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Jordan Spieth has a lot of work to do if he wants to be a factor at the 2016 Players Championship, as the 22-year-old ended play Friday at one under par through 14 holes before darkness forced play to be suspended. Weather did play a role in how things played out in the second round. There was a two-hour delay that left several players, including Spieth, needing to finish the first 36 holes on Saturday before beginning the third round. Here’s the full leaderboard from the TPC Sawgrass, with Spieth way down the list in a tie for 75th place and one shot off the cut line: This tournament...
Published: May 14, 2016
The Players Championship is annually renowned for boasting one of the deepest fields on the PGA Tour, and Friday’s second round didn’t do anything to dispel that notion before it was suspended because of darkness following a two-hour weather delay. Second-round play will resume at 9:15 a.m. ET on Saturday morning. After Jason Day tied a course record at TPC Sawgrass with a 63 on Thursday, 30-year-old Colt Knost—who has never won a PGA Tour event—rebounded from an opening-round 72 to tie Day’s mark and snatched a share of the course record Friday. Rory McIlory...
Published: May 13, 2016
Despite a pedestrian opening round, Rory McIlroy willed his way into contention at the Players Championship by firing an eight-under 64 during Friday’s second round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedre Beach, Florida. The Northern Irishman improved upon his first-round 72 drastically and entered the clubhouse in a tie for sixth place, just two strokes behind leaders Jonas Blixt and Alex Cejka. Here is a look at the leaderboard with full results available at PGATour.com: McIlroy began on the back nine Friday and came out firing with a seven-under 29 during his first nine holes....
Published: May 13, 2016
Andrew Dodt carded a round of 70 to keep his place atop the leaderboard at the Mauritius Open on Friday, extending his lead to eight under on a difficult day at Anahita. Jeunghun Wang also shot a two-under par round to move second, three shots behind the Australian, while excellent rounds of seven under and five under for Nicolas Colsaerts and Ross McGowan saw them climb the leaderboard. Here are the standings after Day 2: The full leaderboard can be accessed here. Friday Recap A quiet front nine saw Dodt pick up a single shot at the seventh and while on balance he picked up just...
Published: May 13, 2016
The second round of the Players Championship tees off on Friday, with the year’s largest single-tournament purse on the line for the world’s best golfers. TPC Sawgrass is one of the more intricate courses on the tour, with its most iconic hole being its largest hazard, which is the island green on the 17th. The field will have to try to navigate the course to make the cut and head into the third round as we take a look at the second round’s viewing information and tee times: This was Jordan Spieth’s first appearance at a PGA Tour event since his collapse in...
Published: May 13, 2016
With one round in the books Thursday, Jason Day is perched atop the leaderboard at The Players Championship at nine under par. However, his lead may not be safe for long. A pack of five players is lurking just two shots behind the reigning PGA Championship winner, and the Australian superstar will need to come up with another brilliant round Friday to enter the weekend with a 36-hole lead. With a thrilling second round on the horizon, here’s a look at Friday’s tee times and groupings, courtesy of the PGA Tour: Thursday Review and Friday Preview Day was the...
Published: May 12, 2016
Jason Day has never won The Players Championship, but the world’s No. 1 golfer may end that drought in 2016. Through one round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Day leads the field at nine under par. Five golfers are tied for second Thursday at seven under: Day’s opening-round 63 tied a course record, per Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press. The PGA Tour showed that Day’s score represented a massive turnaround from last year: The 28-year-old Australian got off to an excellent start, birdieing his first three holes on the back nine, per Bet365: Day then birdied...
Published: May 12, 2016
Despite not winning a competitive golf tournament in nearly a full year, Rory McIlroy entered this week’s Players Championship as the odds-on favorite. If Thursday’s first round is any indication, that may have been a grave overestimation. McIlroy carded an even-par score of 72, which puts him nine strokes behind leader Jason Day. The world No. 1 carded a nine-under 63 and holds a two-stroke lead over the field. Day had nine birdies without a single bogey in a near-flawless round. McIlroy, meanwhile, spent his day barely keeping his head above water. He parred 14 of the 18 holes...
Published: May 12, 2016
Jordan Spieth posted an even-par 72 during Thursday’s opening round of the 2016 Players Championship in his first competitive action since his Sunday meltdown at the Masters. Although it clearly wasn’t a picture-perfect round for Spieth, who battled through some rust issues at times, he enjoyed a brief ride on the birdie train and did enough to prevent the round from getting totally away from him. That’s always a vital factor throughout the opening day of a tournament. Let’s check out his scorecard from the first round at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course in Florida: And...
Published: May 12, 2016
World No. 1 Jason Day tied a course record at TPC Sawgrass during Thursday’s opening round at the Players Championship in Florida, shooting a nine-under 63, per the PGA Tour. Here’s a look at the live leaderboard: Just four other players have shot a 63 at TPC Sawgrass, according to Justin Ray of the Golf Channel, and two of them went on to win The Players Championship. Day, 28, is golf’s hottest player at the moment, with two wins and five top-10 finishes this season and six wins total since July 2015, including his triumph at the PGA Championship. But...