Matt Fitzpatrick captured the 2026 Valspar Championship by one stroke over David Lipsky, sealing the victory with a birdie on the 18th hole at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course. The win is his third on the PGA Tour and comes a week after a narrow defeat at the Players Championship. A $9.1 million purse was on offer, with the champion earning $1.638 million.
Entering the final round, Sungjae Im held a two-shot lead at 11 under par, with Brandt Snedeker and David Lipsky tied for second and Matt Fitzpatrick among those three shots back alongside Marco Penge. Im struggled early, carding five bogeys in his first 10 holes, becoming the fourth consecutive Florida Swing 54-hole leader to falter on Sunday. Snedeker, paired with Im in the final group, played even par through 11 holes before going five over on the remainder to finish T18. He noted, “This golf course, it’s a perfectly designed golf course, if you get out of position it’s going to punish you. All those putts I’ve been making all week dried up today.” Fitzpatrick remained steady, going bogey-free over the weekend with clutch par saves. He birdied the par-5 15th and then drained a 13-foot birdie putt on the 18th—his first birdie there in 11 attempts—for an emphatic fist pump as Lipsky's birdie try later lipped out below the hole. “I felt frustrated all day that I had not made anything. Obviously to make something there on 15, and hole the long one there on 18 to in the end to secure the win was an amazing feeling,” Fitzpatrick said. This marks his first PGA Tour win since the 2023 RBC Heritage. Jordan Smith fired a 66 for solo third at nine under. Xander Schauffele shot 65 to tie for fourth with Im and Penge. Patrick Cantlay finished T7, Jordan Spieth T11, Gary Woodland T14 and Brooks Koepka T18.
