2014 Valspar Championship - Vegas Odds, Free Picks + Tee Times

The Tampa Bay Championship has a sponsor in 2014, and will now be known as the Valspar Championship. The tournament will still be held at the famed Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida at Copperhead. Formerly called the Transitions Championship in 2012, the tournament was without a sponsor last year but the PGA Tour still put the event on because of the support the host city has for this event. The 2014 Valspar Championship will begin on Thursday, March 13th and go through Sunday, March 16th.

Innisbrook is one of the favorite courses of the players, providing one of the most difficult challenges of a regular Tour stop. Innisbrook is long, narrow, and demanding. Past winners of the event are typically high up on the stat sheet in green in regulation and scrambling. Players will be hard-pressed to skate by Copperhead without making bogeys on their card.

Catch all of the bogeys and birdies being made at Copperhead for the 2014 Valspar Championship on Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday beginning at 3pm ET. Golf Channel will also pick up live coverage of the weekend rounds beginning at 1pm ET and will supplement NBC's coverage starting at 3pm ET.

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Vegas Odds For 2014 Valspar Championship

The first release of the odds to win the 2014 Valspar Championship were released by Bovada around 10am ET on Monday, March 10th. You can see those odds below along with updated odds to win the tournament between rounds further down the page. All 2014 Valspar Championship betting odds referenced will be from Bovada including wager lines for individual matchups as well as prop wagers to be released closer to the actual start of the tournament.

Valspar Championship Pre-Tournament Lines - odds found at Bovada Sportsbook on 3/10/2014
Jason Dufner 16/1 Jordan Spieth 16/1 Harris English 18/1 Justin Rose 18/1 Matt Kuchar 18/1 Luke Donald 20/1 Webb Simpson 22/1 Graham Delaet 25/1 Jim Furyk 25/1 Bill Haas 30/1 Gary Woodland 35/1 Brandt Snedeker 40/1 Charles Howell III 40/1 K.J. Choi 40/1 Louis Oosthuizen 40/1 Ernie Els 50/1 Kevin Streelman 50/1 Bryce Molder 60/1 Cameron Tringale 60/1 Pat Perez 60/1 Will Mackenzie 60/1 Brooks Koepka 70/1 Charley Hoffman 70/1 Chesson Hadley 70/1 Marc Leishman 70/1 Matt Every 70/1 Paul Casey 70/1 Russell Knox 70/1 Sang-Moon Bae 70/1 Fredrik Jacobson 80/1 George Mcneill 80/1 Jonas Blixt 80/1 Kevin Na 80/1 Luke Guthrie 80/1 Matteo Manassero 80/1 Peter Hanson 80/1 Peter Uihlein 80/1 Robert Garrigus 80/1 Boo Weekley 100/1 Brendon De Jonge 100/1 Brian Harman 100/1 Brian Stuard 100/1 Carl Pettersson 100/1 David Lingmerth 100/1 Jeff Overton 100/1 Jerry Kelly 100/1 Jhonattan Vegas 100/1	John Senden 100/1 Kevin Chappell 100/1 Michael Putnam 100/1 Michael Thompson 100/1 Nicolas Colsaerts 100/1 Padraig Harrington 100/1 Rory Sabbatini 100/1 Scott Stallings 100/1 Thorbjorn Olesen 100/1 William Mcgirt 100/1 Aaron Baddeley 125/1 Bo Van Pelt 125/1 Branden Grace 125/1 Daniel Summerhays 125/1 David Lynn 125/1 David Toms 125/1 Geoff Ogilvy 125/1 Jason Kokrak 125/1 Justin Leonard 125/1 Retief Goosen 125/1 Richard Lee 125/1 Ryo Ishikawa 125/1 Stewart Cink 125/1 Andres Romero 150/1 Brendon Todd 150/1 Camilo Villegas 150/1 Charlie Wi 150/1 David Hearn 150/1 Greg Chalmers 150/1 James Driscoll 150/1 Jonathan Byrd 150/1 Justin Hicks 150/1 Martin Flores 150/1 Roberto Castro 150/1 Stuart Appleby 150/1 Angel Cabrera 200/1 Ben Crane 200/1 Charlie Beljan 200/1 D.A. Points 200/1 J.B. Holmes 200/1 James Hahn 200/1 Jason Bohn 200/1 John Huh 200/1 John Mallinger 200/1 John Merrick 200/1 John Peterson 200/1	John Rollins 200/1 Josh Teater 200/1 Kyle Stanley 200/1 Mark Wilson 200/1 Morgan Hoffman 200/1 Scott Langley 200/1 Spencer Levin 200/1 Tim Clark 200/1 Vijay Singh 200/1 Yong-Eun Yang 200/1 Billy Hurley III 250/1 Brian Davis 250/1 Brian Gay 250/1 Davis Love III 250/1 Erik Compton 250/1 Ken Duke 250/1 Sean O'Hair 250/1 Ted Potter Jr. 250/1 Tim Wilkinson 250/1 Ben Curtis 300/1 Blake Adams 300/1 Brice Garnett 300/1 Chad Collins 300/1 D.H. Lee 300/1 Jim Renner 300/1 Lucas Glover 300/1 Max Homa 300/1 Nicholas Thompson 300/1 Robert Allenby 300/1 Scott Brown 300/1 Steven Bowditch 300/1 Tommy Gainey 300/1 Darren Clarke 400/1 Derek Ernst 400/1 J.J. Henry 400/1 Johnson Wagner 400/1 Stephen Ames 400/1 John Daly 500/1 Mark Calcavecchia 500/1 Paul Goydos 500/1 Steve Marino 500/1 Tim Herron 500/1 Woody Austin 500/1 Briny Baird 750/1 Mike Weir 750/1 Scott Verplank 750/1 Rod Perry 1000/1
In-Progress Odds For The 2014 Valspar Championship - display between rounds if available

