March 21-24
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida
$6,700,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
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Austria's Sepp Straka took advantage of a depleted field at the Valspar Championship, firing a bogey free five-under 66 to seize a share of the first round lead with Joel Dahmen.
Straka, who is chasing his first win on the US PGA Tour, finished with five birdies at the Innisbrook Golf and Spa resort in Florida.
A number of top players took the week off following the prestigious Players Championship but the event still includes Jason Day, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson.
Russell Knox, Kevin Kisner and Luke Donald are tied for third at four under par and American Keegan Bradley is part of a five-player group at three under 68, two strokes back of the leaders.
Johnson, Watson and Jim Furyk are tied for 11th and still well within striking distance after opening with a two-under 69.
"I played a little bit better than my score," Johnson said. "But first time being here in a while, not real used to the golf course. It was a good score."
Like Straka, Dahmen has yet to win on the Tour. He rolled in six birdies and just one bogey. He is coming of a tie for 12th at The Players.
American Dahmen already had a top 10 finish this season when he tied for ninth at the Farmers two months ago.
Straka's best finish of the season was a tie for 13th at the same event.
Knox had one of the more entertaining rounds by making an albatross on the par-five 11th after taking a double bogey two holes earlier.
"It's a good way to go from plus two to minus one very quickly," Knox said. "Didn't even have to putt, which was great."
Defending champion Paul Casey opened with a 70, while Jon Rahm made his tournament debut with an even-par 71.
Early tee times didn't help Reed, who had a 77, or Day at 74.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
T1 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-5 |
66 |
T1 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Russell Knox | SCO |
-4 |
67 |
T3 |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
-4 |
67 |
T3 |
Luke Donald | ENG |
-4 |
67 |
T6 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
-3 |
68 |
T6 |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
-3 |
68 |
T6 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-3 |
68 |
T6 |
Roberto Castro | USA |
-3 |
68 |
T6 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Sam Burns | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Scott Stallings | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Dustin Johnson | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Austin Cook | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Bubba Watson | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T11 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-2 |
69 |
T29 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Bud Cauley | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Henrik Stenson | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Stewart Cink | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Anirban Lahiri | IND |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Paul Casey | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Michael Kim | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T46 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Zach Johnson | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Cody Gribble | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Nick Watney | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Alex Cejka | GER |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Branden Grace | RSA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
Par |
71 |
T46 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
Par |
71 |
T65 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Bill Haas | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Robert Streb | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Andrew Landry | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Chris Stroud | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
K. J. Choi | KOR |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
1 |
72 |
T65 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
1 |
72 |
T80 |
Brandon Hagy | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Steve Stricker | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Jim Herman | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Dylan Meyer | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Brian Gay | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Kenny Perry | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
D. A. Points | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Adam Hadwin | CAN |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Morgan Hoffmann | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
2 |
73 |
T80 |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
2 |
73 |
T100 |
Alex Prugh | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Scott Langley | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Jason Day | AUS |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Kyle Jones | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Joey Garber | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
John Senden | AUS |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Brian Harman | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Akshay Bhatia | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Chase Wright | USA |
3 |
74 |
T100 |
Ryan Vermeer | USA |
3 |
74 |
T121 |
Beau Hossler | USA |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
Harris English | USA |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
David Hearn | CAN |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
4 |
75 |
T121 |
Seth Reeves | USA |
4 |
75 |
T128 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Ted Potter Jr. | USA |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Chris Kirk | USA |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Scott Brown | USA |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
5 |
76 |
T128 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
5 |
76 |
T135 |
Martin Trainer | USA |
6 |
77 |
T135 |
Patrick Reed | USA |
6 |
77 |
T137 |
Rod Perry | USA |
7 |
78 |
T137 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
7 |
78 |
T137 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
7 |
78 |
T137 |
Max Homa | USA |
7 |
78 |
T141 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
8 |
79 |
T141 |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
8 |
79 |
T141 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
8 |
79 |
144 |
Jim Knous | USA |
9 |
80 |