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"

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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

Six Canadians this week at the Players Championship : TEE TIMES

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Rory McIlroy returns as the defending champion after his career 2025 year, there are 123 players from around the world now gathered at TPC Sawgrass for the PGA Tour flagship event, the $25,000,000 Players Championship.

There are 6 Canadians who have qualified.

7.40am 10th  Mac Hughes,  Eric Cole, Rico Hoey

8.16am 10th  Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren, Jhonattan Vegas

1.30pm 10th  Nick Taylor, Andrew Novak, Wyndham Clark

2.06pm 10th Corey Conners, Jason Day, Nico Echavarria

2.30pm 1st   Sudarshan Yellamaraju, AJ Ewart, Zack Bauchou

None are in particularly great form, that reflecting in the bookmaking odds, however Hughes, Taylor, Pendrith and Conners have proven repeatedly that they are eminently capable when it is their week. 

For rookies Ewart and Yellamaraju this week is vindication on their sensational rise through the ranks.

Bryan Angus