Valspar Championship 2022 R3
March 17-20
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida
$7,800,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
His lowest round on TOUR 👏@DavisRiley68 fires a 62 and leads by 2. pic.twitter.com/SUE7HKaArc
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 19, 2022
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Davis Riley produced a flawless 62 to set a new 54-hole tournament record on Saturday to take a two-shot lead in the Valspar Championship. Having started the day sixth place at 9-under, five shots behind the lead, he reached 18-under.
Valspar Championship 2022 R3
The 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie hasn't been entirely happy with his game so far this season but was pleased with is performance this week.
"I felt like I've been playing good golf for awhile, I just haven't gotten the results I want to. I haven't been too happy with it, but yeah I've just been trying to be patient, I know I've been playing good golf and I've been hitting it well and now I finally got the putter rolling and kind of right where I wanted it to and that's kind of why I'm playing well this week, the putter's been really good to me and the driver as well for the most part. So, yeah, it's just, it's nice to get up there."
Get to know 54-hole leader @DavisRiley68:
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 19, 2022
◾️ Born in Mississippi
◾️ Graduated from @UA_Athletics
◾️ 2-time @KornFerryTour winner
◾️ 7 top-10s, 16 top-25s in 2021 KFT
◾️ 25th event on TOUR
◾️ 1st lead/co-lead on TOUR
◾️ 2018 @ArnoldPalmerCup member
◾️ Hunting enthusiast pic.twitter.com/UrUR1uLBex
Valspar Championship 2022 R3
"Winning twice on the Korn Ferry in 2020, yeah, it was a really good experience for me, just getting in contention. No matter the stage, it's hard to win a golf tournament. Just being in contention and having those, that blood flowing is huge. Any time you can get just a pinch of that and get that experience is huge, and just winning twice served me well.
"And then having some really good pairings, Jon Rahm, Adam Scott, Jason Day, where they're having those big crowds, just having those experiences early in the year really helped me today and just because it's so easy, it is a little bit of nerves but it's just like you have an adrenaline going so you're starting to hill the ball a little bit further and it's just like different just trying to navigate that and I was prepared for that today and those experiences really helped me."
Valspar Championship 2022 R3
Overnight leader Matthew NeSmith followed up his second round 61 with a 69 and slipped into solo second place.
Justin Thomas (66) and first round co-leader Sam Burns (67) are tied in third place at 15-under.
Still the only non-American in the top-5, Canadian Adam Hadwin closed with a 70 and moved into solo fifth place at 13-under.
Valspar Championship 2022 R3
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Davis Riley | -18 | 65 | 68 | 62 | 195 |
| 2 | Matthew NeSmith | -16 | 67 | 61 | 69 | 197 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas | -15 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 198 |
| T3 | Sam Burns | -15 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 198 |
| 5 | Adam Hadwin | -13 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 200 |
| T6 | Robert Streb | -11 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 202 |
| T6 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -11 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 202 |
| T6 | Brian Harman | -11 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 202 |
| T6 | Troy Merritt | -11 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 202 |
| T6 | Xander Schauffele | -11 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 202 |
| T11 | Tyler Duncan | -10 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 203 |
| T11 | Alex Noren | -10 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 203 |
| T11 | Tommy Fleetwood | -10 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 203 |
| T14 | Kevin Streelman | -9 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 204 |
| T14 | Stewart Cink | -9 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 204 |
| T16 | Matt Kuchar | -8 | 67 | 72 | 66 | 205 |
| T16 | Bernd Wiesberger | -8 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 205 |
| T16 | Sahith Theegala | -8 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 205 |
| T16 | Shane Lowry | -8 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 205 |
| T16 | Scott Stallings | -8 | 65 | 66 | 74 | 205 |
| T21 | Greyson Sigg | -7 | 67 | 72 | 67 | 206 |
| T21 | Nate Lashley | -7 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 206 |
| T21 | Luke Donald | -7 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 206 |
| T21 | Adam Svensson | -7 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 206 |
| T21 | Russell Knox | -7 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 206 |
| T21 | Brice Garnett | -7 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 206 |
| T21 | Harry Higgs | -7 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 206 |
| T21 | Brandon Wu | -7 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 206 |
| T21 | C.T. Pan | -7 | 71 | 66 | 69 | 206 |
| T21 | Brian Stuard | -7 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 206 |
| T21 | Patton Kizzire | -7 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 206 |
| T21 | Tyrrell Hatton | -7 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 206 |
| T21 | Gary Woodland | -7 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 206 |
| T34 | Danny Lee | -6 | 65 | 74 | 68 | 207 |
| T34 | Viktor Hovland | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 |
| T34 | Nick Taylor | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 |
| T34 | Mito Pereira | -6 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 |
| T34 | J.J. Spaun | -6 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 207 |
| T34 | Kramer Hickok | -6 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 207 |
| T34 | Brandon Hagy | -6 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 207 |
| T34 | Joel Dahmen | -6 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 207 |
| T34 | Joseph Bramlett | -6 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 207 |
| T34 | Jhonattan Vegas | -6 | 64 | 71 | 72 | 207 |
| T34 | Richy Werenski | -6 | 65 | 70 | 72 | 207 |
| T45 | Chez Reavie | -5 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 208 |
| T45 | Bill Haas | -5 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 208 |
| T45 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -5 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 208 |
| T45 | Brooks Koepka | -5 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 208 |
| T49 | Austin Smotherman | -4 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Wesley Bryan | -4 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Cameron Tringale | -4 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Denny McCarthy | -4 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Max McGreevy | -4 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Harold Varner III | -4 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Paul Barjon | -4 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Henrik Stenson | -4 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 209 |
| T49 | Doc Redman | -4 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 209 |
| T49 | Kevin Kisner | -4 | 70 | 66 | 73 | 209 |
| T49 | Louis Oosthuizen | -4 | 67 | 68 | 74 | 209 |
| T49 | David Lipsky | -4 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 209 |
| T49 | Martin Kaymer | -4 | 69 | 66 | 74 | 209 |
| T62 | Dustin Johnson | -3 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 210 |
| T62 | John Huh | -3 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 210 |
| T62 | Seung-Yul Noh | -3 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 210 |
| T62 | Webb Simpson | -3 | 67 | 67 | 76 | 210 |
| T66 | Blake Kennedy | -2 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 211 |
| T66 | Curtis Thompson | -2 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 211 |
| T68 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -1 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 212 |
| T68 | Collin Morikawa | -1 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 212 |
| T68 | Michael Thompson | -1 | 72 | 66 | 74 | 212 |
| T68 | Pat Perez | -1 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 212 |
| 72 | Ryan Brehm | 1 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 214 |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | -2 | 68 | 72 | 140 | |
| CUT | Adam Long | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 | |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | -2 | 69 | 71 | 140 | |
| CUT | Luke Guthrie | -2 | 69 | 71 | 140 | |
| CUT | Sean O'Hair | -2 | 73 | 67 | 140 | |
| CUT | Roger Sloan | -2 | 71 | 69 | 140 | |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | -2 | 73 | 67 | 140 | |
| CUT | Bubba Watson | -2 | 68 | 72 | 140 | |
| CUT | Danny Willett | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 | |
| CUT | Keegan Bradley | -2 | 70 | 70 | 140 | |
| CUT | Kyle Stanley | -1 | 73 | 68 | 141 | |
| CUT | James Hahn | -1 | 70 | 71 | 141 | |
| CUT | Carlos Ortiz | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 | |
| CUT | William McGirt | -1 | 67 | 74 | 141 | |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 | |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 | |
| CUT | Jimmy Walker | -1 | 68 | 73 | 141 | |
| CUT | J.T. Poston | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 | |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | -1 | 69 | 72 | 141 | |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | -1 | 71 | 70 | 141 | |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | -1 | 70 | 71 | 141 | |
| CUT | Andrew Landry | Par | 68 | 74 | 142 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | Par | 73 | 69 | 142 | |
| CUT | Hank Lebioda | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 | |
| CUT | Jason Day | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 | |
| CUT | Abraham Ancer | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 | |
| CUT | Zach Johnson | Par | 73 | 69 | 142 | |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | Par | 75 | 67 | 142 | |
| CUT | Kevin Yu | Par | 72 | 70 | 142 | |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | 1 | 74 | 69 | 143 | |
| CUT | Brian Gay | 1 | 73 | 70 | 143 | |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | 1 | 69 | 74 | 143 | |
| CUT | Andrew McCain | 1 | 74 | 69 | 143 | |
| CUT | Matthias Schwab | 1 | 71 | 72 | 143 | |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | 1 | 73 | 70 | 143 | |
| CUT | Brendon Todd | 1 | 70 | 73 | 143 | |
| CUT | Alex Smalley | 1 | 70 | 73 | 143 | |
| CUT | Alex Fitzpatrick (a) | 1 | 71 | 72 | 143 | |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley | 2 | 72 | 72 | 144 | |
| CUT | Mark Hensby | 2 | 70 | 74 | 144 | |
| CUT | Graeme McDowell | 2 | 73 | 71 | 144 | |
| CUT | Vaughn Taylor | 2 | 72 | 72 | 144 | |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | 2 | 72 | 72 | 144 | |
| CUT | Seth Reeves | 2 | 72 | 72 | 144 | |
| CUT | Jackson Suber (a) | 2 | 70 | 74 | 144 | |
| CUT | Jim Herman | 2 | 69 | 75 | 144 | |
| CUT | Branden Grace | 2 | 71 | 73 | 144 | |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | 2 | 76 | 68 | 144 | |
| CUT | Wyndham Clark | 3 | 68 | 77 | 145 | |
| CUT | Charl Schwartzel | 3 | 76 | 69 | 145 | |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | 3 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Greg Koch | 3 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Davis Love III | 3 | 73 | 72 | 145 | |
| CUT | Jason Kokrak | 3 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Kurt Kitayama | 4 | 76 | 70 | 146 | |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | 4 | 73 | 73 | 146 | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | 4 | 71 | 75 | 146 | |
| CUT | Cameron Percy | 5 | 76 | 71 | 147 | |
| CUT | Martin Trainer | 5 | 72 | 75 | 147 | |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | 5 | 72 | 75 | 147 | |
| CUT | Tommy Gainey | 6 | 70 | 78 | 148 | |
| CUT | Austin Cook | 6 | 74 | 74 | 148 | |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | 6 | 75 | 73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | 7 | 74 | 75 | 149 | |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax | 7 | 75 | 74 | 149 | |
| CUT | Bronson Burgoon | 8 | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | 8 | 72 | 78 | 150 | |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | 9 | 77 | 74 | 151 | |
| CUT | Francesco Molinari | 10 | 76 | 76 | 152 | |
| CUT | Sung Kang | 10 | 75 | 77 | 152 | |
| CUT | Omar Uresti | 11 | 78 | 75 | 153 | |
| CUT | Jonas Blixt | 12 | 73 | 81 | 154 |
