Valspar Championship R3

Valspar Championship 2021 R3
April 29 – May 02
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida
$6,900,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

Sam burns closed his round with an 8-foot bogey putt to retain a share of the lead in the Valspar Championship on Saturday.

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

He started the day tied for the lead with Keegan Bradley at 12-under and made a good start with an eagle on the par-5 1st followed by birdies at the 3rd and 5th. He lost his momentum and parred his way through his round until the 17th where he bogeyed the par-4 then the 18th to finish with a 2-under 69.

“Yeah, I mean, I can’t change anything from today, so tomorrow will be a fresh start and we’ll try to work our process and just go out there and try to take care of business.”

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

This is the third time Burns has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead this season following the Vivint Houston Open, where he finished T7, and the Genesis Invitational at Riviera where he finished third.

Bradley birdied his first and fifth holes and made bogeys at the 13th before chipping in for eagle at the par-5 14th then closed with a bogey for a 69 and a share of the lead.

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

“I just didn’t hole the putts that I’ve been making the first two rounds. But without doing that, I still shot 69 and I’m still tied for the lead, so all good,” he said.

“I know I can do it. I know I’ve been up here and won some big tournaments in my career, and I feel like if I go out tomorrow and stick to my process, I can have a chance coming down the end.”

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

They head into the final round with a 14-under 199 score tying the 54-hole tournament record established in 2002 by K.J. Choi and matched by Adam Hadwin in 2017, who both went on to win.

Max Homa started his round four shots behind the leaders and shot a 66 comprising of two bogeys, five birdies and an eagle at the par-4 4th to close the gap to one shot.

“I just knew if I posted 4 under-ish I would at least have a chance tomorrow, but that’s all you can do out here,” said Homa. “The moment you try to shoot 8 (under), you’re in trouble. So yeah, feels good to have a chance.”

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

Abraham Ancer fired a 66 and is tied in fourth place alongside Ted Potter Jr. (63), Joaquin Niemann (67) and Cameron Tringale (67) at 10-under.

“There’s some birdies out there,” said Ancer. “But this golf course, if you’re not in the right position, man, you can make some bogeys quick.”

