{"id":29648,"date":"2026-03-23T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29648"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:39:29","slug":"fitzpatrick-wins-2026-valspar-championship","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/fitzpatrick-wins-2026-valspar-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzpatrick wins 2026 Valspar Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>England\u2019s Matt Fitzpatrick carded a final-round 68 (-3) to clinch the PGA Tour\u2019s Valspar Championship in Palm Harbour, Florida.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fitzpatrick was remarkably consistent throughout his final round after losing out at the Players Championship to Cameron Young a week ago.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>David Lipsky\u2019s birdie chance from just outside 30 feet on the 18th, missed to the left.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However the 37-year-old American closed with a 70 to match his best finish on the PGA Tour.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sungjae Im, who had led since the opening round and was up by three strokes through 54 holes, stumbled to a 74 and finished at 8 under and in a tie for fourth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a id=\"OWA6e7ce900-9952-518b-e28c-52d1af6ecdb9\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMothataWM%40channelafrica.co.za%7C89790740fe8442ca6b2e08de88cf1a52%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639098620240448356%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jJZOln8Z5KX5F%2FgW1rOAx3lSFl2G4F6FqmFFCR1lgAA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16418,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-29648","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Fitzpatrick was remarkably consistent throughout his final round.","published_date":"","news_description":"Fitzpatrick was remarkably consistent throughout his final round.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29649,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29648\/revisions\/29649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}