Weaver Leads Valspar Collegiate After Two Rounds

PALM CITY, Fla. - The Florida State men's golf team is in fourth place after two rounds of play at the Valspar Collegiate, which is being held at the Floridian Golf Club. The Seminoles finished two rounds at 19-under, 549 and ahead of six ranked teams.

In perfect weather conditions, the Seminoles found momentum early to start the tournament, carding 12 birdies on the front nine and eight on the back to finish the first round at 15-under, 269. FSU added a round of 4-under, 280 in the second and remain ahead of No. 6 Arkansas by one stroke and behind No. 4 Texas by one.

Tyler Weaver is tied for the lead heading into the final round on Tuesday, by two strokes at 11-under, 131.

Weaver surged to the top of the leaderboard and finished 6-under, 65 after three birdies in-a-row twice in the round, first on holds four, five and six and again on holes 13, 14 and 15.

Jack Whaley turned in his best score as a Seminole, also shooting 6-under, 65 in round one. Fueled by seven birdies, Weaver and Whaley finished the round tied for second place, just two strokes behind the leader. The rounds tied for both the fourth lowest in program history and second lowest for the Noles at the Valspar Collegiate behind Frederik Kjettrup, who shot 64 three times.

In round two, Weaver saw six birdies, adding a round of 66. Weaver's performance in the first two rounds of the tournament was the best since Jack Maguire posted the same score in 2014.

Jack Bigham opened the tournament shooting 2-under, 69 carding three birdies, including back-to-back strikes on holes 17 and 18. In the second round, Bigham started with back-to-back birdies on holes five and six and finished the round shooting 70. He is 3-under, 139 for the tournament and tied for 31st.

Patrick McCann saw three birdies on the front nine and helped FSU make a move on the par-five, 529-yard 13th hole, with an eagle in the first round. McCann turned in two rounds of 70 on Monday and sits 2-under, 140 and is tied for 38th for the tournament.

The final round will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. Live scoring will run on Clippd.

2026 Seminole Intercollegiate
No. 2 Auburn -30
No. 11 Texas Tech -28
No. 4 Texas -20
RV Florida State -19
No. 6 Arkansas -18
Houston -15
No. 20 Duke -14
No. 14 Oklahoma -12
RV Texas A&M -12
RV Southern Cal -10
No. 12. Pepperdine -8
RV Wake Forest -8
No. 9 Arizona State -7
No. 17. North Carolina -6
Rice +5
Augusta +12

Florida State
T1. Weaver – 65, 66
T31. Bigham – 69, 70
T38. McCann – 70, 70
T45. Whaley – 65, 76
80. Brewer – 76, 74
T57. Edero -72, 72

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Weaver Leads Valspar Collegiate After Two Rounds

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Players Mentioned

Jack Bigham

Patrick McCann

Tyler Weaver

Jack Whaley

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