Valspar Championship

The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic, and was originally an alternate event in autumn and late summer. It was opposite the Presidents Cup in October 2000, and the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in September 2002. It was scheduled for the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in 2001 in mid-September, but the September 11 attacks (on Tuesday) forced the cancellations of both tournaments.[1]

From 2003 to 2006, the Tampa Bay event had a slot in the schedule to itself in late October (and early November in 2003) as the last full-field event before the Tour Championship. The Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor.

Since 2007, the Tampa Bay event has been played in March, as the Players Championship moved six weeks later, to mid-May. For a time, the tournament was without a title sponsor, leading to speculation on its fate beyond 2007. Then, on January 24, 2007, tournament officials and the PGA Tour announced a six-year sponsorship agreement with PODS of Clearwater, Florida.[2] However, the company chose to exercise an option to withdraw as title sponsor after the 2008 event, and tournament officials searched to find a replacement.[3] On June 4, 2008, Transitions Optical, Inc., the photochromic lens manufacturer headquartered locally in Largo, was announced as the new title sponsor.[4] Transitions left the event after the 2012 season. Just two weeks before the 2013 tournament, EverBank agreed to be presenting sponsor for the tournament.[5] In September 2013, Valspar Corporation signed a four-year deal to become title sponsor of the event, now named the Valspar Championship.[6] On March 9, 2016, the PGA Tour, Valspar Corporation, and Copperhead Charities – the Valspar Championship host organization – announced a three-year title sponsorship extension, thus carrying Valspar's commitment to the tournament through 2020. This extension occurred in the midst of the original contract period, which was from 2013 to 2017.[7]

Vijay Singh set the tournament record in 2004 with 266 (−18) and won by five strokes.

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Purse ($)
Valspar Championship
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2019	Paul Casey (2)	England	276	−8	1 stroke	Jason Kokrak Louis Oosthuizen	1,206,000	6,700,000
2018	Paul Casey	England	274	−10	1 stroke	Patrick Reed Tiger Woods	1,170,000	6,500,000
2017	Adam Hadwin	Canada	270	−14	1 stroke	Patrick Cantlay	1,134,000	6,300,000
2016	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	277	−7	Playoff	Bill Haas	1,098,000	6,100,000
2015	Jordan Spieth	United States	274	−10	Playoff	Sean O'Hair Patrick Reed	1,062,000	5,900,000
2014	John Senden	Australia	277	−7	1 stroke	Kevin Na	1,026,000	5,700,000
Tampa Bay Championship presented by EverBank
2013	Kevin Streelman	United States	274	−10	2 strokes	Boo Weekley	990,000	5,500,000
Transitions Championship
2012	Luke Donald	England	271	−13	Playoff	Bae Sang-moon Jim Furyk Robert Garrigus	990,000	5,500,000
2011	Gary Woodland	United States	269	−15	1 stroke	Webb Simpson	990,000	5,500,000
2010	Jim Furyk	United States	271	−13	1 stroke	K. J. Choi	972,000	5,400,000
2009	Retief Goosen (2)	South Africa	276	−8	1 stroke	Charles Howell III Brett Quigley	972,000	5,400,000
PODS Championship
2008	Sean O'Hair	United States	280	−4	2 strokes	Stewart Cink Ryuji Imada Troy Matteson Billy Mayfair George McNeill John Senden	954,000	5,300,000
2007	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	274	−10	1 stroke	John Senden Heath Slocum	954,000	5,300,000
Chrysler Championship
2006	K. J. Choi (2)	South Korea	271	−13	4 strokes	Paul Goydos Brett Wetterich	954,000	5,300,000
2005	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	275	−9	1 stroke	Chad Campbell	954,000	5,300,000
2004	Vijay Singh	Fiji	266	−18	5 strokes	Tommy Armour III Jesper Parnevik	900,000	5,000,000
2003	Retief Goosen	South Africa	272	−12	3 strokes	Vijay Singh	864,000	4,800,000
Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick
2002	K. J. Choi	South Korea	267	−17	7 strokes	Glen Day	468,000	2,600,000
Tampa Bay Classic
2001	Canceled due to the September 11 attacks
2000	John Huston	United States	271	−13	3 strokes	Carl Paulson	432,000	2,400,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Three players have won this tournament more than once:

• K. J. Choi (2002, 2006)
• Retief Goosen (2003, 2009)
• Paul Casey (2018, 2019)

• Official website
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site