PGA Tour Valspar Championship leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/competition/2017/valspar-championship/leaderboard.html
So far so good for Adam Hadwin, driving it straight, hitting greens and just making everything with his putter, including a 60 footer right across the green on the 16th yesterday. With rounds of 68 64 67 -14 he is 4 shots clear of the field as he and Patrick Cantley ( 71 66 66 -10) tee off at 1.55 in the last pairing of this Valspar Championship.
Now, and it sounds cliché but he has to try and treat these last 18 holes just like any other round this week. He hasn't managed to do that yet in his young PGA Tour career, but he certainly has the game to get his break through win.
The stakes are so high, they are hard to keep out of your mind. Over a million in prize money, 2 year's exemption, a spot at the Masters, a spot in the President's Cup, a jump way up the Fed Ex Cup standings... and more..A win might be enough to get him into the Dell Match Play but has another appointment that week because he is getting married, his wedding is the Friday of that week.!!!
The old adage goes like this " the toughest golf course in the world is the one between your ears"
Today he will have to play that one, as well as a very tough Copperhead course, so you know it won't be easy. This is what he was thinking before he tees it up today.
"Guys are going to have to shot a good score to catch you. To go bogey-free today, I mean, I’d love to do that again. I think somebody would have to play an extremely good round of golf to catch me. Make some pars and make guys come and get you"
He may be buoyed by the pay of his countryman Graham DeLaet who is -6 on today's round playing the 16th, currently T9.
David Hearn is playing his 4th round, 68 74 68 T19, Nick Taylor is finished at 72 70 73 75 +5
Bryan Angus
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