Corey Conners T10, Im holds lead at Valspar Championship. 36 hole results, Saturday TEE TIMES

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Corey Conners continues to lead Canadians T9 69 69 70 -5, while AJ Ewart and Mac Hughes are well back after 36 holes at this version of the Valspar Championship. The others MC.

updated 12.35EST...

AJ Ewart T35  71 72 68 -2

 Mac Hughes T59  +1 72 71 70 E

Nick Taylor T94 +1 72 74 +4 MC

Adam Svensson 75 73 +6 MC

Adam Hadwin 76 73 +7 MC

Taylor Pendrith 76 73 +7 MC

The leader Sungjae Im 64 69 -2 thru 12  -9

2nd  David Lipsky 69 65 -8... - 1 thru 13 -8 total

The Copperhead course is playing hard and fast.

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Bryan Angus

Cockerill falls back, Campillo, Gumberg lead in China.. 54 hole results, Sunday TEE TIMES

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Jorge Campillo shot a second successive 67 to move alongside Jordan Gumberg in the lead of the 2026 Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO.

The Spaniard birdied four of his first seven holes on Moving Day and kept his card free of bogeys, with a fifth gain at the 12th enough to take him level with long-time leader Gumberg on -17.

South Africa's Dylan Frittelli was one shot behind after a 66 and will again join the leaders in the final group on Sunday at -16.

Home favourite Wenyi Ding was back in the clubhouse at -14 after a bogey-free 66. He was soon joined on that score by Euan Walker and Thriston Lawrence after the Scot fired seven birdies in his 66 and Lawrence shot 68.

Campillo said: "I played solid, I got off to a really good start and then the back nine, I think it's a little tougher. Bogey-free is always nice.

“It's quite exciting, I'm in the position you want to be. It's going to be a tough day.

"Dylan played really good today, also Jordan did, so it was a good match and hopefully tomorrow we can have the same match and I win.”

Gumberg said: “Today birdies didn’t come quite as easy but just kind of kept my head down again. Jorge and Dylan played great, they were kind of keeping me going a little bit.

“It was a good little battle out there and more to come tomorrow, I guess.

Frittelli said: "It was really good. I had a great time out there. Jorge and Jordan played really well. I was kind of just hanging on in the beginning.

"We all set a high tempo, I think, from the birdies in the beginning and then maybe a little lull in the middle of the round, but it was really fun, really comfortable.

"Hopefully we can continue that environment tomorrow and get in contention in the last few holes, and I'm sure we'll have fun if it's tight towards the end again

Ding, Walker and Lawrence shared 4th place while DP World Tour debutant Bo Jin was one shot behind them on -13 

Teenage Chinese star Yanhan Zhou shot 68 for the third day in succession to lie -12 alongside Marcus Armitage, Daniel Rodrigues and Yuto Katsuragawa in a share of 8th.

edit>>>> Canada's Aaron Cockerill fell out of contention with a 41 back nine for 75 and begins Sunday T48 -3

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Friday story at Valspar Championship, 3 Canadians, Im leads...36 hole leaderboard..

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The 36 hole cut is projected to fall at E par today at the Valspar Championship. Here is the Canadian situation with the late wave about to go out on Friday.

Canadians

 Corey Conners T10   69 69 -4

AJ Ewart T59  +1 71 72

 Mac Hughes T59  +1 72 71

Nick Taylor T94 +1 72 74 +4 MC

Adam Svensson 75 73 +6 MC

Adam Hadwin 76 73 +7 MC

Taylor Pendrith 76 73 +7 MC

The leader Sungjae Im 64 69 -9

2nd  David Lipsky 69 65 -8...

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Bryan Angus

Aaron Cockerill T18, Jordan Gumberg leads Hainan Classic. 36 hole results..

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With round two nearing completion in China at the Mission Hills Resort in Hainan Canada's Aaron Cockerill has followed his opening -6 66 on the Blackstone Course with a Friday E 72 on the tricky Vintage course to T18 -6 total.

With a birdie and a bogey he went out in E38, following that with and eagle and 2 late bogey's E34 for 72.

The leader American Jordan Gumberg 64 66 -14 has increased his lead by 2 shots over veteran Spaniard Jorge Campillo 65 67 -12.

The 6 hole cut fell at -1

more too follow..

