Links PGA Tour 2026 - Valspar Championship

[Pinseeker]

Round 1 of the Valspar Championship is in the books. Managed a 3 under par round, only 2 bogies which is good considering the disaster at The Players. All in all it's good start...

The round: https://youtu.be/cx-9LiaIl6s?si=QoE8iw6XMAIkOE5N

[Southcitygolf]

2026 Valspar Championship - 2nd Rd - Pin Position

Video link to 1st Rd
https://youtu.be/qlEq1NlRMH0

[dko]

SCG, as you may be figuring out, I like to play a round as soon as I can (as long as it's in the evening.)

And I fell back to earth in round 2, although not a total disaster. I shot 72; just could not get the hang of the faster greens and my swing was somewhat looser than round 1. Tripled the third hole as I needed two chips to get on and then three-putted. Fought my way back to even, then dunked the ball on 12 and 13. Saved par on 12 with a nice chip-in but doubled 13. Birdied 14 but missed short birdie putts on 16 and 18, and there you are.

Not really an awful round, just a bit sloppy.

Here's the video, in higher quality and WITH SOUND.

https://youtu.be/Z8wW-nxMLM8?si=Cg0uEfFquiopqkue

[dwg]

Should have stayed in bed!

Hit too many trees, was in too much rough (even after hitting good shots) was in too many bunkers, and could not chip or putt. A +12 83.

Apart from that a good day to be playing golf.

[JimEvers37]

I knew I had a 10:30 tee time but reading the exploits of dwg and dko I was afraid to tee it up for Round 2 but I'm glad that I did!

Started with a birdie at the first, drove it left for bogey at 5, at the 7th I jumped on the birdie train with 3 straight birdies to end the front nine and go out in 33, back 9 started with a missed 10 footer for birdie, birdies at 15 and 16 and missed 2 easy birdie putts on 17 and 18 to come back in in 33 for a 33-33=66 5 under par! 8 fairways, 12 greens, 24 putts. Hopefully safely within the cut range.

Jim

[dko]

Nice one! I felt the second round conditions were harder than the first.

[JimEvers37]

I got in a groove and remembered advice I saw earlier in this thread about rolling the ball onto greens, which worked well for a few of the wayward drives that I hit and then the putter heated up a little bit to give me a nice round.

[dko]

Jim, yeah, when I'm in the rough (regular or heavy) after a drive I try to play short of the hole because of the roll. If rolling it up is not an option, I go for the front bunker. Occasionally I get a little frisky and hit a punch shot hoping to roll through the bunker. I think that's worked maybe once.

And I think you'll be good for the weekend at -2.

[Pinseeker]

Well round two was a tale of two nines. Struggled to an even par on the front but made a mockery of the back nine finishing with a 6 under 65. It helps when you only have 20 putts for the round.

The round: https://youtu.be/iUioJxdDemI?si=NOwCmVodT6_y450s

[dko]

Are you accepting appointments for short games lessons?