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Final Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           R3           R4           Total

1              Viktor Hovland     70            67            69            67            273 (-11) – Transcript attached

2              Justin Thomas      73            70            65            66            274 (-10)

3              Jacob Bridgeman 67            69            70            69            275 (-9)

T4            Bud Cauley            71            70            69            66            276 (-8)

T4            Billy Horschel        69            71            69            67            276 (-8)

T4            Ryo Hisatsune      71            66            71            68            276 (-8)

Other APAC Scores

T12         Kevin Yu                 72            68            68            71            279 (-5)

T16         Byeong Hun An    70            67            72            71            280 (-4)

T36         Tom Kim                74            66            74            69            283 (-1)

T47         Ryan Fox                68            74            74            69            285 (+1)

T57         Adam Scott           74            70            73            70            287 (+3)

Viktor Hovland (Won/-11)

• Seventh PGA TOUR title in his 120^th start at the age of 27 years, 6 months, 5 days
• PGA TOUR wins (7): 2020 Puerto Rico Open, 2020 World Wide Technology Championship, 2021 World Wide Technology Championship, 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2023 BMW Championship, 2023 TOUR Championship, 2025 Valspar Championship
• First TOUR title since the 2023 TOUR Championship, a span of 21 starts
• Seven victories since the start of the 2019-20 season is the fourth-most during that span (13/Scottie Scheffler, 11/Rory McIlroy, 8/Jon Rahm, 7/Viktor Hovland)
• Back-nine 32 included birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 in the Snake Pit; second player to birdie both of those holes in the final round and go on to win the Valspar Championship and first since John Senden (2014)
• 10^th international winner of the Valspar Championship (first from Norway) and first since Paul Casey (2019)
• Improves to 4-for-5 converting to victory when holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; first 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the Valspar Championship since Sam Burns (2021)
• Finished the week second in Strokes Gained: Putting (7.353)
• Entered the week off three consecutive missed cuts for the first time in his career
• Earns 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 137 to No. 26 in the FedExCup standings
• Projected to move from No. 19 to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking

Justin Thomas (2^nd/-10)

• 7-under through 15 holes before playing the Snake Pit in 2-over with bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18 to finish with 5-under 66
• Ninth career runner-up finish on TOUR, including the third in his last nine starts on TOUR (T2/2024 Baycurrent Classic, 2^nd/2025 American Express)
• Collects his 16^th top-10 on TOUR since his last victory at the 2022 PGA Championship (57 starts)
• 131 (65-66) marks the low final 36-hole score in tournament history (previous: 132; six occasions)

Miscellaneous Notes

• 54-hole co-leader Jacob Bridgeman (3^rd/-9) collects his second top-three finish this season (T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches; also held the outright 36-hole lead and a share of the 18-hole lead
• In his first start since reaching the top 125 threshold for his Major Medical Extension, Bud Cauley (T4/-8) posts bogey-free 66, his career-low score in 18 rounds at the Valspar Championship and first bogey-free round this season; following a T6 at THE PLAYERS Championship, records back-to-back top-10s in individual stroke-play events on TOUR for the first time since the 2017 RBC Heritage (T9) and 2017 Valero Texas Open (T10)
• Billy Horschel (T4/-8) posts his second top-10 finish in 10 starts this season (T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)
• Entering the week with missed cuts in four of his last five starts, Ryo Hisatsune (T4/-8) collects his third top-10 finish since joining the TOUR as a member at the start of the 2024 season (T3/2024 Wyndham Championship, T10/2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld)

Aon Swing 5 and Aon Next 10

• The Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 are eligibility pathways for players, not already qualified, to play their way into Signature Events via the FedExCup standings.
• Aon Next 10 (thru Masters Tournament will earn spots in RBC Heritage):

• • J.J. Spaun, Michael Kim (T28), Lucas Glover (T8), Nick Taylor, Maverick McNealy, Joe Highsmith (T22), Harris English, Jacob Bridgeman (3^rd), Daniel Berger, Brian Campbell (MC)

• Aon Swing 5 (thru Valero Texas Open will earn spots in RBC Heritage):

• • Karl Vilips (MC), Davis Riley (7^th), Bud Cauley (T4), Ryo Hisatsune (T4), Joseph Bramlett (MC).