2015 Valspar Championship: Tee times, pairings for Sunday’s final round at Innisbrook

The Valspar Championship is the unappreciated tournament on the four-stop Florida swing. It has a brutal spot on the schedule, sandwiched between a WGC that attracts all the top players in the world with free money and free world rankings points and Bay Hill, which has the attraction and imprimatur of Arnold Palmer. There are not many world-class players who want to play every week as the Masters approaches, and Tampa often gets left out during this Augusta prep stretch.

The schedule does it no favors, but the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook is still a players’ favorite. Adam Scott, who missed the cut this week, said Wednesday he thought it was the best course they play in Florida. Another player, John Peterson, said it was the best conditioned course they have played so far this season.

For being on a rough part of the schedule, it still draws a competitive field and both the Tour and tournament organizers have a really nice leaderboard set up for Sunday afternoon. Jordan Spieth, perhaps the Tour’s most marketed young American, will play in the final group alongside Ryan Moore.

Spieth, despite several contentions and loads of early success on Tour, has just one career win. That’s not an indictment -- the hype has been justified based on the positions he has put himself in throughout his short career. But another win, especially in advance of Augusta, would be a difference maker for the rest of his third full season on Tour. He had a chance to get a second win just a few weeks ago at Riviera, but a shaky putting stroke on the 18th green left him one shot short. Those putts from mid-range and 10-feet or closer have been dropping so far this weekend. If that continues on Sunday, he’ll be hard to beat.

In addition to Spieth and Moore, two of the better Americans on Tour, a few other top names like Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar have late tee times and are within striking distance. On any Tour and at any event, they’re considered three of the top players in the world and their earnings reflect it. All three have a four-shot gap to close, but as we saw last week, that’s can be done over a final 18 holes.

The solid leaderboard, and Spieth in another final group, should make for a worthwhile Sunday afternoon in Tampa. The final groups will all be out before 2 p.m. ET with a targeted finish around 6 p.m. As they always do on the Florida swing, NBC will have the call. Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round: