Players Championship 2015 Leaderboard: Live Updates, Top Storylines for Friday

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Published: May 8, 2015

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The Players Championship got off to another brilliant, competitive start on Thursday, with four players sharing the lead at five under after the first round and several top pros lying in wait.

Rory McIlroy continued his strong play with a first-round 71, while Rickie Fowler shot a 69 and provided perhaps the best quote of the first day in referencing an anonymous Sports Illustrated poll—via Golf.com's Coleman McDowell—that had his fellow PGA Tour players name him the most overrated player on the tour (tied with Ian Poulter, it should be noted).



Here were his thoughts on the report, per GolfChannel.com's Will Gray:

Fowler's mostly content to let his game do the talking, but there's little doubt the poll caught his attention. His play is definitely one of the major talking points Friday, but that's not all there is to watch for at the TPC Sawgrass golf course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.



Here's a look at the live leaderboard, followed by some of the top storylines heading into and emerging from Friday's play.


Will Rory McIlroy Take the Lead Heading Into Weekend?



Despite Jordan Spieth's imperious form over the past few months, McIlroy came into The Players Championship with the best Vegas lines—albeit by a very slim margin—per Odds Shark. This was likely owing to his win at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play tournament just prior to golf's unofficial fifth major.

He certainly didn't disappoint on Thursday, finishing with a score of 69, two strokes shy of the quartet of tourney leaders. With Spieth stumbling out of the gate with a Thursday score of 75, McIlroy might get a weekend of golf where he's unencumbered by the thought of fending off his top challenger for the world lead heading into the latter half of the tournament. While a number of fine golfers have already put together incredible starts to their Friday rounds, few ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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