Valspar Championship Mar 10-13

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Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, FL • Purse: $6,100,000

 

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Jordan Spieth struggles to 76 at Valspar Championship

The place that led to a dream season for Jordan Spieth a year ago produced no such good feelings on Thursday during the first round of the Valspar Championship.

Spieth, the defending champion, bogeyed five of his first seven holes on the way to a 5-over-par 76 at the Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course, managing just a single birdie.

Read more http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/14944163/jordan-spieth-struggles-76-valspar-championship

 

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Blayne Barber sinks 148-yard shot for eagle at Valspar Championship

Central Florida apparently had a difficult fall and winter for growing grass, and the greens at Innisbrook this week are said to be not as pristine as they otherwise might be. The best way to deal with those difficult putting surfaces is – to putt on them as infrequently as possible.

One way to do that is to just knock your approach shots into the hole. That's what Blayne Barber did on Thursday, draining a 148-yarder for an eagle on the par-4 12th hole on the Copperhead Course in the first round of the Valspar Championship.

Read more http://www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/blayne-barber-sinks-148-yard-shot-eagle-valspar-championship

 

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Howell, Bradley, Duke share first-round lead at Valspar Championship

Charles Howell III saw a news blurb that the Masters is a month away, and the Augusta. Ga., native played Thursday like he wants to be there.

In strong gusts that didn’t subside until the final few hours of daylight in Palm Harbor, Fla., Howell played bogey-free and picked up two big birdies on his way to a 4-under-par 67 and a share of the lead with Keegan Bradley and Ken Duke in the Valspar Championship.

Read more https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/...hampionship/8b45zBjdFtYagF5pt796bK/story.html

 

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Steve Stricker Is Tied for Lead in Valspar Championship

Steve Stricker holed out from the 10th fairway for eagle on his way to a five-under-par 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Will MacKenzie in the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Read more http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/s...ed-for-lead-in-valspar-championship.html?_r=0

 

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Jordan Spieth makes Saturday charge with 67 at the Valspar Championship

Jordan Spieth backed up a 68 on Friday with a 4-under 67 on Saturday to get into red figures at 2 under par heading into Sunday at the Valspar Championship. Spieth is in T9, six back of the leader Bill Haas.

Read more http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-o...ay-charge-with-67-at-the-valspar-championship

 

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Lee McCoy bests Jordan Spieth, doesn't take advice

The fans surrounding the 18th green cheered long and loud for amateur Lee McCoy after an impressive performance at the Valspar Championship on Sunday.

But what the University of Georgia golfer will likely remember the most is No. 1-ranked Jordan Spieth standing off to the side of the green, clapping for him as well.

Read more http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/...ordan-spieth-valspar-championship-take-advice