PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – An on-course reporter helped Viktor Hovland avoid a penalty stroke Thursday at The Players. Not that it necessarily helped his score on the hole. With 258 yards into the par-5 11th hole (his second of …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Rory McIlroy and Webb Simpson laughed as Sergio Garcia jogged onto the 10th tee early Thursday morning at The Players Championship. The Spaniard, who would later shoot the round of the day at TPC Sawgrass, …

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Byeong Hun An hit three shots in the water on the par-3 17th during the opening round of The Players Championship. He ultimately carded an 11, the second-highest score ever recorded at the island-green hole (12, Bob Tway, 2005). An …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Even with the game’s most surreal mulligan Rory McIlroy’s title defense still appears doomed. The 2019 Players Championship winner struggled to an eventful 79 on Day 1 at TPC Sawgrass. Only six players from the …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Sergio Garcia is making up for lost time at one of golf’s biggest events. The 2017 Masters champion was forced to miss last year’s event at Augusta National after testing positive for COVID-19 at the …

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Still the defending Players champion, Rory McIlroy’s title defense got off to an ignominious start with a double bogey at the par-4 10th. The 2019 champ, who didn’t get a chance to defend last year because the event was canceled …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Justin Rose has withdrawn from The Players Championship and will be replaced in the field by Steve Stricker. Rose cited “personal medical reasons” for the withdrawal. The Players Championship: Full-field scores | Full coverage Stricker …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The annual Players Championship Caddie Competition was won by Harold Varner III’s caddie Chris Rice with a record shot that stopped 1 feet, 2 inches from the hole at the iconic 17th at TPC Sawgrass …

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Tyler McCumber wasn’t born when his father, Mark, won the 1988 Players Championship, so it was no big surprise that another “local” victory stood out when McCumber was asked his favorite memory from the PGA Tour’s …

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Doug Ghim wasn’t supposed to be here this week. In any other year, the University of Texas product and former Walker Cupper likely would’ve been back on the Korn Ferry Tour, fighting to regain a return trip to the PGA …

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