The Players Championship has been running for four days, but even now there is still no winner. In all likelihood, the tournament will end today. So a mega golf day awaits the players. After these eventful five days of Players, one of the players will prevail and take home the 3.6 million dollars.
Bad weather overshadows the Players Championship
The tournament was not under a good star. Already at the beginning of the Players week many responsible persons were aware that an end of the tournament on Sunday, as regularly planned, will be very difficult. Bad weather with heavy rain falling for hours on the TPC Sawgrass and partly heavy thunderstorms delayed the play more and more and made it difficult for the professionals. Now it’s Monday, actually the week after the tournament. But the tour has a clear plan and goal this Monday to finish the tournament. A mega-Monday finish is planned: First, the third round will be played out in the early morning in Florida. After that, the complete fourth round will be played. If everything goes smoothly, there would even be enough time for a playoff.
An epochal Monday finish
The exact schedule has it all: After the actual fourth day of the tournament was interrupted at 7:30 p.m. local time due to darkness, the players will take to the court again very early on Monday. Virtually at sunrise, the players who have not yet completed the third round will get going again. The PGA Tour gives the remaining players three hours to finish the third round. At 11 a.m. local time, i.e. at 4 p.m. German time, the round will then be completed.
At the same time, both the tee times for Round 4 and the new pin positions and tee shots will be gradually prepared. At 11 a.m. local time the first players will start into the final round, in three-man flights from tee 1 and 10. The best placed players after round 3 will start at 1 p.m. according to the tour. If all goes well, the final round is scheduled to end at 6 p.m. local time. After that, there would even be time for the traditional three-hole playoff. The tour is very optimistic about keeping to the schedule and it looks like the weather is finally playing along as well. Until the start of the fifth day, you can enjoy the best shots from the 17th hole here: