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Weekend Coverage of the 2023 PLAYERS Championship
Note: Play was suspended for the day due to inclement weather at 4:27pm (ET). The second round will resume as this is sent at 7:00am. No players in yesterday’s afternoon wave finished their round and 71 players remained on the golf course. Third-round tee times will be approximately 10:40 am – 12:40pm ET in threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10.
By TERRY LYONS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Christiaan Bezuidenhout (thru 14*) and first-timer Adam Svensson (11*) shared the lead at 8-under at the time play was suspended. while PGA Tour rookie Ben Griffin (67-71—138), making his tournament debut, is the leader in the clubhouse after R-2.
Three players in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Ranking are T-8 or better: Collin Morikawa (T-3/No. 10), Scottie Scheffler (No. 2/T-6) and Viktor Hovland (No. 11/T-8)
First-round leader Chad Ramey played his final three holes prior to the suspension in 5-over, including a quadruple bogey at the par-3 17th
FedExCup leader and World No. 1 Jon Rahm withdrew before the start of his round due to illness, snapping the TOUR’s longest active made-cuts streak at 25.
The cutline is projected at +1
The PLAYERS | Partial Leaderboard
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 68 -4 (14*) -8
Adam Svensson 68 -4 (11*) -8
Ben Griffin 67 71 (F) -6
Min Woo Lee 68 -2 (15*) -6
Collin Morikawa. 65 +1 (11) -6
The PLAYERS | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
YARDS/PAR: 7,256 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECTS: Pete Dye
PRIZE Money - Purse: $25,000,000 with Winner: $4,500,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Cameron Smith
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @THEPLAYERSChamp
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
The PLAYERS | The Basics
The Tee Times for R-3 at TPC Sawgrass will run from 10:40am (ET) to 12:40pm (ET).
Weather: Yesterday, the weather forecasters missed as morning reports called for a 2% chance of rain but tournament play was suspended at 4:27pm due to inclement weather.
Today, Saturday, March 11: The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a 0% chance of rain. Temps will be 56-71 degrees with winds at 8-15 mph in the morning but 5-10 mph winds in the afternoon.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 7:00am (ET) on Sunday.
The PLAYERS : Tee Times and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
The PLAYERS: Tournament Play Suspended (Golf Week/USA)
Chaos Reigns as The PLAYERS Suspended Play (ESPNCom/Associated Press)
Keith Mitchell Just Before the Horn (Golf Week/USA Today)
How to Watch - The PLAYERS | R-3 (PGATourCom)
Saturday Coverage:
Golf Channel and ESPN+ - Coverage begins at 7:00am (ET)
NBC Sports - Coverage begins at 1:00pm (ET)
Sirius XM | PGA Tour/The PLAYERS Radio - Coverage begins at 12 Noon
On This Day in Golf History
March 11, 1984 - Tom Kite shot a final round -7 under (65) and birdied four of the last six holes to beat Jack Nicklaus by two shots to win the Doral-Eastern Open in Miami. | Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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