Valspar Championship 2026: Course and current form stats

• Course and form stats for this week's event in Florida

• Favourite Schauffele arrives at Copperhead in form

• Hovland and Thomas boast course form for Valspar

Valspar Championship 2026 - Current form contenders

Xander Schauffele @ 12/113.00

Schauffele is the pre-tournament favourite at 12/113.00 after finishing his third-place finish at last week's Players Championship showed he is a contender at the top of leaderboard's again. The fact he boasts the second lowest round average at Innisbrook's Copperhead Course from 2021-25, at 69.0, only cements his status as one to have onside this time around.

Akshay Bhatia 25/126.00

Bhatia finished 13th in the Players just one week after winning the Arnold Palmer, again showing the consistency that has seen him record five consecutive top 20 finishes which includes two other top 10s. The 24-year-old looks a force to be reckoned with in 2026. 

 Jacob Bridgeman @ 28/129.00

Another young American who has taken up residence on top 20 leaderboards and shows no interest in dropping back. He was fifth last week, just three weeks after winning the Genesis and came eighth at Pebble Beach last month too. A rich seam of form that looks set to continue. 

Valspar Championship 2026 - Course form contenders

Viktor Hovland @ 18/119.00

The Dane has a 68.50 round averge at this week's venue - the lowest of any player over the last five years - and arrives here to defend the title he won in 2025 on the back of consecutive 13th-placed finishes.

Justin Thomas @ 22/123.00

Last year's second-place finish did not come out of nowhere for Thomas who has strong previous finishes here including 10th, third and 13th. It is clearly a tournament in which he thrives and an eighth-place at last week's Players Chmapionship means another impressive display would be no surprise.

Billy Horschel @ 110/1111.00

A big price is on offer if you want to back an American who was fourth here last year and 12th in 2024. He also ranks sixth for lowest round average on this course from 2021-25. To top it all off he finished a respectable 13th on his last appearance - at the Arnold Palmer a fortnight ago - so at these odds looks one to back.

Stroke Averages

Lowest 12 At Innisbrook's Copperhead Course (2021-25)
Average .... (Rounds)
68.50: Viktor Hovland (12)
69.00: Xander Schauffele (12)
69.13: Keegan Bradley (8)
69.35: Justin Thomas (20)
69.36: Davis Riley (14)
69.38: Billy Horschel (8)
69.38: Sahith Theegala (8)
69.63: Corey Conners (8)
69.75: Ryo Hisatsune (8)
69.88: Chandler Phillips (8)
69.88: Seamus Power (8)
70.07: Kevin Streelman (14)
Min. No. of Rounds = 8
Only those entered this week are included in table

Note: List Contains Leading Reserves

Note: No tournament in 2020 due to pandemic

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