Bryan Angus

Conners leads Canadians Rd 1 Valspar Championship...18 hole results, Friday TEE TIMES

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The winning formula this week on this Copperhead Course is fairways and greens. It's tight and tricky, water in play on 6 holes. Drive it straight, have a great iron game and you have the recipe for success.

With the opening round in the books here are the Canadian scores.

Corey Conners T17 -2 69

AJ Ewart T46 E 71

Mac Hughes T70   +1 72

Nick Taylor T70 +1 72

Adam Svensson T114 +4 75 ,     

Adam Hadwin T120 +5 76 

Taylor Pendrith T120 +5 76

The leader is Sungjae Im -7 64 with two eagles, veteran Brandt Snedeker 2nd -6 65 and Davis Thompson 3rd -5 66. 

Bryan Angus

Rory reveals his Masters menu for the Champions dinner...

Rory McIlroy is bringing a taste of Ireland to Augusta National with champ on the menu for the Champions Dinner ahead of the Masters Tournament.

Better known as the Champions Dinner, the Masters Club Dinner began in 1952 when defending champion Ben Hogan organised a dinner for all previous winners.

Each year, the defending champion selects the menu and acts as host for the Tuesday night dinner before the first men's Major Championship of the season.

McIlroy earned the honour to host by virtue of his play-off victory over Justin Rose last year that saw him complete the career Grand Slam in emotional scenes at the 11th time of asking.

And while the Northern Irishman has chosen an eclectic and international menu, the traditional champ - a creamy mixture of mashed potatoes and spring onions - will bring a taste of home to the main course.

"When I was a kid, I used to eat champ by the bowlful," he said.

Four appetisers will be on the menu made up of peach and ricotta flatbread, rock shrimp tempura, bacon-wrapped dates and grilled elk sliders.

“I wanted to try to bring a little bit of the local ingredients in," he said of the flatbread. "So I'm doing a Georgia peach and ricotta flatbread with hot honey. So hopefully that will go down well with the drinks.”

He added: “My mum does these really, really nice dates stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in bacon. Thanks to Rosie for that one. 

The first course will then be a yellowfin tuna carpaccio, a recipe taken from McIlroy and wife Erica's favourite restaurant in New York, Le Bernardin.

"That's a fun one that the club worked with me on as well," he said. "They went up to the restaurant and worked with the chefs."

For the main, diners will then have a choice of wagyu filet mignon (Japanese beef) or seared salmon, served with champ, sauteed Brussels sprouts, glazed carrots with brown butter and local Vidalia onion rings.

He then returns to the British Isles for dessert, serving sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream and warm toffee sauce.

Wine collector McIlroy has also chosen a a 2015 Salon Brut champagne, a 2022 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet, a 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild and a 1989 Chateau D'Yquem dessert wine for his guests to drink.

As well as Masters champions, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts were made honorary members of the Masters Club in 1952, with Bill Lane, Hord Hardin, Jack Stephens, Hootie Johnson, Billy Payne and Fred Ridley subsequently also handed honorary membership.

edit >>> The past champions also have a choice of the regular Masters menu.

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Cockerill T3 round1, Gumberg leads at Hainan Classic, China...18 hole results

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30 year old American Jordan Gumberg playing the tougher Blackstone Course made it look easy running off 9 birdies including 5 in a row on the front nine to take the opening round lead at 63 -8.

He has owgr 568 and sits at #122 in the Race to Dubai.

Meanwhile Canada's Aaron Cockerill after 3 weeks at home with new daughter Tegan, Adison and wife Chelsea caught fire on his back nine after going out in a 3 birdie 1 bogey -2 34, and back with a bogey free 4 birdie 32 T3 -6 66.

He has owgr 450 and begins the week looking to improve on his Race to Dubai ranking #119.

The field will all play the longer Blackstone Course and the tricky Vintage Course before the 36 hole cut is made.

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more to follow....

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Jordan Gumberg finished his first round with five straight birdies to lead the 2026 Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO.

The American was in the chasing pack at -3 after he dropped a shot at the fourth, his 13th hole - but took full advantage of the remaining five to reach -8, one shot ahead of Spaniard Jorge Campillo at Mission Hills.

He said: "I just got the putter rolling. It’s been a little while since I’ve had the putter actually go my way. I made a little switch in that break area, going back to a short putter, and I just have a lot of confidence in it right now. It’s feeling good.

"It’s always great to be in a good spot after Thursday. You’ve just got to keep your head down and keep going. It’s a long golf tournament, there are still three rounds left and we play a different golf course tomorrow, so it will be interesting.

