2015 Valspar Championship Weekend Update

Sorry for the slight delay, but the first two rounds of this year's Valspar Championship are currently over. It's been an interesting week thus far that consisted of a tough playing Copperhead course and some tough weather conditions. The leader as of this morning is Zimbabwean Brenden de Jonge at 6-under, with a one shot lead over a bunch of players. This is only a 7-shot difference between people who didn't make to cut (+1), which translates into many players still being able to make a run at 1st place.

Both Thursday and Friday played pretty tough, with the best scores being in the high 60's. Friday saw some higher scores due to some strong wings. Everyone was affected by it, but on the positive side, an okay round still resulted in a good position on the leaderboard. As for de Jonge, it's worth pointing out that he is one of the more accurate players on tour, but has also yet to win. That could change this week if he keeps up his good play.

In other news, Jonathan Byrd made an ace during his Friday round. He hit a nice 4-iron at the 211-yard par 3 15th hole that had an even better result. Unfortunately, Byrd just missed the cut by one shot, however this is also the Tour's third ace in just two events.

Finally, here is how our picks are doing so far:

1) Jim Furyk: T48 at even par (E)
2) Martin Laird: T27 at 1-under (-1)
3) David Toms: CUT


Some good rounds all around. Notice again the number of players at even par and 1-under. It looks like it could still be anyone's game at this point.


Stay tuned for Sunday's post to see who ended up winning,




-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

  There will be quite a few players chasing de Jonge over the weekend (Douglas R. Clifford / The Associated Press )