2023 Valspar Championship: Top 10 Power Rankings at Innisbrook
If you knew without looking it up that Keegan Bradley is the highest-ranked player in the FedEx Cup in the field this week, come on down to collect your door prize.
I’m not equating that to him being the favorite to prevail at the Copperhead course, but you can’t ignore his current form, either.
Bradley can’t move up from No. 4 in the FedEx Cup, but a win this week would inch him closer to his career-best No. 10 world ranking and all but lock up his spot at East Lake this August.
The St. John’s University alum is already a PGA Tour winner this season at the Zozo Championship. He added a solo second at the Farmers Insurance Open as part of four top-25s in 2022-23.
Bradley can also lean on a recent high result at Innisbrook. He took solo second in 2021 after rounds of 64-66-69-71 (14-under). If not for a blistering week by Sam Burns (17-under), this could’ve been Bradley’s first win since 2018.
Instead, it came a year and a half later at the Zozo.
In total, Bradley’s made four of seven cuts at the Valspar Championship. It’s not too tough of a trip for the Jupiter, Florida, resident.
The 36-year-old ranks 30th on the PGA Tour in total strokes gained per round (.877). Bradley’s picking up shots in every category save for a slight deficit around the green.
He’s also fourth in approach proximity from 125-150 yards (19’4”).
Bradley missed the cut last week at the Players Championship but has had success on the Florida swing. He took T-10th against a strong field at the Arnold Palmer Invitational the week prior.