Campillo made back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes and another at the ninth to turn in 35, -3 for the long front nine on the Vintage Course.

A run of four straight birdies from the 11th saw him surge to the head of the field and though he bogeyed the 15th, he bounced straight back with an eighth birdie of the day at the next.

He said: “It was good, I played quite solid. I hardly missed any shots besides the hole that I made bogey, I hit the bunker and I got a bad lie there, but besides that I played very solid.

Home favourite Wenyi Ding had two eagles in his 66 on the Vintage Course, Jason Scrivener matched that score, with six birdies in a bogey-free round, as did Dylan Frittelli with seven birdies and a bogey.

Thriston Lawrence had eight birdies and two bogeys - both on par-fives - on the Blackstone Course, where Aaron Cockerill also shot 66 with seven birdies and a bogey.

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Seven Canadians at Valspar Championship...TEE TIMES

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The Innisbrook Resort just NW of Tampa was always a popular spot for Canadians when I was growing up, beautifully situated on the Gulf Coast, and it's reknown Copperhead Course is the site for this week's Valspar Championship, the 25th edition, Viktor Hovland defends and this is the final leg of the Florida Swing.

With the big boys off again, taking their break before the Masters, there is quite a decent field this year including seven Canadians, Adam Hadwin is back off the Korn Ferry Tour as a past champion.

The others Mac Hughes 8.02 10th, Nick Taylor 8.08 1st, Corey Conners 8.13 10th, AJ Ewart 9.14 1st, Adam Hadwin 12.30 1st, Adam Svensson 12.47 10th, Taylor Pendrith 1.40 10th

Akshay Bhatia, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick are drawn together, all played well last week Koepka and Schauffelle are also in the field. 

WEATHER: An early look at the forecast is good, hot and mostly sunny, no rain, it is breezy NE around 20-25kmh

Bryan Angus

Hainan Classic in China..Cockerill returns..TEE TIMES

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The Asian Swing begins this week with the DP World Tour rank and file in the Far East at Mission Hills Golf Resort in Hainan China.

Canadian Aaron Cockerill will have been off for nearly 4 full weeks when he tees it up on Thursday, because he is in Group 18 this season instead of Group 10 he has not qualified for the South African Open or the Joburg Open and there was a week unscheduled in there as well.

His world ranking is #450, his Race to Dubai standing #119, in his last outing in Kenya he T18th. 66 69 62 69 -14 one of his better outings this season.

Group 22 12.52 1st   Aaron Cockerill, Stefano Mazzoli

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Bryan Angus

Asian Swing begins this week on DP World Tour...

 Across four events in three countries, and with multiple rewards at play, the DP World Tour continues its global odyssey with the Asian Swing.

After the Opening and International swings, the Global Swings phase of the 2026 Race to Dubai calendar continues with stops in China, India and Türkiye.

Once again, the run of events - with the first men's Major Championship of the year Masters, sandwiched in between - promises to highlight the depth of international talent on Golf's Global Tour.

With the world coming to play, here is all you need to know about the Asian Swing.

Starting with the Hainan Classic, the DP World Tour will make the first of two visits over back-to-back months to China.

After its inaugural edition at Mission Hills last year, the tournament on the island province is the 51st visit to the country since the Tour's inception in 1972.

A week later, India will be in golf's international spotlight as the treacherous DLF G&CC - widely considered as one of the toughest tests on the schedule - plays host to the Hero Indian Open.

The Masters Tournament sits next, either side of two off weeks, with the world's best set to gather at Augusta National in an event - as with all four Majors - that does not count towards the Swing rankings, but will see players claim points for the Race to Dubai Rankings.

We then return east for the Volvo China Open at Enhance Anting GC, before the Turkish Airlines Open moves to National GC at Regnum Carya - one of six confirmed first-time venues this season - as it serves as a bridge ahead of the European Swing.

Across the seven-week span, the DP World Tour's country count will move into double figures as Türkiye is set to be the 11th of the campaign.

What's at play?

As with all Global Swings since the DP World Tour schedule was revamped ahead of the 2024 season, an overall swing champion will be determined based on their performances in the four counting tournaments across China, India and Türkiye.

DP World Tour members will compete for a total prize fund of US$10,600,000 million.