Free Picks For 2014 Valspar championship

PGABettingOdds.com Pick To Win - Going into the 2014 Valspar Championship we're feeling partial to Harris English even though he is near the top of the list of favorites. At 18/1 (+1800) he's not on the top line yet, but that could change if a large amount of money is wagered on him before the start of the tourney. Why do we like him? He's got the most top-10 finishes this year, and he gives himself a chance to make birdie more often than not. English finished 7th in this event last year and now he has the experience of winning an event after capturing the OHL Mayakoba Classic earlier this season.

Darkhorse Value Pick - If this one hits, you can give thanks by making checks payable to... Just kidding but we sure do hope Justin Leonard can make an impact this week. While you might not want to wager on 125/1 odds to win this week on the PGA Tour, Leonard could be a good pick for a top-5 or top-10 finish instead (when the odds become available). Several factors go into thinking Leonard could be in the mix at some point and maybe even enough so to win. First, the man simply doesn't 3-putt much. Then one must weigh in that after playing in the final pairing on Sunday with eventual winner Kevin Streelman, Leonard placed in a tie for 4th place at this event in 2013. A closer examinination of his recent body of work is mixed however he does own at top-3 finish (Humana Challenge) and he finished in 6th at Mayakoba, the same event our other 18/1 pick ended up capturing.

Notable Pairings + Tee Times

The pairings for the Thursday and Friday rounds at Innisbrook will likely be available on the Tuesday before the tournament. Upon the release of those pairings, we will have them here and talk about some of the top groups to watch. We will also have 3-ball betting odds for the first day, plus update the 3-ball lines throughout the week.

We've taken a few minutes to highlight a few of the groups which are more likely to have a bigger impact on the outcome of this tourney. That doesn't mean a player in one of these groups is going to win but these will draw some of the larger galleries in Tampa. Listed beside each player in the group are their odds (3-ball betting lines) to have the low score among the players in their group for THURSDAY's round.

Groups To Keep Your Eye On This Week:

Kevin Na (+200) - Louis Oosthuizen (+180) - Charles Howell III (+150)

• Thursday 8:10am - 1st Tee / Friday 1:00pm - 10th Tee

Gary Woodland (+185) - Kevin Streelman (+200) - Luke Donald (+150)

• Thursday 8:10am - 10th Tee / Friday 1:00pm - 1st Tee

Chesson Hadley (+275) - Harris English (+135) - Jordan Spieth (+150)

• Thursday 8:20am - 1st Tee / Friday 1:10pm - 1st Tee

Bill Haas (+170) - Matt Kuchar (+165) - Jim Furyk (+200)

• Thursday 1:00pm - 1st Tee / Friday 8:10am - 10th Tee

Jason Dufner (+175) - Justin Rose (+135) - Brandt Snedeker (+225)

• Thursday 1:10pm - 1st Tee / Friday 8:20am - 10th Tee

Webb Simpson (+110) - Scott Brown (+275) - Ernie Els (+185)

• Thursday 1:10pm - 10th Tee / Friday 8:20am - 1st Tee

More Tee Times + 3 Ball Betting Lines