You Could Throw A Painting Cover Over Top-25 At The Valspar Championship

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You could throw a painting cover over the leaders now heading to the weekend rounds of the Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort near Tampa in Florida.

Indeed, just four shots seperate the leading 25 players teeing-up on day three at the famed Copperhead course.

And hereunder, with thanks from the PGA Tour, are noted from day two.

Second-Round Notes – Friday, March 21, 2025


Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy. High of 64. Wind N at 12-15 mph with morning gusts to 25 mph.

Cut: 77 professionals and one amateur at 2-over 144 from a field of 152 professionals and two amateurs. Note: In the final grouping of the day, Neal Shipley (T65/+2) cards bogey at the 36th hole, shifting the cut to 2-over

Second-Round Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 Total
1 Jacob Bridgeman 67 69 136 (-6)
T2 Viktor Hovland 70 67 137 (-5)
T2 Ryo Hisatsune 71 66 137 (-5)
T2 Byeong Hun An 70 67 137 (-5)

 Jacob Bridgeman (1st/-6)

  • Only player to card an eagle at No. 11 in round two en route to a 2-under 69; marks his second eagle this week (No.1/R1), his first time notching multiple eagles in an event
  • Holds his first 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR
  • Clemson product in his second season on TOUR; finished No. 113 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall standings after posting five top-15 finishes, including a season-best T11 at the Sanderson Farms Championship
  • Finished No. 14 in the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his PGA TOUR card for the first time
  • Ninth start this season; posted a career-best T2 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

Miscellaneous Notes

  • In his sixth TOUR start this season, Viktor Hovland (T2/-5) makes his third cut, but first in a tournament featuring a 36-hole cut (T36/The Sentry, T22/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am); seeks seventh TOUR victory in his 120th start, and first since the 2023 TOUR Championship
  • Ryo Hisatsune (T2/-5) birdies three of his last five holes to match his low round of the season (66/R1/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld/T10); T10 finish in Mexico marks his lone made cut in his last five starts on TOUR; won the 2023 FedEx Open de France on the DP World Tour and was named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year later that season
  • Byeong Hun An (T2/-5) is in search of his first PGA TOUR victory in his 211th start; owns five runner-up results, most recently, the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii when he lost in a three-man playoff to Grayson Murray (Keegan Bradley); never finished better than T45 (2023) in four prior appearances at this event
  • Shane Lowry (T5/-4) posts 6-under 29 on the back nine (his opening nine) en route to a 4-under 67; ties four players for the low back-nine score in relation to par at the Valspar Championship
  • In his seventh career start, PGA TOUR rookie Kevin Velo (T5/-4), who earned his card via the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, makes his second consecutive cut after missing the cut in his first five career starts on TOUR (T40/Puerto Rico Open)
  • World No. 3 Xander Schauffele (T5/-4) posts 3-under 68 and extends his TOUR-best streak of made cuts to 60
  • PGA TOUR rookie Jeremy Paul (T5/-4) seeks to become the first player from Germany to win the Valspar Championship in a tournament with winners representing eight different countries (USA, England, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Korea, Sweden, Fiji)
  • In his 20th start at this event (tied most with Brian Gay), Lucas Glover (T26/-1) makes a tournament-record 15th cut at the Valspar Championship
  • Luke Clanton (T53/+1), one of two amateurs in the field, makes his 10th cut in 13 starts on the PGA TOUR
  • Steven Fisk (T65/+2) makes a hole-in-one at the 17th hole with a 6-iron from 194 yards; marks his first ace on TOUR and the fifth ace at No. 17 on the Copperhead Course since 2000; makes the cut on the number
  • Defending champion Peter Malnati (MC/+4) is the first Valspar Championship winner to miss the cut the following year after winning since 2014 champion John Senden
  • Also missing the halfway cut at +3 Zach Johnson, Matteo Manassero, SamBurns, Webb Simpson and Matt Wallace.  At +5 Adam Hadwin. At +7 Matt Kuchar. At +9 Luke Donald


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