Two grpups on either side of the Stadium Course had to finish either one or two holes
Lucas Glover explains strong start at 2025 Players Championship.
Lucas Glover: “I had several today, left-edge putts downhill, fast, from two and three feet that I would have missed three years ago.”
The first round of the Players Championship is officially in the books after five players returned to the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on Friday to finish after a suspension because of darkness on Thursday.
Max McGreevy was the only one of the five who was on the first page of the leaderboard. He was 5-under and on the 18th tee when play was halted at 7:24 p.m. on Thursday and he bogeyed No. 18 to finish with a 68 and a tie for seventh at 4-under.
His playing partners also made a mess of No. 18. Ryan Gerard returned to birdie the 17th hole on a 10-foot putt to get to 2-under, then gave both shots back with a double bogey at the 18th after driving into the right rough. He finished with a 72. Frankie Capan III bogeyed the 18th to finish with a 3-over 74.
Two players had to finish on the front nine. Kevin Roy and Jackson Suber both parred No. 9 to post 5-over 77s. The third player in the group, Kris Ventura, elected to finish the hole after the darkness delay and had already bogeyed it for a 77.
The second round began as scheduled at 7:40 a.m. Lucas Glover, Camilo Villegas and J.J. Spaun were tied for the lead at 6-under 66 and Rory McIlroy, Billy Horschel and Min Woo Lee were tied for fourth at 5-under.
