The Players Championship is underway from TPC Sawgrass as players compete for their share of the $25 million purse, including $4.5 million for the winner.
Six Canadians – Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Nick Taylor, Corey Conners, Sudarshan Yellamaraju and A.J. Ewart – are in the field, all of whom are looking to win the tournament for the first time their careers.
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Hughes and Pendrith both had early starts to the day and got under par early in their rounds before both finishing two-over.
Hughes bogeyed his opening hole before bouncing back with an Eagle on the par 5 11th before posting another bogey on 14 to return back to Even. A bogey on 18 left him at 1-over after his first nine. He birdied Hole 1 to get back to even, but bogeyed Holes 3 and 4 to sit at 2-over, where he finished the day.
Pendrith opened with a birdie to start his tournament and found another on the 12th to sit at 2-under. A triple-bogey on 15 derailed his strong start, with two more bogeys to close the front nine leaving him at 3-over. He bogeyed Hole 4 to drop to 4-over, but returned to 2-over, where he finished, with birdies on Holes 6 and 7 after a brief weather delay.
Taylor, who started the afternoon group of Canadians at 2 pm ET, got off to a rough start with a double-bogey on his opening hole before bouncing back with a birdie on Hole 11. Then, Taylor misstepped on the 14th with a bogey before he birdied on the 16th, all before double-bogeying on 18 to sit 3-over through nine. To begin the back nine, Taylor got back on track with a birdie to sit 2-over currently.
Corey Conners, who teed off shortly after Taylor, opened with a birdie on the 10th to start 1-under before parring the next six holes.Conners then bogeyed on the 17th hole to sit even. He birdied the 10th to get back to 1-under thru 10.
Sudarshan Yellamaraju and A.J. Ewart began their action together in the final group of the day.
Yellamaraju opened his afternoon with a par and continued to do so thru four holes. On the 5th, however, Yellamaraju double-bogeyed but brought himself bakc with a birdie on 14.
Ewart also began his day with par, but then got off track and sits five-over thru 10.
Tracking the Canadians
Follow the latest Canadian scores from TPC Sawgrass below:
Mackenzie Hughes: +2 thru 18*
Taylor Pendrith: +2 thru 18*
Nick Taylor: +2 thru 17*
Corey Conners: -2 thru 15*
Sudarshan Yellamaraju: +1 thru 14
A.J. Ewart: +5 thru 14
*Back nine start
Current leader: Maverick McNealy -5
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