PONTE VEDRA COASTLINE, Fla.– While Scottie Scheffler was running away with a 5-stroke success at the Players to get his 6th PGA Tour success in 13 months Sunday, there was still a lot of dramatization on the leaderboard.
With simply 2 weeks delegated break the leading 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking to gain an invite to the Masters, the initial significant of the period, a handful of gamers had an opportunity to obtain pleasantly over the line.
PGA Tour newbie Taylor Montgomery was 7 under to begin the last round. He was 1 over with his initial 5 openings, however after that uploaded birdies onNos 7, 9, 11 and also 14. He was linked for 6th and also considering a possibly wonderful cash advance too. Fifth location paid $1.025 million; 10th location was for $681,250.
Then points broke down for the previous UNLV celebrity. After making a bogey on the par-4 15th, Montgomery made a double-bogey 7 on the 16th. Then, on the legendary par-3 17th, he struck 2 rounds right into the water and also wound up with a quadruple-bogey 7.
Montgomery ended up in a connection for 44th. He is rated 56th on the planet rankings and also has some job to do over the following number of weeks.
Australia’s Min Woo Lee, that began the last round 2 strokes behind Scheffler, made a triple-bogey 7 on the 4th opening and also double-bogey 7 on the 11th. He carded a 4-over 76 and also ended up in a connection for 6th at 8 under. Lee, that completes on the DP World Tour, needed to complete 4th or far better to gain unique short-term subscription on the PGA Tour.
Lee, the more youthful sibling of LPGA celebrity Minjee Lee, went up toNo 45 on the planet and also gained an area in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in 2 weeks. He’s likewise healthy for an invite to the Masters.
“Yeah, I’m excited,” Lee claimed. “Hopefully, I can play well in the next few PGA Tour tournaments I play in and can play out here.”
Island desires
It really did not take wish for the 17th opening at the Stadium Course to give up an ace. Hayden Buckley, playing in among the 2nd teams out Thursday early morning, taped the 11th ace on the legendary opening.
England’s Aaron Rai made one more one in the 3rd roundSaturday It was the very first time considering that the Players has actually been held at TPC Sawgrass that there were 2 holes-in-one on the 17th in the exact same event. Then previous Duke gamer Alex Smalley included a 3rd one, despite having a harder pin placement on the center right of the eco-friendly.
Smalley sandwiched his ace in between a dual bogey on the 16th and also a bogey on the 18th. It was the initial hole-in-one in his PGA Tour occupation. His moms and dads and also sis were near the opening when he made it.
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Alex Smalley acesNo 17 on one bounce
Alex Smalley cards the 3rd hole-in-one of the weekend break with a bounce right in atNo 17.
“I saw them walking down the cart path on 17,” Smalley claimed. “They seemed pretty excited. Pretty cool. It was very neat.”
There were 13 even more rounds strike in the water Sunday, bringing the 72-hole overall to 58, which was another than in 2014.
PGA Tour Power Rankings
1. Scottie Scheffler
He won for the 6th time in 13 months at the Players, which featured a $4.5 million income. Scheffler and also Tiger Woods are the only gamers to win the Masters and also the Players prior to transforming 27. Scheffler will certainly be the safeguarding champ once again when he tees it up at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, on March 22-25.
2. Jon Rahm
Rahm needed to take out from the Players prior to the 2nd round as a result of a belly health problem. It finished his string of 25 successive cuts made, the lengthiest energetic touch on the PGA Tour.
3. Rory McIlroy
McIlroy’s video game isn’t in excellent form much less than a month from theMasters He isn’t delighted with his brand-new Taylor Made chauffeur; he linked for 117th in driving precision today, striking simply 13 of 28 fairways. He likewise shed virtually 2 1/2 strokes to the area in placing.
4. Max Homa
Homa had not been in opinion at TPC Sawgrass after firing also par in each of the initial 2 rounds. But he was 8 under over the last 36 openings to link for 6th. It was his 5th top-10 in 9 trip begins this period.
5. Tony Finau
Finau uploaded one more top-25, his 8th in 9 begins this period, by going 7 under over the last 2 rounds at thePlayers He linked for 19th at 1 under.
6. Collin Morikawa
It appeared that Morikawa had actually identified the Stadium Course when he taped a 7-under 65 in the preliminary. He had not been virtually as great over the last 54 openings and also linked for 13th at 7 under.
7. Viktor Hovland
Hovland hasn’t won on trip considering that the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in November 2021. But with 3 straight leading 20s versus solid areas, consisting of a connection for 3rd at the Players, his video game appears to be occurring.
