South African Charl Schwartzel won for the third time worldwide since November as he defeated Bill Haas on the first playoff hole to win the Valspar Championship on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort & GC in Palm Harbor, Fla. The 2011 Masters champion won for the second time on Tour and for the first time in a playoff as he posted 277 (7-under). Ryan Moore rounded off the podium alone in third two shots back on 275.
Schwartzel torched the Copperhead Course in the final round to the tune of 67, the low round of the day.