Power rankings: Valspar Championship

The PGA Tour comes back to the United States this week, resuming the Florida Swing after a trip to Mexico for the first World Golf Championships event of the year. The Innisbrook Resort near Tampa will again host the Valspar Championship, with the Copperhead Course and its Snake Pit stretch testing a good chunk of the top 50 in the world, including defending champion Charl Schwartzel.

Here are our top five players for this week:

1. Justin Thomas — J.T. faded hard on Sunday in Mexico, but he’s clearly the class player in the field. Good finish here last year, though it’s easy to forget he hasn’t seen a lot of places more than twice.

2. Henrik Stenson — Stenson got food poisoning in Mexico City, so that’s why he’s No. 2 this week. Otherwise, he would be No. 1 as he has a good record and comes here often.

3. Matt Kuchar — Kuchar has been pretty effective since kicking off 2017, with T-22 and T-20 in his last two starts. His putting weakness isn’t a big liability.

4. Patrick Reed — Since the calendar turned to February, Reed has been a dud. A total dud. However, he’s a great ballstriker on a course that separates players by that skill.

5. Bill Haas — Haas was outclassed in Mexico, but he’s otherwise been great this season. This is a good track for him, and he should have won here last year.

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