PALM HARBOR, Fla. The Florida Swing resumes this week at Innisbrook, where players will look to tame the tight fairways and undulating hills of the Snake Pit. Here's a look at some of the marquee early-round groups, as the Champion Golfer of the Year plays alongside the tournament's defending champ (all times ET):7:45 a.m. Thursday, 12:35 p.m. Friday: Patrick Reed, Jim Furyk, Ernie ElsFuryk captured this event in 2010 en route to winning the FedEx Cup, and now the Ryder Cup captain will make his fourth start in the last five weeks. He'll be joined by Reed, who lost a memorable playoff to Jordan Spieth here two years ago, and Els, a tournament regular who is hoping to end a string of four straight missed cuts on the PGA Tour.
7:56 a.m. Thursday, 12:46 p.m. Friday: Henrik Stenson, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba WatsonStenson enters as the highest-ranked player in the field despite withdrawing from the first round of the WGC-Mexico Championship because of stomach issues. He'll play the first two rounds alongside Schwartzel, who earned his second Tour victory here last year in a playoff over Bill Haas, and Watson, who is making his first appearance at Innisbrook since 2011.
12:35 p.m. Thursday, 7:35 a.m. Friday: Justin Thomas, Daniel Berger, Steve StrickerThe Presidents Cup captain will have a front-row seat to watch two players who will likely factor on his team at Liberty National. Thomas has already won three times this season and nearly added a fourth trophy last week in Mexico, while Berger enters on a run of four top-20 finishes in his last seven starts.
12:46 p.m. Thursday, 7:46 a.m. Friday: Bill Haas, Matt Kuchar, Gary WoodlandHaas nearly won this event last year and he returns on a run of nine straight cuts that dates back to The Barclays. Joining him at Innisbrook will be Kuchar, who has three top-15s here in the last five years, and Woodland, who earned his first win here in 2011 and already has two runner-up finishes this season.
Open champion Henrik Stenson returns from illness to headline the field at this week's Valspar Championship, live on Sky Sports. 12.56pm Henrik Stenson, Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson
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Valspar tee times; Major champions Stenson (2016 Open Championship), Watson (Masters 2012, 2014) and Schwartzel (Masters 2011) are in the same group for the first two rounds.
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Stenson grouped with Schwartzel, Watson at Valspar Henrik Stenson will play the first two rounds of the Valspar Championship alongside defending champ Charl Schwartzel and another fellow major
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Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson and Charl Schwartzel are grouped together for rounds 1-2 of Valspar Championship 2017.
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Henrik Stenson will play the first two rounds of the Valspar Championship alongside defending champ Charl Schwartzel and another fellow major winner, Bubba Watson.
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With help from ice and painkillers, though, Schwartzel is confident he can make his first-round tee time Thursday at 7:56 a.m. Eastern alongside Bubba Watson and Henrik Stenson.
Henrik Stenson (58), Charl Schwartzel (163), Bubba Watson (149): Three major champions are in this group, which also includes the defending champion. At last year's Valspar, Schwartzel picked up
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Schwartzel also became the eighth player to come from behind in the final round to win the Valspar Championship. Schwartzel's chance to repeat as champion took a hit -- literally -- during
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2017 Valspar Championship tee times and pairings for Round 1 on Thursday, including Justin Thomas, Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed, Bill Haas defending champion Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson
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