Hovland Paints The Valspar Championship A Victory Gold – All The Facts & Figures

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Final-Round Valspar Championship Notes – Sunday, March 23, 2025

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 76. Wind SSW at 5-10 mph.

Final Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Viktor Hovland 70 67 69 67 273 (-11)
2 Justin Thomas 73 70 65 66 274 (-10)
3 Jacob Bridgeman 67 69 70 69 275 (-9)
T4 Bud Cauley 71 70 69 66 276 (-8)
T4 Billy Horschel 69 71 69 67 276 (-8)
T4 Ryo Hisatsune 71 66 71 68 276 (-8)

 

 Viktor Hovland (Won/-11)

  • Seventh PGA TOUR title in his 120th start at the age of 27 years, 6 months, 5 days
  • PGA TOUR wins (7): 2020 Puerto Rico Open, 2020 World Wide Technology Championship, 2021 World Wide Technology Championship, 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2023 BMW Championship, 2023 TOUR Championship, 2025 Valspar Championship
  • First TOUR title since the 2023 TOUR Championship, a span of 21 starts
  • Seven victories since the start of the 2019-20 season is the fourth-most during that span (13/Scottie Scheffler, 11/Rory McIlroy, 8/Jon Rahm, 7/Viktor Hovland)
  • Back-nine 32 included birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 in the Snake Pit; second player to birdie both of those holes in the final round and go on to win the Valspar Championship and first since John Senden (2014)
  • 10th international winner of the Valspar Championship (first from Norway) and first since Paul Casey (2019)
  • Improves to 4-for-5 converting to victory when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; first 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the Valspar Championship since Sam Burns (2021)
  • Finished the week second in Strokes Gained: Putting (7.353)
  • Entered the week off three consecutive missed cuts for the first time in his career
  • Earns 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 137 to No. 26 in the FedExCup standings
  • Projected to move from No. 19 to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking
  • Hovland’s win is a sixth victory by a European-born player this 2025 PGA Tour season (GolfByTourMiss)
  • Five of those wins are by members of the victorious 2023 European Ryder Cup side (GolfByTourMiss)

Justin Thomas (2nd/-10)

  • 7-under through 15 holes before playing the Snake Pit in 2-over with bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 to finish with 5-under 66
  • Ninth career runner-up finish on TOUR, including the third in his last nine starts on TOUR (T2/2024 Baycurrent Classic, 2nd/2025 American Express)
  • Collects his 16th top-10 on TOUR since his last victory at the 2022 PGA Championship (57 starts)
  • 131 (65-66) marks the low final 36-hole score in tournament history (previous: 132; six occasions)

Miscellaneous Notes

  • 54-hole co-leader Jacob Bridgeman (3rd/-9) collects his second top-three finish this season (T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches; also held the outright 36-hole lead and a share of the 18-hole lead
  • In his first start since reaching the top 125 threshold for his Major Medical Extension, Bud Cauley (T4/-8) posts bogey-free 66, his career-low score in 18 rounds at the Valspar Championship and first bogey-free round this season; following a T6 at THE PLAYERS Championship, records back-to-back top-10s in individual stroke-play events on TOUR for the first time since the 2017 RBC Heritage (T9) and 2017 Valero Texas Open (T10)
  • Billy Horschel (T4/-8) posts his second top-10 finish in 10 starts this season (T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)
  • Entering the week with missed cuts in four of his last five starts, Ryo Hisatsune (T4/-8) collects his third top-10 finish since joining the TOUR as a member at the start of the 2024 season (T3/2024 Wyndham Championship, T10/2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld)

Aon Swing 5 and Aon Next 10

  • The Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 are eligibility pathways for players, not already qualified, to play their way into Signature Events via the FedExCup standings.
  • Aon Next 10 (thru Masters Tournament will earn spots in RBC Heritage):
    • J.J. Spaun, Michael Kim (T28), Lucas Glover (T8), Nick Taylor, Maverick McNealy, Joe Highsmith (T22), Harris English, Jacob Bridgeman (3rd), Daniel Berger, Brian Campbell (MC)
  • Aon Swing 5 (thru Valero Texas Open will earn spots in RBC Heritage):
    • Karl Vilips (MC), Davis Riley (7th), Bud Cauley (T4), Ryo Hisatsune (T4), Joseph Bramlett (MC)


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