PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Jim Herman was persuaded to play the Valspar Championship by an influential acquaintance, and he made it pay off Thursday with a 9-under 62 for a two-shot lead.
No, it wasn't President Donald Trump this time.
Herman wasn't getting much out of his game -- three missed cuts and a tie for 27th -- when he played the Seminole Pro-Member the day after the Honda Classic. Jack Welch, the former chairman of General Electric, came along for nine holes and liked what he saw from Herman, who said he would have had a 65 that day.