BLOG#320VaL Results. 17 of top 50 players in the field.

BLOG#320VaL Results. 17 of top 50 players in the field.

ROUND 1 Unusual leaderboard with poor showing from projected top 10. Finish

1 SJ Im-7 64 (100/1) Wild RD with 2 eagles, 6 birdies, 3 bogies & 7 pars. 4

Only his 3rd tournament in 2026, missed cuts at AP & Players. X

2 Brandt Snedeker-6 65 Bogie free with 5 birdies on back 9. Bad 2026 start, 18 did not qualify for the Players and missed all 4 cuts in his 1st 4 tournaments. X Pierceson Coody-5 67 One of my long shots, but next 3 RDs 73/74/71 55

5 Billy Horschel-5 67 2 bogies 7 birdies, a good 2026 start, did not qualify for Players, 68

cut at WM, #62 at Cognizant, #48 PB, but played well at AP #13, made $378K. X

7 Mike Fitzpatrick-3 68 One bogie 4 birdies. WINS

7 Jacob Bridgeman-3 68 Bogie free with 3 birdies on back 9, still my pick to win. 14

7 Schauffele-3 68 Bogie free but next 3 RDs 72,72,65 low RD not enough. 4 19 Jordan Spieth-2 69 Starts with eagle but misses makable short putt for birdie on 11 11

to get to-6 and 1 shot off lead, DB on 16 and another missed makable putt on 18. X

19 Blades Brown-2 69 Another one of my long shots. 40

19 Jordan Smith-2 69 Two bogies 4 birdies, missed 2 cuts but 2 top 25’s this year. 3

37 Viktor Hovland-1 70 Starts with 2 birdies but 3 bogies between 2 more birdies. Cut

37 Ben Griffin-1 70 Two bogies 3 birdies. Just doesn’t have what he had last year. Cut

47 Brooks Koepka E 71 Three bogies and 3 birdies. 18

66 Justin Thomas+1 72 One DB, 3 bogies, 4 birdies. 30

129 Sahiith Theegala+6 77 One DB, 6 bogies 1 birdie. Shades of last year. Cut

132 Max Homa+7 78 One DB 7 bogies, 2 birdies. Is he through? Cut

ROUND2 Except for Im the 1st 5 players all dropped but Snedeker stays in contention.

Im may hold on to win but Fitzpatrick could sneak in. He was a drive away from winning last week and I think it will come down to he, Im or Bridgeman.

1 SJ Im-9 Three bogies on front 9 but 0 with 3 birdies on back to hold lead.

2 David Lipsky-8 65 Bogie free 6 birdies, up 16 spots, 4th start besides #37 in Puerto Rico.

5 Matt Fitzpatrick-5 69 Three bogies 5 birdies. If he finishes like last week he may win.

5 Brandt Snedeker-5 72 Wild RD 1 eagle 2 birdies 5 bogies but still in hunt.

10 Jacob Bridgeman-4 70 Starts on 10, bogies his 1st hole and his 11&12th to lose 3 strokes.

31 X. Schauffele-2 Good start, 2 birdies 1st 2 holes, poor finish 3 bogies last 7.

CUT+2 Ben Griffin, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala, Max Homa.

ROUND 3 One of these 5 should win. I pick Fitzpatrick, and nice if Snedeker wins.

1 SJ IM-11 69 Great start with 3 birdies first 8 holes and had a 3 stroke lead-12 after 11 holes but bogies on 12 & 13 reduce score to-10 but birdies 18 to regain lead.

2 David Lipsey-9 70 Gets to-10 ties for lead with birdies on 11,12,15, but bogies 16.

2 Brandt Snedeker-9 67 Bogie free RD with 3 birdies. At 45 has missed all 4 cuts this year.

4 Matt Fitzpatrick-8 69 Bogie free, 3 straight birdies 10,11,12, just misses long birdie putt on 18

4 Marco Pange-8 68 Bogie & DB front 9, bogie free with 4 birdies back, 1 on 18 to tie for 4th.

17 Jacob Bridgeman-3 72 After 0 bogies RD1, 1 DB 6 bogies 3&4 may end his chances.

FINAL ROUND Fitzpatrick earns this win with bogie free RD, great tee shot and putt on 18.

1 Fitzpatrick-11 68 Makes 30’ putt on 15’ for lead, and a 15’ birdie putt on 18 to win. $1.6M

2 Lipsky-10 70 Birdies 14 to tie at-10 and almost makes incredibly long putt on 18 to tie $992K

3 Jordan Smith-8 66 Starts day 7 shots behind Im, comes close with 2 bogies 7 birdies. $628K

4 IM-8 74 Totally self distructs with 5 bogies 1st 10 holes, after leading for 3 RDs. $383K

4 Schauffele-8 65 Low RD of day 1 bogie 7 birdies, too little too late. $383K

4 Pange-8 71 He was in the hunt, but to many bogies, 5 and his worse RD. $383K

18 Snedeker-6 He was in the hunt for 3 RDs but like Im he fell apart RD4, 3 bogies 1 DB.$108K