Photojournalist John Perry stands alongside the Valspar Championship trophy
BY JOHN PERRY
May 28, 2019
On the road for the Valspar Championship, formerly the Tampa Bay Championship. This grand professional golf tournament tees off in Florida on the PGA Tour and it is held on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, just northwest of Tampa.
Valspar Championship
Copperhead Course – Palm Harbor, FL | Par: 71 | Yardage: 7295
Purse: $6,700,000 | Defending Champion: Paul Casey
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(March 22, 2019) – Harold Varner III coming off the 8th green of the Copperhead course at Innisbrook during 1st round of the Valspar Championship. Varner started his round on number 10. He finished the day with a respectful -2.
(March 22, 2019) – Harold Varner III completed round one today at the Valspar at -2, 3 shots behind clubhouse leaders Joel Dahmen & Sepp Straka at -5.
(March 23, 2019) – Harold Varner III on the tenth tee at the Valspar Championship. Playing partner Peter Malnati in the background (right) white shirt and white hat.
“Getting deeper in debt”
Not exactly having the start he was hoping for, Harold Varner III coming off the 9th green where he just made bogey five to shoot +2 for an opening nine of (38). He is currently +3 for the tournament. He’s gonna have to catch fire on the back nine if he’s gonna be relevant heading into Sunday’s final round.
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Defending Champion Paul Casey shoots a 66 in the second round at the Valspar Championship to remain at the top of the leaderboard heading into Saturday’s third round. Casey missed the cut at last week’s “Players” at TPC Sawgrass courtesy of a 78 and 74 for the first two rounds.
The 41-year-old shrugged off that setback and returned to the form that brought two runner-up finishes and a third place in his five events leading up to the Valspar Championship. Casey is currently ranked No.15 in the world. He says he would love nothing more than to successfully defend his title since he’s never had that experience before in his professional career. And of course, a win while heading into the Masters in August in less than three weeks would put him in a good place mentally.
All is well at The Players Championship. Stay tuned!
John Perry is a freelance writer, poet and active golfer with a passion for calling shots as he sees them—and then, telling it like it is. He resides in Orlando, Florida.
