top-10s (37.8%) and 245 made cuts (81.9%).
He has won on TOUR in each of the last 14 seasons (2008 through 2020-21), tied with Tiger Woods for the third-longest streak to start a career.
Sponsor Exemptions
Alex Fitzpatrick (No. 5, Wake Forest)
Alex is the younger brother of World No. 26 Matt Fitzpatrick (also in field)
Jackson Huber (No. 11, Ole Miss)
Featured Players
Collin Morikawa
OWGR No. 2
FedExCup No. 13
Starts Wins Top-10s
Valspar Championship Tournament debut
PGA TOUR season: 5 starts, 0 wins 4 Top Tens
PGA TOUR caree:r 60 starts, 5 wins, 22 Top Tens
Highest-ranked player in the field at No. 2 in the OWGR
Two runner-up finishes in five starts this season (THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT, The Genesis Invitational)
Missed the cut at last week’s PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
2nd on TOUR this season in Strokes Gained: Total and Scoring Avg
Viktor Hovland
OWGR No. 3
FedExCup No. 6
Starts Wins Top-10s
Valspar Championship 1 Start, 0 Wins, 1 Top 10
PGA TOUR season 8 Starts, 1 Win, 4 Top 10s
PGA TOUR career 62 Starts, 3 Wins, 15 Top 10s
Finished T3 in Valspar Championship debut in 2021
Three consecutive top-10s on TOUR (T4/The Genesis Invitational, T2/ Arnold Palmer Invitational, T9/THE PLAYERS Championship)
One win in each of the last three PGA TOUR seasons (incl. 2021-22)
Leads the PGA TOUR in Total Driving (31st/Distance, 21st/Accuracy)
Justin Thomas
OWGR No. 8
FedExCup No. 25
Starts Wins Top-10s
Valspar Championship Starts 4, Wins 0, Top 10s 1
PGA TOUR season Starts 7, Wins 0, Top 10s 4
PGA TOUR career Starts: 185, Wins 14, Top 10s 65
Best result in four Valspar Championship starts: T10/2015 (3 top-20s)
15 consecutive cuts made on TOUR (longest active streak)
Finished T33 in title defense at last week’s PLAYERS Championship
Six consecutive seasons with a win on TOUR (none this season)
Sam Burns
OWGR No. 17
FedExCup No. 8
Starts Wins Top-10s
Valspar Championship Starts ,3 Wins 1 (2021) Top 10s 1
PGA TOUR season Starts 10, Wins 1, Top 10s 1
PGA TOUR career Starts 96 Wins 2 Top 10s: 18
Earned first PGA TOUR title at 2021 Valspar Championship and won second at the 2021 Sanderson Farms Championship (season debut)
Entered the 2021 Valspar Championship at No. 94 in the OWGR and has been as high as No. 10 since (currently No. 17)
