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Defending champ Rory McIlroy superbly birdied the last to boost chances of playing all four days in the Players Championship. McIlro posted a one-under par 71 to end with a one-over par tally. In ending his round, McIlroy was sharing 54th place and one shot inside the projected cut-off mark of two-over. MORE TO FOLLOW

PARTIAL First-Round Notes – Thursday, March 12, 2026  Weather: Mostly cloudy. High of 79. Winds SW at 12-18 mph with gusts to 24 mph. Suspension Summary: The first round was suspended due to inclement weather at 12:09 p.m. ET and resumed at 12:30 p.m., a delay of 21 minutes with players staying in position. The first round was suspended due to darkness at 7:37 p.m. with four players left to complete their round. The first round will resume on Friday at 8:50 a.m. The second round will begin as ...

In the five days since Rory McIlroy pulled out of the Arnie Palmer Invitational he’s hit one bucket of golf balls and that  was late on the eve in the defence of his Players Championship at Ponte Vedra. McIlroy indicated he used nothing lower than a 6-iron on the TPS Sawgrass practice range before undertaking some chipping and putting over some six holes of the course proper. There was a warm welcome for playing partners Hideki Matsuya and Xander Schauffele but then there did seem a lot more ...

As the golf world focussed on whether or not Rory McIlroy would tee-up in the defence of his Players Championship we learned champion New Zealander golfer Ryan Fox had withdrawn from the $5m tournament. We did learn ahead of the event American David Ford was first reserve and only because he would take McIlroy’s place should McIlroy elect not to tee-up at TPC Sawgrass. However, no sooner had the tournament got underway and there was the shock sight of double major-winning Collin Morikawa grabbing ...

They say golf is a crazy game. Six days after signing for a second straight 79 and Justin Thomas emerges to birdie his opening three holes and then birdie three of his closing four holes in a stunning turnaround score of 68 on day one of The Players Championship. JT had been boasting last Friday in speaking with GolfByTourMiss and other members of the Arnold Palmer Invitational media that he was delighted to have ended his second round ‘missing the fat lady’, referring to not shooting ...

Has then been a more recent bizarre scenario than what unfolded early on the opening day at this week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Firstly, the golf world has been on virtual tender-hooks since Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy was forced out ahead of the third round at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Orlando. News surfaced McIlroy had felt pain in his lower back but for the next few days it was a scenario of whether or not McIlroy will be fit enough ...

It is a virtual log-jam atop of the leaderboard post the Thursday’s opening round at Aramco LIV Golf Singapore breaking new ground. The leading foursome – Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Lee Westwood and Canadian-born Richard T. Lee each posted 4-under 67s on a demanding day at Sentosa’s famed Serapong course. They lead by one stroke over a group of seven players, with 10 other players another shot back. For Rahm, winner of last week’s HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong, it’s the 14th time ...