The player who finishes top of the mini order of merit standings will earn a place in all events in Phase Two of the DP World Tour season, the Back 9, and a $200,000 bonus.

Which players are set to feature?

Major champion and Ryder Cup winner Francesco Molinari is confirmed to play at both the Hainan Classic and the Hero Indian Open over the opening two weeks of the Swing.

Wenyi Ding - a graduate of the Global Amateur Pathway in 2024 - will hope to star in front of home crowds in China along with teenage sensation, who claimed more wins than Scottie Scheffler last year.

Molinari will be joined in India by South African stars Casey Jarvis and Jayden Schaper among a host of DP World Tour regulars, with the South African pair riding high on the Race to Dubai after claiming back-to-back DP World Tour titles so far this season.

Among others teeing it up in the world's most populous nation are Akshay Bhatia, who won his third PGA TOUR title earlier this month at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Yuvraj Singh Sandhu, winner of the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India's (PGTI) order of merit last year, will be among the local stars that week as will two-time DP World Tour winner Shubhankar Sharma.

Martin Couvra, one of golf's rising stars, having won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award last year is set to defend in Türkiye.

Who won the Asian Swing last year?

Japan's Keita Nakajima recorded back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Porsche Singapore Classic and Hero Indian Open last year on his way to scooping a $200,000 bonus and book his place at the US PGA Championship and the Back 9 events.

What follows next?

After the Asian Swing, the DP World Tour schedule will head straight into the European Swing.

Starting with the inaugural Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship and ending with the BMW International Open, there will be six counting events across as many countries alongside two Majors.

The European Swing will be followed by the Closing Swing before the Back 9 leads into the DP World Tour Play-Offs.

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Yellamaraju T5, Young edges Fitzpatrick to win Players....Final results/ Prize money

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Players were falling prey to TPC Sawgrass's many pitfalls, a few were charging, and Cameron Young was doing a good job of just "hanging in there"

David Cannon

After all was said and done, Aberg's magical 63 turned to a Sunday 76, his playing partner Michael Thorbjornsen was worse after a solid 67 a Sunday 77 simply opened the door for the rest of the field to walk through.

Young who's beard makes him look 40, had the best win of his 28 year old career after turning a wedge to 10' for birdie at 17, then a booming 375 yard drive at 18 into a flip wedge par 4 at 18 which was good enough to survive Matt Fitzpatrick's missed 8 footer which would have forced a playoff.  His take is $4,500,000

It was an Agatha Christie who dunnit' Sunday with Fitzy looking most likely 2nd 69, $2,725,000 his Ryder Cup partner "Bob" MacIntyre posting the best round of the day 65 4th, $1,225,000 and Xander Schauffele 3rd with a74 69 $1,725,000  weekend.

Canadians

Sudarshan Yellamaraju rose his stock expedentially with the weeknd of his rookie PGA career best T5 73 72 66 68 -9 worth $925,000

The viewing millions heard his story of arriving as a boy to Toronto from India and learning to play off You Tube with never a lesson in his life, golfing left handed with half a back swing but a superb follow through he was on TV a lot.

Most Canadians have no idea who he was, many will know this morning.

Corey Conners had a great Thursday, Friday 69, 67 to T4 but his weekend 72 74 dropped him to T13 $409,207

Nick Taylor T42 74 70 70 73 -1 $91,250

Taylor Pendrith T46 74 69 72 73 E  $72,125

Others

For the NBC ratings Scott Scheffler was a flop T22 73 73 67 71 -5, for a #1 ranked player he is an erratic driver, not sure where it's going off the tee, which has led to a very mediocre 2026.

Rory was worse T46 74 71 72 71 E he couldn't trust his putter on the lightning fast TPC Sawgrass greens this year as he tried to defend his title. He also lost the place a few times with his vaunted driver, and some loose irons.

The greens were already brown on Thursday, and despite a couple of downpours were simply treacherous, and the rough around the greens and 2nd cut off fairways was an uncut 5" thick which caused nothing but trouble all week.

Most of the big boys are on holiday now, the rank and file will head up to Innisbrook for the Valspar Championship. then two weeks in Texas for the Houston and Valero Opens before the Masters.

The good news the MLB baseball season is just 9 days away !

Bryan Angus 

Conners T4, Aberg leads Players Championship....54 hole results, Live scoreboard/TEE TIMES

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The leaders went backwards, the field got closer, but after a marathon Saturday Ludvig Aberg has done enough 69 63 71 -13 to begin Sunday with a 3 shot lead over his Florida neighbour Michael Thorbjornsen 74 65 67 -10.

