Valspar Championship R1

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

March 17-20
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida
$7,800,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Defending champion Sam Burns, just days after his victory at The Players Championship, is back in a share of the lead after the opening round of the Valspar Championship in Florida.

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

“The thing about last year is it has nothing to do with this year. So many things are different. There’s not much correlation between the two.

“Obviously, I think I’ll look back forever on that event, it being my first win. Wins don’t happen out here often, so I think it’s good to reflect and just be extremely grateful and thankful that they happen and that’s what I’ll try to do.”

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

The American carded the best opening round by a defending champion with a 64 in spite of a couple of bogeys at the par-4s 3rd and 16th.

“It’s part of the game. I mean, you just kind of take them and roll with them. I think for me it’s, in the past I would say frustrating, which is okay. It’s okay to be frustrated. I think it’s just what do you do with that frustration? Do you let it carry over to the next shot or do you kind of address it and flush it and move on? I think that’s the most important thing.”

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

Tied alongside him at 7-under are compatriot David Lipsky, who remained bogey-free, and Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas who shot his career-low round on Thursday as well as 2017 champion Canadian Adam Hadwin who tied his career-low 64.

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

“A lot of things went right to shoot 64 around this place,” said Hadwin. “Just a lot of good consistent golf. I wouldn’t say that I felt great off the tee, but I was never in any trouble. I hit it really well.

“Just a lot of good quality iron shots, working off the center of the greens to the pins, giving myself chances. I would like to think I’m a pretty decent putter, so I find that if I can just give myself chances, the more chances I get, the better off I’ll be.

“So this golf course I think rewards patience and I took advantage of that today.”

Three Americans, Scott Stallings, a bogey-free Richy Werenski and Davis Riley, share fifth place at 6-under with New Zealander Danny Lee.

Valspar Championship 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Jhonattan Vegas	-7	64
T1	Sam Burns	-7	64
T1	Adam Hadwin	-7	64
T1	David Lipsky	-7	64
T5	Danny Lee	-6	65
T5	Scott Stallings	-6	65
T5	Richy Werenski	-6	65
T5	Davis Riley	-6	65
T9	Kramer Hickok	-5	66
T9	Doc Redman	-5	66
T9	Justin Thomas	-5	66
T12	Matthew NeSmith	-4	67
T12	Brice Garnett	-4	67
T12	Stewart Cink	-4	67
T12	Dustin Johnson	-4	67
T12	Brooks Koepka	-4	67
T12	Louis Oosthuizen	-4	67
T12	Matt Kuchar	-4	67
T12	Chez Reavie	-4	67
T12	Matt Fitzpatrick	-4	67
T12	Kevin Streelman	-4	67
T12	J.J. Spaun	-4	67
T12	Greyson Sigg	-4	67
T12	Blake Kennedy	-4	67
T12	Pat Perez	-4	67
T12	William McGirt	-4	67
T12	Gary Woodland	-4	67
T12	Xander Schauffele	-4	67
T12	Webb Simpson	-4	67
T12	Tommy Fleetwood	-4	67
T12	Brian Harman	-4	67
T12	Sahith Theegala	-4	67
T33	Cameron Tringale	-3	68
T33	Bubba Watson	-3	68
T33	Collin Morikawa	-3	68
T33	Wesley Bryan	-3	68
T33	Jimmy Walker	-3	68
T33	Luke Donald	-3	68
T33	Alex Noren	-3	68
T33	Austin Smotherman	-3	68
T33	Troy Merritt	-3	68
T33	Brian Stuard	-3	68
T33	Henrik Norlander	-3	68
T33	Wyndham Clark	-3	68
T33	Joel Dahmen	-3	68
T33	Andrew Landry	-3	68
T33	Robert Streb	-3	68
T33	Tyrrell Hatton	-3	68
T33	Paul Barjon	-3	68
T50	Kelly Kraft	-2	69
T50	Denny McCarthy	-2	69
T50	Sam Ryder	-2	69
T50	Jim Herman	-2	69
T50	Viktor Hovland	-2	69
T50	Tyler Duncan	-2	69
T50	Patton Kizzire	-2	69
T50	J.T. Poston	-2	69
T50	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-2	69
T50	Aaron Wise	-2	69
T50	Martin Kaymer	-2	69
T50	Mito Pereira	-2	69
T50	Shane Lowry	-2	69
T50	Nick Taylor	-2	69
T50	Lee Hodges	-2	69
T50	Matt Wallace	-2	69
T50	Bernd Wiesberger	-2	69
T50	Joseph Bramlett	-2	69
T50	Luke Guthrie	-2	69
T69	Seung-Yul Noh	-1	70
T69	Hank Lebioda	-1	70
T69	Jason Day	-1	70
T69	Brendon Todd	-1	70
T69	Abraham Ancer	-1	70
T69	Danny Willett	-1	70
T69	Keegan Bradley	-1	70
T69	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1	70
T69	Alex Smalley	-1	70
T69	Dylan Wu	-1	70
T69	Tommy Gainey	-1	70
T69	James Hahn	-1	70
T69	Mark Hensby	-1	70
T69	Kevin Kisner	-1	70
T69	Henrik Stenson	-1	70
T69	Adam Long	-1	70
T69	Harry Higgs	-1	70
T69	Brandon Hagy	-1	70
T69	Max McGreevy	-1	70
T69	Curtis Thompson	-1	70
T69	Jackson Suber (a)	-1	70
T90	Peter Malnati	Par	71
T90	Roger Sloan	Par	71
T90	Jason Kokrak	Par	71
T90	Branden Grace	Par	71
T90	Ryan Brehm	Par	71
T90	C.T. Pan	Par	71
T90	Nate Lashley	Par	71
T90	Bill Haas	Par	71
T90	Mackenzie Hughes	Par	71
T90	Alex Fitzpatrick (a)	Par	71
T90	John Huh	Par	71
T90	Carlos Ortiz	Par	71
T90	Russell Knox	Par	71
T90	Matthias Schwab	Par	71
T90	Greg Koch	Par	71
T90	Taylor Moore	Par	71
T90	Adam Svensson	Par	71
T107	Lanto Griffin	+1	72
T107	Martin Trainer	+1	72
T107	Adam Schenk	+1	72
T107	Kevin Yu	+1	72
T107	Brandon Wu	+1	72
T107	Hayden Buckley	+1	72
T107	Michael Thompson	+1	72
T107	Harold Varner III	+1	72
T107	Emiliano Grillo	+1	72
T107	Vaughn Taylor	+1	72
T107	Seth Reeves	+1	72
T118	Chesson Hadley	+2	73
T118	Sean O’Hair	+2	73
T118	Scott Piercy	+2	73
T118	Davis Love III	+2	73
T118	Zach Johnson	+2	73
T118	Jonas Blixt	+2	73
T118	Kyle Stanley	+2	73
T118	Graeme McDowell	+2	73
T118	Brian Gay	+2	73
T118	Martin Laird	+2	73
T118	Andrew Novak	+2	73
T129	Andrew Putnam	+3	74
T129	Austin Cook	+3	74
T129	Vince Whaley	+3	74
T129	Andrew McCain	+3	74
T133	Trey Mullinax	+4	75
T133	Callum Tarren	+4	75
T133	Chad Ramey	+4	75
T133	Sung Kang	+4	75
T137	Bronson Burgoon	+5	76
T137	Stephan Jaeger	+5	76
T137	Cameron Percy	+5	76
T137	Francesco Molinari	+5	76
T137	Charl Schwartzel	+5	76
T137	Kurt Kitayama	+5	76
143	Charley Hoffman	+6	77
144	Omar Uresti	+7	78