8. Patrick Cantlay
Cantlay may not be playing like theNo 4 gamer on the planet, however he hasn’t misbehaved recently. His past 3 coatings were solo 3rd at the Genesis, a connection for 4th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and also a connection for 19th at the Players, where he usually hasn’t played extremely well.
9. Xander Schauffele
Another gamer that had not done a great deal of damages at TPC Sawgrass, Schauffele assembled 2 great rounds on the weekend break to complete in a connection for 19th at 6 under. It was a great initiative after a number of average begins.
10. Tom Kim
Kim linked for 51st at the Players, which had not been much of a shock in his initial begin in case. But he won the Shriners Children’s Open in October and also has 3 top-10s and also 5 top-25s in 10 begins.
Hatton’s wedding day
It’s seldom that you’ll see a smile on Tyrrell Hatton’s face or hear him enhance a fairway. But the Englishman had a lot of factors to be delighted after ending up solo 2nd behindScheffler He gained $2.725 million for his initiative.
It was Hatton’s 3rd occupation runner-up surface on trip. He linked the Players document (considering that it transferred to TPC Sawgrass in 1982) with a back-nine rating of 29 onSunday He had 7 birdies and also no bogeys in the last 9 openings.
“I mean, considering where I was at the start of the back nine, I was probably tied 34th or something like that,” Hatton claimed. “If you had said that you would finish second in the tournament or tied [for] second and you don’t have to play the back nine, I think you would take that.”
It was Hatton’s initially top-10 in 6 begins in thePlayers He had actually missed out on the cut 3 times.
“Yeah, it’s funny, sounds horrible to say something positive, I guess, but it’s one of my favorite golf courses,” Hatton claimed. “Although I haven’t generally, apart from this week and last year, I guess, I haven’t really done that well here in the past. There’s a couple of tee shots that I probably struggle with more than other lads that have a more natural right-to-left or drawers of the ball.
“But I assume it’s such a quite fairway, aesthetically on the eye, I indicate apart from 8. We do not require 235 backyard par-3s; that sort of damages it a little bit. I reached state something unfavorable, clearly. But, yeah, I simulate the fairway.”
One for the ages
Jerry Kelly, 56, qualified for the Players field by winning the Senior Players Championship on PGA Tour Champions last season. A three-time winner on the PGA Tour, Kelly made the cut on the number at 2 over after 36 holes.
Kelly became the oldest player to make the cut at the Players at 56 years, 3 months and 16 days. Arnold Palmer set the previous mark of 55 years, 6 months and 19 days in 1985.
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— Jerry Kelly (@jerrykelly13pga) March 12, 2023
Kelly carded a 3-under 69 in the third round and was even-par 72 in the last. He tied for 54th at 1 under after 72 holes. He collected $58,000, which was more than Justin Thomas and McIlroy combined to make.
Best of the weekend
Best round
Tom Hoge set the Stadium Course record with a 10-under 62 on Saturday. Nine players, including Greg Norman, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, held the previous record of 9-under 63.
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Tom Hoge rolls in a birdie to set course record at TPC Sawgrass
Tom Hoge shoots a 62 to set a new course record at TPC Sawgrass.
Best finish
England’s Aaron Rai became the first competitor at the Players to finish a round with a birdie on 16, ace on 17 and birdie on 18 on Saturday.
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Aaron Rai aces No. 17 at the Players
“>Aaron Rai cards his first career hole-in-one at the famous No. 17 in the third round of the Players Championship.
Best drive
Homa took pin hunting to an entirely new level on No. 12 on Sunday.
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Homa hits flag stick with tee shot on 12
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Best approach
Justin Thomas didn’t have a great week, but this was a good moment.
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Justin Thomas finishes his third round in style with an eagle on 18
Justin Thomas holes out from 146 yards on the 18th hole to finish his round in style.
Best chip
There wasn’t much Scheffler couldn’t do at TPC Sawgrass.
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Scheffler chips in for eagle and the lead
Scottie Scheffler chips in on his second hole of the day for eagle to sit atop the leaderboard.
Best putt
Min Woo Lee made nearly 300 feet of putts combined in the first three rounds.
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Min Woo Lee pitches in eagle to move to second
Min Woo Lee starts his third round in style at the Players Championship, pitching in a lovely eagle.
Worst hole
Aaron Wise lived out a Tin Cup nightmare during the first round. He hit three tee shots in the water and carded a 10 on the par-4 18th hole.
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Aaron Wise sends 3 tee shots into water on disastrous 18th
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Worst round
Max McGreevy carded a 3-under 69 in the first round — and then was 20 strokes worse in the second. His 17-over 89 tied for the worst round in Players history; Michael Campbell was also 17 over in the first round in 2003. McGreevy birdied the ninth hole, his last, to avoid 90.
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