They play practice rounds together in Florida, today their will be a $4,200,0000 bet on the line.

Others in the top 4 on Saturday went backwards or stayed the same.

 Xander Schauffele 69 65 74 -8, Cameron Young 68 67 72 -9, Corey Conners 69 67 72 -8, Justin Thomas 68 68 72 -8 are all still in contention but they have a lot more company now.

Matt Fitzpatrick, Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland are all now at -8.

Canadians

Corey Conners T4 69 67 72   Took a double bogey at the par 3 3rd, but battled all day out in 37, back in 35 E 72 .... 4 birdies including a 2 at the island green 17th, 2 bogey's and the double.

He will play at 1.10pm with Justin Thomas.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T19 73 72 66 -5  He had lots of TV time with one of the best rounds of his career, only one player was lower.  He plays at  12.05 with JJ Spaun

Nick Taylor  T37 74 70 70 -2   Plays at  10.30 with Max McGreevy

Taylor Pendrith  T43  74 68 72 -1  Plays with 9.50 with Adam Scott

Weather:  Cloudy, misty early this morning, expecting a humid high 27*c with winds 10-20mph and an 80% chance of precipitation in the form of rain and TStorms later. They may not arrive until the evening according to some forecasts.

I followed Rory and Scheffler early yesterday.

Rory had his B game going out in 37 back in 35 E72. He had a lot of chances with the putter but missed most, he starts Sunday morning 8.35 T57 +1 with Nico Echavarria

Scheffler drove the ball poorly, left, right, into the woods, into thick rough but to his credit he played some remarkable recovery shots and made a lot of putts for a scrambling 67.

He starts Sunday T26 +4 at 1135 with Maverick McNeely.

I expect both to finish with a flourish today.

You can watch all day on TSN4 here in Canada, NBC doesn't begin coverage until 1pm.

Bryan Angus

Ludvig Aberg leads, Corey Conners T4...Saturday at Players Championship..TEE TIMES, Leaderboard

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Swedish super star Ludvig Aberg had his A game in full force on Friday afternoon on a very gettable TPC Sawgrass.

Ludvig Aberg of Sweden acknowledges applause from the gallery after sinking his putt on the 11th green during the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament Friday, March 13, 2026, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Consider this he began birdie eagle birdie birdie -5 through 4 holes then  tied the course record with another eagle on the th for 29.

He went on to post 3 more birdies with a lone dropped shot at the 15th, for 34, -9 63  and a tournament lead at -12.

2nd  Xander Schauffele hit all his fairways -7 65 for a -10 total.

3rd  Cameron Young 68 67 -9

T4  Corey Conners 69 67 -8   Corey was -5 through 6 holes featuring his reknown ball striking all day, and he was unlucky not to be even lower.

T4  Justin Thomas 68 68 -8  He used his 79 79 MC last week at Bay Hill as a warm up, as he returns from back surgery.

Other Canadians

Taylor Pendrith T35 74 69 -1

Nick Taylor T42  74 70 E

Sudarshan Yellamaraju  T51 73 72 +1  He fought back with birdies on 3 of his last 5 holes

Mac Hughes MC 74 77 +7 has not had his best stuff yet so far this year

AJ Ewart MC  78 75 +9  had no chance after the opening 78.

STARS : What many are talking about, the game's two biggest stars Rory McIlroy T51 74 71 +1 and Scott Scheffler T51  72 73 +1 with 4 bogey's just 3 birdies, both barely made the cut which finally fell at +2.

They are both off early before National NBC (2pm) TV coverage  at 9.55 Rory and 9.25 Scheffler, available here on TSN4.

WEATHER: Saturday: Ideal scoring,  partly cloudy, 72*f , dry only a 10% chance of rain, light wind 10-16mph.

Sunday: expect a return of higher humidity, more unsettled 75*f , 60% chance of showers and TStorms in the afternoon, windier 14-20mph with gusts over 30mph

OPINION :  Saturday should provide ideal scoring conditions, with the Sunday afternoon bad weather expected,  they may send the guys out early of split tees.

Bryan Angus

 

Corey Conners T4 after 36 holes..Players Championship....Live scoreboard

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Corey Conners came out on fire this morning making birdies on 5 of his first 6 holes, and adding an eagle 3 at the the 9th, out in 30, straight up the leaderboard in the lead at -9.

He went bogey birdie bogey on his back nine, steadied the ship with 3 straight pars, then a birdie at the par 5 16th, and a tap in par at the island green at 17. After a great drive on 18 his approach was right at the pin, but came up 2 yards short in the thick rough. 

He nearly holed the chip for birdie 3, and on these lightning fast greens he rolled 9 feet past and missed coming back for a bogey 5, 30 37 -5 67 T3 -8.

The clubhouse leader is Xander Schauffele 65 -10 and Cameron Young 67 is at -9.

However TPC Sawgrass is playing a shot easier this morning and that may end up being 2 shots easier.

I expected the benign conditions would suit the late wave, Ludvig Aberg was -5 through 5 holes, he went on to post the round of the day -9 63 to take the lead at -12

Canadians

The cut is projected at +2 which is important for the other 5 Canadians..

Nick Taylor T45  70 74   E

Taylor Pendrith T35  74  69 -1 

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T51  73 72   +1

Mac Hughes T86  74, 77   +7 MC

AJ Ewart T116  78 75 +9   MC

Rory without his A game has made the cut T51 74 71 +1, Scott Scheffler same story, T51 72 73  +1

Bryan Angus

Four tied for lead at Players Championship...Conners T10 ..Friday Leaderboard

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Weather : Friday will have partly sunny skies, only 24% chance of rain, temperature in low 70's (20*c) , the wind will be gusting 35kph NE early, but will decrease gradually late morning to 14kph NE for the rest of the day.

Play on Thursday was eventually suspended with 4 players left to finish this morning. There was a 35 minute delay as a torrential rain cell moved over the course.

Rory played pain free and shot 74, Morikawa WD due to his back, Ryan Fox had to WD to have kidney stones removed. 

1st Sepp Straka -5 67

     Maverick McNealy -5 67

     Lee Hodges -5 67

     Sahith Theegala -5 67

Austin Smotherman is also -5 with a 15 foot birdie putt to complete this morning at 8.50 Round 2 will begin at 7.40.

Canadians

Corey Conners leads the Canadians. He played off #10 with 1 birdie and 1 bogey at the island 17th for 36, coming home in 33 with 3 birdies, the rest all pars..

Corey Conners T10 -3 69

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T52 +1 thru 17

Mac Hughes T69 +2 74

Taylor Pendrith T69 +2 69

Nick Taylor T69 +2 69

AJ Ewart T107 +5 thru 17

The greens were noticeably brown already, keep that in mind with not much rain in the forecast until Sunday. That in part and the breeze keep the scoring down with only -5 the lead.

So with a fairly benign day ahead I expect to see lower scores, a lot of  guys like Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Robert MacIntyre and Scott Scheffler who had mediocre E72's are not far behind.

Click on my leaderboard link above to follow scoring in real time.

Bryan Angus

Wind, Rain in forecast, McIlroy injured, Thursday at Players Championship....Live leaderboard

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WEATHER : mostly cloudy and windy with a high chance of afternoon thunderstorms 80%-90% heavy rain 1pm -5pm , wind gusts 22-25mph

Round 1 is scheduled to commence at 740am in Ponte Vedra, Florida, Rory McIlroy will wait to see if he will start at 1.42pm. Mother Nature may decide for him.

First the weather forecast. Blustery wind and overcast skies will greet the early wave at TPC Sawgrass which is playing very firm. 

However a front will move through Ponte Vedra according to the forecast bring heavy rain rated at 80-90% probability between 1pm -5pm and the wind 22-25mph.

Rory you may recall injured his back during warm up on Saturday and W/D from Bay Hill and drove straight to Palm Beach to his physiotherapist where he has been until arriving in Ponte Vedra on Wednesday.

He hit a few irons for an  hour, then walked the back nine with a putter and a wedge. He is a tee time decision, if play hasn't been suspended by then. He is the defending champion.

There are six Canadians, click on my leaderboard above to follow all the scoring.

7.40 10th Mac Hughes, 8.16 10th Taylor Pendrith, 1.30 10th Nick Taylor, 2.06 10th Corey Conners, 2.30 1st AJ Ewart, Sudarshan Yellamaraju.

They are playing for $25,000,000 and 750 Fedex points, the winner $4.5m, the top 5 all win over $1m. There are 123 players with a 36 hole cut.

Bryan Angus 6.45am