Valspar Championship 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
T1	Keegan Bradley	-14	64	66	69	199
T1	Sam Burns	-14	67	63	69	199
3	Max Homa	-13	66	68	66	200
T4	Abraham Ancer	-10	67	70	66	203
T4	Joaquin Niemann	-10	68	68	67	203
T4	Ted Potter, Jr.	-10	67	73	63	203
T4	Cameron Tringale	-10	69	67	67	203
8	Charley Hoffman	-9	68	66	70	204
T9	Troy Merritt	-8	68	69	68	205
T9	Brandt Snedeker	-8	69	69	67	205
T9	Bubba Watson	-8	70	67	68	205
T12	Viktor Hovland	-7	69	69	68	206
T12	Jason Kokrak	-7	67	69	70	206
T12	Hank Lebioda	-7	66	69	71	206
T12	Louis Oosthuizen	-7	73	67	66	206
T12	Scottie Scheffler	-7	73	67	66	206
T12	Vaughn Taylor	-7	70	67	69	206
T18	Bronson Burgoon	-6	71	68	68	207
T18	Danny Lee	-6	70	67	70	207
T18	Kevin Na	-6	68	69	70	207
T18	Justin Thomas	-6	69	71	67	207
T18	Bo Van Pelt	-6	71	67	69	207
T23	Corey Conners	-5	70	68	70	208
T23	Charles Howell III	-5	70	68	70	208
T23	Matthew NeSmith	-5	70	69	69	208
T23	Pat Perez	-5	68	68	72	208
T23	Camilo Villegas	-5	71	68	69	208
T28	Wyndham Clark	-4	69	72	68	209
T28	Jason Dufner	-4	70	71	68	209
T28	Sungjae Im	-4	68	67	74	209
T28	Zach Johnson	-4	68	67	74	209
T28	Russell Knox	-4	69	70	70	209
T28	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-4	69	69	71	209
T28	Tom Lewis	-4	70	65	74	209
T28	Denny McCarthy	-4	72	69	68	209
T28	Ian Poulter	-4	69	71	69	209
T28	Charl Schwartzel	-4	70	65	74	209
T28	Scott Stallings	-4	67	69	73	209
T39	Scott Brown	-3	67	72	71	210
T39	Chase Koepka	-3	68	70	72	210
T39	Henrik Norlander	-3	69	69	72	210
T39	Ryan Palmer	-3	70	70	70	210
T39	Kyle Stanley	-3	68	70	72	210
T39	Jhonattan Vegas	-3	70	69	71	210
T39	Jimmy Walker	-3	72	69	69	210
T39	Vincent Whaley	-3	69	71	70	210
T47	Paul Casey	-2	68	71	72	211
T47	Michael Gligic	-2	69	68	74	211
T47	Lucas Glover	-2	69	65	77	211
T47	Kramer Hickok	-2	67	74	70	211
T47	Keith Mitchell	-2	70	70	71	211
T47	Ryan Moore	-2	66	74	71	211
T47	Alex Noren	-2	73	68	70	211
T47	J.T. Poston	-2	68	73	70	211
T47	Adam Schenk	-2	71	69	71	211
T56	Byeong Hun An	-1	70	71	71	212
T56	Wesley Bryan	-1	69	71	72	212
T56	Luke Donald	-1	69	72	71	212
T56	Branden Grace	-1	69	68	75	212
T60	Tyler Duncan	E	70	71	72	213
T60	Brandon Hagy	E	74	67	72	213
T60	Dustin Johnson	E	71	68	74	213
T60	Doc Redman	E	68	72	73	213
T60	Henrik Stenson	E	71	70	72	213
T60	Peter Uihlein	E	73	68	72	213
T66	Joseph Bramlett	2	71	70	74	215
T66	J.B. Holmes	2	70	71	74	215
T66	Beau Hossler	2	68	72	75	215
69	Patton Kizzire	4	66	75	76	217
CUT	Jonas Blixt	E	72	70		142
CUT	Austin Cook	E	72	70		142
CUT	Doug Ghim	E	72	70		142
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	E	66	76		142
CUT	Bo Hoag	E	72	70		142
CUT	Sam Horsfield	E	71	71		142
CUT	Mark Hubbard	E	74	68		142
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	E	73	69		142
CUT	Kevin Kisner	E	68	74		142
CUT	Luke List	E	72	70		142
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	E	72	70		142
CUT	William McGirt	E	70	72		142
CUT	Phil Mickelson	E	73	69		142
CUT	Sean O’Hair	E	71	71		142
CUT	Patrick Reed	E	70	72		142
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	E	70	72		142
CUT	Tim Wilkinson	E	71	71		142
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	E	72	70		142
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	1	72	71		143
CUT	Ryan Brehm	1	72	71		143
CUT	Rafael Campos	1	73	70		143
CUT	James Hahn	1	75	68		143
CUT	David Hearn	1	70	73		143
CUT	Satoshi Kodaira	1	71	72		143
CUT	Peter Malnati	1	71	72		143
CUT	Robby Shelton	1	74	69		143
CUT	Nick Watney	1	72	71		143
CUT	Danny Willett	1	71	72		143
CUT	Brian Gay	2	73	71		144
CUT	Lanto Griffin	2	73	71		144
CUT	Tom Hoge	2	72	72		144
CUT	Sung Kang	2	71	73		144
CUT	Michael Kim	2	73	71		144
CUT	Chris Kirk	2	70	74		144
CUT	Adam Long	2	72	72		144
CUT	D.A. Points	2	71	73		144
CUT	Andrew Putnam	2	71	73		144
CUT	Sam Ryder	2	72	72		144
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	2	71	73		144
CUT	Roger Sloan	2	73	71		144
CUT	Kevin Streelman	2	72	72		144
CUT	Brian Stuard	2	71	73		144
CUT	Nick Taylor	2	69	75		144
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	2	74	70		144
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	3	70	75		145
CUT	K.J. Choi	3	71	74		145
CUT	Chesson Hadley	3	73	72		145
CUT	Adam Hadwin	3	73	72		145
CUT	Andrew Landry	3	72	73		145
CUT	Rob Oppenheim	3	72	73		145
CUT	J.J. Spaun	3	69	76		145
CUT	Hudson Swafford	3	71	74		145
CUT	Kevin Tway	3	74	71		145
CUT	Kris Ventura	3	72	73		145
CUT	Michael Visacki	3	74	71		145
CUT	Cameron Davis	4	74	72		146
CUT	Russell Henley	4	74	72		146
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	4	75	71		146
CUT	Kelly Kraft	4	71	75		146
CUT	Martin Laird	4	73	73		146
CUT	Grayson Murray	4	75	71		146
CUT	Cameron Percy	4	74	72		146
CUT	Chez Reavie	4	75	71		146
CUT	D.J. Trahan	4	72	74		146
CUT	Rafa Cabrera Bello	5	73	74		147
CUT	Sebastian Cappelen	5	74	73		147
CUT	Talor Gooch	5	73	74		147
CUT	Hunter Mahan	5	71	76		147
CUT	Graeme McDowell	5	74	73		147
CUT	Justin Rose	5	74	73		147
CUT	Chase Seiffert	5	73	74		147
CUT	Richy Werenski	5	77	70		147
CUT	Ryan Armour	6	76	72		148
CUT	John Augenstein	6	74	74		148
CUT	Daniel Chopra	6	73	75		148
CUT	Rhein Gibson	6	72	76		148
CUT	John Huh	6	77	71		148
CUT	Kevin Stadler	6	75	73		148
CUT	Martin Trainer	6	73	75		148
CUT	Gary Woodland	6	77	71		148
CUT	Jordan Hahn	7	78	71		149
CUT	Brad Adamonis	8	72	78		150
CUT	Scott Piercy	8	76	74		150
CUT	Jim Herman	9	79	72		151
CUT	Nelson Ledesma	10	77	75		152
CUT	Rod Perry	14	77	79		156
DQ	Scott Harrington	E