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Third round Players Championship front-runner Chris Kirk has ruled out returning to Northern Ireland later this month to contest the Rory McIlroy hosted Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Kirk, 29 birdied four of his closing six holes in a round of a four under par 68 to move one shot clear of the field on 10-under par on the TPC Sawgrass course. The Atlanta-born Kirk is no stranger to winning having captured three PGA Tour titles including last year’s Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston. However ...

Here is a fact you won’t see in any of the post third round PGA Tour notes. In scrolling down to the tail of the field on the Players Championship leaderboard there is eight players in the bottom 21 in the $US 10m event who between them boast 28 Major Championship titles. They include: T55th – Charl Schwartzel (2011 Masters) 65th – Graeme McDowell (2010 US Open) T66th – Louis Oosthuizen (2010 Open) T68th – Tiger Woods (14 Majors), Padraig Harrington (2007 & 2008 ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy posted a third round 70 to move to six under par and just a few shots from the lead and then stated winning a Players Championship would be right up there alongside capturing a World Golf Championship (WGC). After completing his outward nine in one over par, the four-time Major winner completed the back nine in three under par to be well in sight of a second straight PGA Tour victory. And after capturing a second WGC title last week in San Francisco McIlroy spoke of the ...

Canadian Graham DeLaet found a novel way to spend Saturday afternoon, and after finishing five shots in front of playing partner, Tiger Woods. In fact, DeLaet went fishin’ in one of the many waterways about the TPC Sawgrass course. DeLaet recorded a superb ninth hole eagle along with three birdies along with three bogeys in his round of 70 while Woods recorded an unwanted PGA Tour first in 306 events by recording two double bogeys in his round, at the second and ninth holes, in his score of ...

Struggling Tiger Woods failed to get his tee shot past the TPC Sawgrass Ladies tee during his third round of the Players Championship. Woods hit a tree down the right side of the par five second hole and with his ball cannoning back towards the tee and officially travelling just 105-yards. Indeed Woods ball was short of the Ladies tee from when Woods took the first of two double bogeys  on route to a round of a three over par 75. And in yet another unwanted first for the 14-time Major winner it ...

Grame McDowell was delighted to be playing all four rounds despite falling to two over par after three holes but then regrouping to complete his closing 11 holes in four under par in a round of 70 for a one under par tally. “This is the ultimate risk-reward golf course and you keep it out of the water for the four days and you’ve got a great shot at winning this golf tournament,” he said. “It keeps you on edge for all 18 holes and if you miss greens in the wrong place it just makes you look ...

Stephen Gallacher was proud of his effort over the two days capping his second round with a 16th hole eagle in shooting a two under par 70 and a similar 36-hole tally at the Players. “Two under is a decent score as I’ve played good these two days and despite three-putting the 18th o my ninth, it could have easily been a lot better,” he said. “There’s really only been the one hiccup over the two rounds at that was taking double at 17 yesterday and really I got caught out by a wind change ...