2025 Valspar Championship: Course & Weather Impact

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00:00the Valspar Championship taking place at the Innisbrook Resorts in Palm Harbor, Florida.

00:04Tell us a little bit about this golf course and how it sets up.

00:07Well, Donnie, I mean, I'm actually kind of happy I'm not boots on the ground this week

00:11because the weather is supposed to be wild on Thursday.

00:13And as of such, you cannot believe, I mean, this is a betting show, right?

00:17You cannot believe the odds movement that has happened this week from Monday

00:21when the odds were dropped until Tuesday

00:23when the weather started to get closer to Thursday afternoon.

00:26The people in my world believe that there's going to be a huge wave advantage

00:30for the a.m. p.m. guys.

00:32So that's the guys that start on Thursday morning

00:34and then they complete their second round on Friday afternoon.

00:38That p.m. a.m. wave, the guys on Thursday afternoon,

00:41they're supposed to get gusting winds around 30 miles an hour,

00:4420 miles an hour, kind of steady winds.

00:46Now, Palm Harbor, where the Valspar Championship is played,

00:50is right near the Gulf of America.

00:52So, you know, it could get a little bit dicey.

00:55But I've never seen anything since they started posting golf lines

01:00on these major mobile apps, right?

01:02I have not seen lines move like this.

01:04The leaders alone, the favorites, JT, Tommy Fleetwood, and Xander Shoffley,

01:09were all sitting at 14 to 1 when the week started.

01:11Right now, JT, because he's in the afternoon,

01:14he goes to plus 2,000, 20 to 1,

01:18whereas Tommy is now the decided favorite,

01:21and he's down at a plus 1,100.

01:23I mean, this type of movement, and it went through the entire,

01:26the top fives, the top tens, the matchups, everything.

01:29Everything changed yesterday.

01:32My world was in a frenzy.

01:34And when it comes down to it, you know, as a former golf course operator,

01:37we know nothing about the weather.

01:39I think it's absolutely comical.