Valspar Championship

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Template other The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, north of St. Petersburg, Florida.

History

The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic, and was originally an alternate event in autumn and late summer. It replaced the JCPenney Classic, held annually in central Florida since 1960, and at Innisbrook since 1990. It was opposite the Presidents Cup in October 2000, and the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in September 2002. It was scheduled for the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in 2001 in mid-September, but the September 11 attacks (on Tuesday) forced the cancellations of both tournaments.

From 2003 to 2006, the Tampa Bay event had a slot in the schedule to itself in late October (and early November in 2003) as the last full-field event before the Tour Championship. The Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor.

Since 2007, the Tampa Bay event has been played in March, as the Players Championship moved six weeks later, to mid-May.

For a time, the tournament was without a title sponsor, leading to speculation on its fate beyond 2007. Then, on January 24, 2007, tournament officials and the PGA Tour announced a six-year sponsorship agreement with PODS of Clearwater, Florida. However, the company chose to exercise an option to withdraw as title sponsor after the 2008 event, and tournament officials searched to find a replacement. On June 4, 2008, Transitions Optical, Inc., the photochromic lens manufacturer headquartered locally in Largo, was announced as the new title sponsor. Transitions left the event after the 2012 season. Just two weeks before the 2013 tournament, EverBank agreed to be presenting sponsor for the tournament. In September 2013, Valspar Corporation signed a four-year deal to become title sponsor of the event, now named the Valspar Championship. On March 9, 2016, the PGA Tour, Valspar Corporation, and Copperhead Charities – the Valspar Championship host organization – announced a three-year title sponsorship extension, thus carrying Valspar's commitment to the tournament through 2020. This extension occurred in the midst of the original contract period, which was from 2013 to 2017.

Vijay Singh set the tournament record in 2004 with 266 (−18) and won by five strokes.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Valspar Championship
2025	Template:Flagicon Viktor Hovland	273	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Justin Thomas	8,700,000	1,566,000
2024	Template:Flagicon Peter Malnati	272	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Cameron Young	8,400,000	1,512,000
2023	Template:Flagicon Taylor Moore	274	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Adam Schenk	8,100,000	1,458,000
2022	Template:Flagicon Sam Burns (2)	267	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Davis Riley	7,800,000	1,404,000
2021	Template:Flagicon Sam Burns	267	−17	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Keegan Bradley	6,900,000	1,242,000
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Template:Flagicon Paul Casey (2)	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jason Kokrak Template:Flagicon Louis Oosthuizen	6,700,000	1,206,000
2018	Template:Flagicon Paul Casey	274	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Patrick Reed Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	6,500,000	1,170,000
2017	Template:Flagicon Adam Hadwin	270	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Patrick Cantlay	6,300,000	1,134,000
2016	Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel	277	−7	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bill Haas	6,100,000	1,098,000
2015	Template:Flagicon Jordan Spieth	274	−10	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Sean O'Hair Template:Flagicon Patrick Reed	5,900,000	1,062,000
2014	Template:Flagicon John Senden	277	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Kevin Na	5,700,000	1,026,000
Tampa Bay Championship
2013	Template:Flagicon Kevin Streelman	274	−10	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Boo Weekley	5,500,000	990,000
Transitions Championship
2012	Template:Flagicon Luke Donald	271	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bae Sang-moon Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk Template:Flagicon Robert Garrigus	5,500,000	990,000
2011	Template:Flagicon Gary Woodland	269	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Webb Simpson	5,500,000	990,000
2010	Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk	271	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon K. J. Choi	5,400,000	972,000
2009	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen (2)	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Charles Howell III Template:Flagicon Brett Quigley	5,400,000	972,000
PODS Championship
2008	Template:Flagicon Sean O'Hair	280	−4	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Stewart Cink Template:Flagicon Ryuji Imada Template:Flagicon Troy Matteson Template:Flagicon Billy Mayfair Template:Flagicon George McNeill Template:Flagicon John Senden	5,300,000	954,000
2007	Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia	274	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon John Senden Template:Flagicon Heath Slocum	5,300,000	954,000
Chrysler Championship
2006	Template:Flagicon K. J. Choi (2)	271	−13	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Paul Goydos Template:Flagicon Brett Wetterich	5,300,000	954,000
2005	Template:Flagicon Carl Pettersson	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Chad Campbell	5,300,000	954,000
2004	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh	266	−18	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour III Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik	5,000,000	900,000
2003	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen	272	−12	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh	4,800,000	864,000
Tampa Bay Classic
2002	Template:Flagicon K. J. Choi	267	−17	7 strokes	Template:Flagicon Glen Day	2,600,000	468,000
2001	Canceled due to the September 11 attacks
2000	Template:Flagicon John Huston	271	−13	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Carl Paulson	2,400,000	432,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Multiple winners

Four players have won this tournament more than once:

• K. J. Choi (2002, 2006)
• Retief Goosen (2003, 2009)
• Paul Casey (2018, 2019)
• Sam Burns (2021, 2022)

External links

• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site