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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – He’s still shy of his 30th birthday, but Rory McIlroy has come a long way in his Players Championship career. McIlroy outlasted the strongest field of the year to win the PGA Tour’s flagship event, shooting a final-round 70 to edge Jim Furyk by a shot. It was his first […]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Coming down the stretch at The Players Championship, Rory McIlroy was surrounded by green-clad fans wishing him the “luck of the Irish.” And while McIlroy hails from Northern Ireland, not the Republic of Ireland, he still flashed a little bit of green from underneath his pullover as he sat in […]

The famed par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass’ Players Stadium Course ranked as the 12th most difficult hole this week at the Players Championship. Here’s a closer look inside the numbers: SCORING AVERAGE: 3.002 (+0.002) ACES: 1 (Ryan Moore, Round 1) BIRDIES: 94 PARS: 282 BOGEYS: 31 DOUBLE BOGEYS: 24 TRIPLE BOGEYS OR WORSE: 5 […]

Rory McIlroy won for the first time in 365 days by capturing the Players Championship Sunday at TPC Sawgrass. Here’s a look inside of his bag: DRIVER: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX shaft FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade M5 (19 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80X shaft IRONS: TaylorMade […]

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – It’s already one of the most-discussed holes on the PGA Tour, but now the 17th at TPC Sawgrass has a new line in its record book thanks to Jhonattan Vegas. Vegas sent the crowd around the island green into a frenzy with his birdie effort during the final round of […]