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The world No. 3, a fan of the no-cut format coming to more Tour events next year, will now have to fight to make the cut at the Players.

The one-time PGA Tour winner got off to the perfect start in his first trip to TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship on Thursday carding eight birdies and ...

We are taking a peek inside the clubhouse as the new executive chef rolls out an all organic menu for the pros during The Players.

Hayden Buckley, in just the second group to reach the 17th hole at the Stadium Course on Thursday, made a hole-in-one.

"Really I thought every aspect of the game was pretty solid all day. I was hitting the ball great all day. After the eagle, Buckley birdied the par-4 18th, becoming the first player in Stadium Course history, according to the Tour, to go 1-3 on Nos.

Hayden Buckley wasted no time in setting off fireworks at this year's Players championship with his hole-in-one on the famed Par 317th at TPC Sawgrass.

The 27-year-old celebrated his ace accordingly by tossing his hat into the air and screaming along with the fans. After his golf ball landed a couple of paces behind and to the right of the hole, it caught the slope perfectly before trickling into the cup. While there’s no easy pin location on the island green, Thursday’s front pin is one players can avoid by just hitting the center of the green and not flirt with the water or players can utilize the backstop behind the flag.

Buckley made the intimidating tee shot look way too easy with an unlikely ace on one of golf's most famous holes.

The hole-in-one helped kickstart Buckley's round and briefly vaulted him into a tie for the lead at -3. On what was officially his third shot (from the exact same spot as his first), the ball dunked straight into the hole for an unlikely par. Round 1 Here's a look at the exclusive list of players who have aced it in competition: Buckley tossed his hat into the air, threw his club towards his bag and pumped up the crowd. It's not a long hole, measuring just 137 yards, but the intimidating view from the tee box makes it one of the toughest shots players face each year.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tyson Alexander is no stranger to the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The past University of Florida golfer has lived in ...

Rory McIlroy opened THE PLAYERS Championship with a 4-over 76. When darkness stranded 21 on Thursday night, he sat T118 and 12 strokes back of clubhouse ...

The best of each of the other editions also opened with 76. Even if you wanted to frame a comparison to McIlroy in a head-to-head market with each of those success stories, you’re probably going to circle the Ulsterman every time, regardless of how the values might otherwise influence you. And he can’t possibly putt as poorly as he did in a classic opener. The best of the subset was Jamie Lovemark in 2018. Far from vintage, of course, but more of a retro Rory in the context of a slow start. If you’re going to be aggressive – because we’re still considering Rory McIlroy, the 2019 PLAYERS champion – push a unit into a top 20.

On Thursday at the Players Championship, the PGA Tour's middle class sent a message to the elite. We'll see how the weekend goes at TPC Sawgrass.

The next-lowest winner was [Si Woo Kim](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7081/si-woo-kim) (75th) in 2017. "The calf was a random thing, just out of nowhere," Lee said. He had four birdies on both the front and back and didn't card a bogey in 18 holes. The only thing I will be thinking on today is a couple wedge shots, about three or four of them out there, that not only didn't I hit them close, some of them I missed the green completely." [Rory McIlroy](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy) and defending U.S. You have a little bit of Bermuda in there, and then with the overseed, it's extremely thick." "It gives me the confidence, and deep down I believe I belong out here," Ramey said. Open champion [Matt Fitzpatrick](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9037/matt-fitzpatrick) each carded a 4-over 76 and were 12 shots behind Ramey. 114 in the world, is 3 shots back, along with [Ben Griffin](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/440499/ben-griffin) and [Justin Suh](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10583/justin-suh), who are Nos. Canada's [Taylor Pendrith](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9658/taylor-pendrith), No. [Chad Ramey](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10057/chad-ramey), who is ranked No. [Collin Morikawa](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10592/collin-morikawa), [Scottie Scheffler](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler) and [Sam Burns](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9938/sam-burns), it might be difficult for anyone other than diehard golf fans to recognize players inside the top 10.

It was the 40th ace in tournament history, the 35th at TPC Sawgrass, and the 11th at the iconic 17th hole. Shane Lowry made the 10th island-green ace ...

I had friends and my wife in the crowd, so I had to entertain them a little bit.” Lucas Herbert entered the hole at 8 over but delivered a confident strike, the ball settling 2 feet away for an easy birdie. He threw his hat in the air and pumped both his fists. Regardless, he intended to savor the moment from one of golf’s most iconic holes. I didn't have much of a reaction,” said Buckley of his first TOUR ace. Playing in the second group off No.

From a chat with Tom Kim to a rookie's grandfather surviving a plane crash and then playing in the Ryder cup, we've learned a lot this week.

