Group composition and tee time for the third round of The Players, the flagship event of the PGA Tour held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.
Ludvig Åberg entered the weekend two strokes clear of Xander Schauffele after shooting a stunning second-round 63. Here he reached the turn in 29, tying his tournament record for ninth place.
Cam Young and Justin Thomas are also in contention. 2021 champion Thomas is chasing his second win at the event, while Corey Conners and Sepp Straka are also set to start late on Saturday as they look to finish in Åberg.
Seventy-three players finished the weekend at 2 over par or better, with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy stuttering after finishing their second rounds with birdies.
Both players were looking for their third win of the tournament, but were well out of contention, 13 strokes behind Scheffler’s second-round 73 and McIlroy’s 71.
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Rory McIlroy confirmed he no longer feels bag issues after shooting a 1-under-par 71 at TPC Sawgrass on Friday.
Saturday R3 Tee Time
All UK and Irish times; United States, unless specified
Start from hole 1
1215 Seamus Power (Irl)
1220 Patrick Cantlay, Michael Brennan
1230 Danny Walker, Christopher Reitan (Nor)
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Take a look back at every hole-in-one televised on the iconic par-3 17th.
1240 Rico Hoi (Phi), Daniel Berger
1250 Jack Bausch, Eric Cole
1300 Stefan Jaeger (Ger), Steven Fisk
1310 JT Poston, Kevin Roy
1325 Siwoo Kim (Kor), Scotty Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler stuttered until the weekend at The Players.
1335 Sudarshan Yelamaraju (CAN), Ricky Castillo
1345 – Nico Echaveria (Col), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)
1355 Joe Highsmith, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
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Rory McIlroy recorded birdies on the first and last holes of the day, shooting a 1-under par 71 and making the cut at The Players.
1405 Nikolaj Hojgaard (The), Chris Kirk
1415 Tony Finau, Robert McIntyre (SCO)
1425 Max McGreevy, Bud Corley
1440 Sam Burns, Chris Gotterup
1450 Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)
1500 Taylor Pendris (Can), Sam Stevens
1510 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max Homa
1520 JJ Spaun, Wyndham Clark
1530 Taylor Moore, Keegan Bradley
1545 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka
1555 Lee Minwoo (Off), Alex Noren (Swe)
1605 Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
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1615 Ryan Gerrard, Andrew Putnam
1625 Jordan Spieth, William Mau
1635 Chad Rami, Sahis Tegalla
1650 Justin Rose (UK), Jason Day (Australia)
1700 Alex Smalley, Ryo Hisatsune (Japan)
1710 Patrick Rogers, Keith Mitchell
1720 Russell Henry, Matt Fitzpatrick (English)
1730 Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland (Nor)
1740 Michael Torbjornsson, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
1755 Maverick McNeely, Austin Smotherman
1805 Lee Hodges, Jacob Bridgeman
1815 Sepp Straka (Aut), Justin Thomas
1825 Cameron Young, Corey Connors (CAN)
1835 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Xander Schauffele
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Ludvig Åberg had two incredible eagles and three birdies before his turn at TPC Sawgrass.
When is The Players live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports Golf is once again the home of The Players. There will be more than 40 hours of live golf over four days, with additional live programming available during tournament week.
Featured Groups will be available on Sky Sports+ throughout the weekend, along with Featured Holes, and you can enjoy bonus feeds in addition to the weekly feeds during our PGA Tour coverage.
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