Blog #127 March 24, 2024 Results Valspar Championship

Blog #127 March 24, 2024 Results Valspar Championship

ROUND 1 Weather Sunny cool 63* little wind 3MPH.

1 Kevin Streelman-7 64 Age 45 Bogie free Rd with 6 birdies 1 on 17 Finishes-4 #26

2 Kevin Roy-6 65 Kevin Roy Eight birdies including 17&18, 2 bogies.  Finishes-5 #12

3 Peter Malnati-5 66 Two bogies 7 birdies including 1 on 17.

3 Carl Yuan-5 One eagle 5 birdies including 18 one bogie.  

6 Keith Mitchell-4 Birdies 4 of 1st 5 holes then bogies 2&5 back 9. 

6 Brandon Todd-4 Six birdies on 1st 14 holes but bogies 7&8 on back 9.  

13 Justin Thomas-3 68 Bogies 16 with 4 birdies 2 on his last 2 holes 8&9.

13 Xander Schauffele-3 68 One DB on 9 1 bogie 6 birdies DB a killer after 3 birdies. 

13 Lucas Glover-3 68 Bogies 15 & 16 along with 5 birdies.  Finishes-6 #11

13 Chandler Phillips-3 68 One bogie 4 birdies.  Age 27 Turned pro 2019 FedX#123. 

13 Seamus Power-3 68 One bogie 4 birdies.  Finishes-3 26

13 McKenzie Hughes-3One eagle 4 birdies 1 bogie 1 DB. 

25 Cameron Young-2 Starts with 3 straight birdies 12,13,14 then +9 on back 9.

ROUND 2 Weather cloudy cool 63*/72 more wind than yesterday 12/20MPH.

Justin Thomas is the only favorite or longshot in the top 13.

1 Chandler Phillips-6 68 One eagle 2 birdies 1 bogie. 

1 Stewart Cink-6 67 Age 50 Up 27 spots eagle on 1 five birdies 3 bogies.  Finishes-2 #33

1 MacKenzie Hughes-6 68 Eagles 1 then 1 bogie and 2 birdies.

1 Brandon Todd-6 69 Three bogies 5 birdies 1 on 15.  Finishes -4 #33

6 Perter Malinati-5 71 Three bogies 3 birdies.

6 Justin Thomas-5 69 One DB 2 bogies 6 birdies.

6 Keith Mitchell-5 70 One bogie 2 birdies.

14 Cameron Young-4 69 Up 14 spots birdies 3 of 1st 4 holes then 1bogie and the rest pars.

30 Xander Schauffele-2 72 3 Bogies 2 birdies, not playing his best but not out of it.

CUT E Missed #78Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns+1 #197 Brian Harman+2, #125 Tony Finau+4.

Round 3 Weather better than yesterday sunny 72* W 7/14 MPH but swirling causing issues.

No bogie free RDs today.

1 Keith Mitchell-10 66 Three bogies front 9 finishes with 4 birdies an eagle on 18 -4 snakepit.

2 MacKenzie Hughes-9 Eagles 1 then 

2 Seamus Power-8 Up 2 spots 4 birdies 1 bogie.

2 MacKenzie Hughes-8 Four birdies 2 bogies 1 on 18 to lose sole position of #2.

2 Peter Malnati-8 Two bogies 5 birdies 1 on 18 to tie for 2nd.

5 Cameron Young-7 68 Up 9 spots with crazy RD 1 eagle 5 birdies 4 bogies.

5 Chandler Phillips-7 70 Down 4 spots 4 birdies 3 bogies 1 on 18.

34 Xander Schauffele-2 71 Two bogies and 2 birdies for Par.

64 Justin Thomas+3 79 Birdies #1 then 1 DB and 7 bogies to drop 60 spots.  

FINAL ROUND Only Schauffele among top picked as favorite or longshot.

1 Peter Malnati-12 67 Three straight birdies 10,11,12 to tie for lead & birdies 17 for +2 

has played in only 3 majors and never a Masters first win since 2015 Sanderson. $1.5M 

2 Cameron Young-10 68 Three putts #18 for bogie and 7th runner up finish $915k

3 Chandler Phillips-9 69 Eagles #1 then 4 bogies 4 birdies in his 12th PGA start $496K

3 Mackenzie Hughes-9 69 Four bogies but birdies 18 to tie for 3rd $496K

5 Xander Schauffele-8 65 Almost out of it, even par thru 10 but-6 on last 6 holes.  $299K

5 Adam Hadwin 69, Carl Yuan 68, Ryan Moore 68,  $299M

17 Keith Mitchel-4 77Starts with 6 bogies on first 12 holes very disappointing $104K

64 Justin Thomas+3 1 Two birdies 2 bogies, average RD after yesterdays disaster $18M