PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The longest week of the PGA Players Championship moved one step closer to its conclusion on Sunday, but it didn’t really clear up the picture, where the names keep changing at the top.
India’s Anirban Lahiri capped off a 12+ hour day at TPC Sawgrass with a birdie putt on the 11th green to finish at 9 under.
“I was a bit worried that it was going to be so cold. I’m not used to playing in temperatures below (4 degrees Celsius) and I did have a little difficulty at the start of the course, commented Lahiri. But it was nice to just get back to a good process and rhythm. I had a lot of good swings today. It was a very good day. »
Moments earlier, Harold Varner III hit an approach shot with such retro effect that his ball went across a good part of the green to stop inches from the cup, earning him a birdie. He finished with a cumulative minus-8.
That’s when the siren went off, not to celebrate Varner’s blow, but to signal the end of the day due to darkness.
Tom Hoge completed his round with a birdie on a 25-foot putt to close within one stroke of Lahiri.
Just behind him is Sam Burns, at-7, tied with two other golfers, Paul Casey and Sebastian MuInoz.
So there is one last day left and anything can still happen.
Two Canadians are at 4 under, Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners.
Hoge opened his tournament Thursday with a 66, one shot ahead of Lahiri. Due to the rain that saturated the course, the two players did not hit another shot before their second round on Sunday morning. Both played 27 holes.
The third round was scheduled to end on Monday morning, before the final is played to hand over the $ 3.6 million scholarship to the winner. A scholarship with a three-year exemption to participate in the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Omnium, and the British Omnium.
Of note, none of the six players at the top of the table has won a major tournament so far in their respective careers.
The third round was scheduled to end on Monday morning, before the final is played to hand over the $ 3.6 million scholarship to the winner. A scholarship with a three-year exemption to participate in the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Omnium, and the British Omnium.
Of note, none of the six players at the top of the table has won a major tournament so far in their respective careers.
