What: Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.
Purse: $6.5 million (winner's share: $1,170,000)
Course: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course). Yardage: 7,340. Par: 71
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 11.
Defending champion: Adam Hadwin
What: Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif.
Purse: $1.8 million (winner's share: $270,000)
Course: Newport Beach CC. Yardage: 6,584. Par: 71
Schedule (TV): Friday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Defending champion: Jay Haas in 2016
Next week: Bank of Hope Founders Cup
PGA: Tiger Woods makes his debut in the Valspar Championship as he tries to ready his game for the Masters. It is his third tournament in the past four weeks. ... Rory McIlroy also is playing at Innisbrook for the first time. He skipped the World Golf Championship in Mexico last week. ... Bill Haas is playing for the first time since he was a passenger in a car accident that killed family friend Mark Gibello on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. ... Woods has played all but nine tournaments on the current PGA Tour schedule, excluding opposite-field events. ... The Valspar Championship is the final week for players to move into the top 64 in the world and assure themselves a spot in the Dell Match Play. ... Woods last played Innisbrook in 1996 when it was the JC Penney Mixed Team Classic. He and Kelli Kuehne finished third. ... Henrik Stenson is making his PGA Tour debut this year. He last played in America last September at the BMW Championship outside Chicago. ... Jordan Spieth is playing Innisbrook after missing last year. He won in 2015 and tied for seventh in 2013, which gave him special temporary membership. ... Thomas is not playing this week. He is getting his wisdom teeth removed.
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