The Thomas/Spieth/Homa group was finishing up just as the sun was setting on TPC Sawgrass, and I thought the excitement of the day was coming to a close when I spotted Nelly and Jessica Korda in the gallery! We’ve seen players arrive to the course in carts, but this is a first for me. [was the first](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/03/09/cameron-smith-players-championship-defending-championg-played-municipal-course/?taid=640a276f28a8a600017d5ce7&utm_campaign=trueAnthem+Manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter) on that story. Witnessing one of those chats was among my favorite moments of the entire week. [The Yards](https://www.playtheyards.com/), just down the road from TPC Sawgrass. This was definitely a highlight of my week so far, particularly because I finally got to meet the Tom Kim. [the Players](https://golf.com/news/what-channel-is-players-championship-on-tv/), and not just for the pros! Opens, and Bud competed on Ryder Cup teams in 1949 and 1951 — both before and after the crash. I selfishly wanted to see the cufflinks myself, but first-timers day wasn’t about me. Also, none of the players I spoke to had opened their Tiffany box yet. I can’t even make it from the steps of my building to my apartment door before ripping into a package, so credit to the first-timers for executing some serious self control. I’ll start with Tuesday evening, when we headed to my favorite ice cream spot in the entire Sunshine State — Cookies and Creme Jax Beach!

As PGA General Manager of the iconic venue since 2018, Sprague relishes the opportunity to work alongside so many fellow PGA Members during one of golf's ...

The first Players Championship held here was in 1982 when J.C. Snead famously sniped that Dye had ruined a perfectly good swamp.

So while some of those slamming trunks in the Sawgrass parking lot might be taking Pete Dye’s name in vain, the rest of us have reason enough to whisper it as a blessing. Open: the turning of the thumbscrews. Len Mattiace was one shot off the lead when he got to the 17th hole 25 years ago and made 8, a painful moment for a popular figure in the locker room. Ten years ago, Sergio Garcia came to the 17th tee tied for the lead with Woods and made a quadruple bogey, prompting peers in the locker room to wonder if Schadenfreude is capitalized. The flip side is that brutality can be a buzz kill, claiming the very stars upon whom an event relies for eyeballs. The Stadium Course at Sawgrass provides something seldom seen now in elite golf, at least outside of a U.S. He will have the weekend off to celebrate his victory. — The aphorism about not speaking ill of the dead is believed to have originated with Chilon of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Four decades after it opened, the Stadium Course is golf’s equivalent of a medieval rack, across which the world’s best players are stretched until their breaking point is identified. It’s been three years since the celebrated architect died at age 94, but his name has surely been muttered in vain by quite a few competitors this week at TPC Sawgrass, where the Stadium Course ranks among the most taxing of his designs in a career that spanned half a century. And Herbert didn’t even have the worst day. The first Players Championship held here was in 1982 when J.C.

Golf fans on social media were shocked and surprised to see just how much it costs to play TPC Sawgrass just after the Players Championship.

The first day of action at TPC Sawgrass saw some of the game's biggest names struggle while others stepped up.

he's 22nd this season in sand save percentage.— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) Nick Watney has two 7s on his back nine, including a 4-putt on No. 10-12 to get to 3 under and just converted a sick up-and-down to remain there. He is actually striking the ball well but ranks 134th in strokes gained putting and 90th in strokes gained around the green. 2 after making a quadruple bogey on No. Nick Watney holes out for eagle on No. Both are 1 over, but Fitzpatrick just hit one in the water on No. His ability to keep the ball in the short grass off the tee will be key moving forward as his short game saved him a number of times when he was out of position. Ramey gained nearly six strokes with the putter on Thursday (two strokes better than his previous career high) and is unlikely to replicate this over the next 54 holes. While the likes of Ramey and other relative unknowns are likely to fade as the week progresses, a player who is sure to be there come the back nine on Sunday is world No. Morikawa's day began in a relatively straightforward fashion with two birdies on his opening half. Collin Morikawa has catapulted himself into contention at the 2023 Players Championship with an opening-round 65 as play was suspended on Thursday due to darkness.

Will Gordon, Jason Day and Viktor Hovland have also completed 36 holes and are all at 4 under. First-round leader Chad Ramey is early in his second round.

Take a little bit off of it, and then the wind kind of switches more left to right and almost into, and I didn't hit the best of shots, but I thought for sure it was going to be on the green, just a little short right. On Friday he made five birdies and is in contention. Yeah, barely covered, hit the planks and barely stayed on the green, so it was a little too much drama there.” He’s a 4 under and only two shots off the clubhouse lead. 1 had already moved from 112 to 43 in the OWGR and is 20th in FedExCup standings. I'm just happy to be in the position that I'm in to make a charge this weekend and hopefully finish on top.” Hovland said: “When we were standing on 17, the wind was down and off the left, so I just figured I don't even need to hit a full 50-degree. His ball bounced hard off the bulkhead in front of the green, went flying high into the air and ended in the fringe in the back of the green a foot from the water. He was cruising in his second round, standing on the 18th tee 3 under on the day, but he blew his drive on the last hole well right, had to punch out and made double bogey. Ben Griffin is the leader in the clubhouse after shooting 71 in the morning wave Friday at THE PLAYERS. [Rahm WDs Before Round 2](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/03/10/jon-rahm-withdraws-from-the-players-championship-due-to-illness-fedexcup-world-no-1__;!!EuSotcx3mN0!PrGp6595726NKLY7d6JYcrkB1iCy_ycbSRKUasPVz7AaXBOqrt4HPHFHoNq_1XpRhYxG3hqcxhW6PwvoPb6i8-Y$): The world No. I'm not going to be the first guy to make a double there,” Griffin said.