Corey Connors posts a winning week at Valspar Championship..

PGA Tour Valspar Championship final scoreboard
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Paul Casey closed with a -6 65 and won the Valspar Championship -10 274, as Tiger Woods came up just short of forcing a playoff, most of you know that by now. Tiger supplied one last dramatic twist to his monster week with a 45 foot birdie putt across the 17th green, before coming up short on the 18th. Patrick Reed was also right in contention until he came up short with his approach on the same hole.

Just a note, Tiger will play at Bay Hill next week at Arnie's tournament, which he has won a record 8 times.

Good guy Casey hadn't won on the PGA Tour since 2009, his win moves him to #12 in the world and improves his chances of being selected to the Ryder Cup team in France this fall.

Like most of us this side of the border, I took great pride in the week Corey Connors posted, and he will take all kinds of positives with his stellar performance despite slipping to a T16 77 -3 total,, after he made bogey on 2 of his first 3 holes and sealing his fate with a double on the par 3 13th.

To lead such a strong field, including all the hysteria that accompanies Tiger, for 3 rounds must fill him with confidence. He showed everyone how much moxy he has, conducting himself with poise and a quiet confidence. This week reinforces the knowledge that he can play with these guys. He will learn from the 77, and build on it the next time he is in position to win.

He is just a rookie remember, brand new to this PGA Tour so has all kinds of lessons to learn in his first full season, new courses and how to play them, where to stay, where to eat, how to get there, who the officials are, on and on.

Adam Hadwin who finished with 68 and a T12 -4 total, talked this week about how his win here last year gave him that two year exemption that more than anything else let him pick and choose his own schedule.

Corey will move forward now with a better chance of winning than he did before the week started. That's why this was a winning week for the young man from Listowel.

Bryan Angus