William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes are tied atop the PLAYERS Championship leaderboard after posting 5-under 67s in the opening-round at TPC Sawgrass.
Four players are tied at 4-under, including rising stars Alex Noren and Jon Rahm. Another young star, Daniel Berger, headlines a group of 12 players tied for 7th at 3-under-par.
Jason Day and Rickie Fowler, the two most recent winners of the PLAYERS, each posted 2-under 70s, and are in the hunt, just three shots back. World No. 1 Dustin Johnson posted a pedestrian 1-under 71, but is only 4 back.
Reigning Masters champ, Sergio Garcia provided the highlight of the day with an ace on the iconic 17th hole, which moved him to 1-over.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Adam Scott arrived on No. 17’s tee at 6-under, and the outright leader. The Aussie then proceeded to post two double bogeys on the final two holes, to plummet to 2-under.
Top 10
1 Mackenzie Hughes -5
1 William McGirt -5
3 Chez Reavie -4
3 Alexander Noren -4
3 J.B. Holmes -4
3 Jon Rahm -4
7 Rafael Cabrera-Bello -3
7 Louis Oosthuizen -3
7 David Lingmerth -3
7 Francesco Molinari -3
7 Kyle Stanley -3
7 Brendan Steele -3
7 Cody Gribble -3
7 Patrick Cantlay -3
7 Si-woo Kim -3
7 Daniel Berger -3
7 Daniel Summerhays -3
Shot of the Day
WOW!!@TheSergioGarcia makes an ACE at the iconic 17th hole at @TPCSawgrass!#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/KZVnATFDsM
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 11, 2017
Leaderboard
| POS. | PLAYER NAME | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie Hughes | -5 |
| 1 | William McGirt | -5 |
| 3 | Chez Reavie | -4 |
| 3 | Alexander Noren | -4 |
| 3 | J.B. Holmes | -4 |
| 3 | Jon Rahm | -4 |
| 7 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | -3 |
| 7 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 |
| 7 | David Lingmerth | -3 |
| 7 | Francesco Molinari | -3 |
| 7 | Kyle Stanley | -3 |
| 7 | Brendan Steele | -3 |
| 7 | Cody Gribble | -3 |
| 7 | Patrick Cantlay | -3 |
| 7 | Si-woo Kim | -3 |
| 7 | Daniel Berger | -3 |
| 7 | Daniel Summerhays | -3 |
| 18 | Gary Woodland | -2 |
| 18 | Vijay Singh | -2 |
| 18 | Adam Scott | -2 |
| 18 | Aaron Baddeley | -2 |
| 18 | Cameron Tringale | -2 |
| 18 | Rickie Fowler | -2 |
| 18 | Blayne Barber | -2 |
| 18 | Phil Mickelson | -2 |
| 18 | Jason Day | -2 |
| 18 | Lucas Glover | -2 |
| 18 | Lee Westwood | -2 |
| 18 | Boo Weekley | -2 |
| 18 | David Hearn | -2 |
| 18 | Ricky Barnes | -2 |
| 32 | Billy Hurley III | -1 |
| 32 | Bernhard Langer | -1 |
| 32 | Dustin Johnson | -1 |
| 32 | Paul Casey | -1 |
| 32 | Cameron Smith | -1 |
| 32 | Roberto Castro | -1 |
| 32 | Harold Varner III | -1 |
| 32 | Sung-hoon Kang | -1 |
| 32 | Ben Martin | -1 |
| 32 | Branden Grace | -1 |
| 32 | Brian Harman | -1 |
| 32 | Graeme McDowell | -1 |
| 32 | Kevin Kisner | -1 |
| 32 | Jim Herman | -1 |
| 32 | Ryan Palmer | -1 |
| 32 | Webb Simpson | -1 |
| 32 | Adam Hadwin | -1 |
| 32 | Jimmy Walker | -1 |
| 32 | Ben Crane | -1 |
| 51 | Emiliano Grillo | E |
| 51 | Zach Johnson | E |
| 51 | Henrik Stenson | E |
| 51 | Martin Kaymer | E |
| 51 | Ian Poulter | E |
| 51 | Hideki Matsuyama | E |
| 51 | Rod Pampling | E |
| 51 | Wesley Bryan | E |
| 51 | Kevin Streelman | E |
| 51 | Michael Kim | E |
| 51 | K.J. Choi | E |
| 51 | Kevin Chappell | E |
| 51 | James Hahn | E |
| 51 | Patrick Reed | E |
| 51 | Steve Stricker | E |
| 66 | Justin Thomas | 1 |
| 66 | Marc Leishman | 1 |
| 66 | Ryan Moore | 1 |
| 66 | Greg Chalmers | 1 |
| 66 | Jordan Spieth | 1 |
| 66 | Matt Kuchar | 1 |
| 66 | Seung-yul Noh | 1 |
| 66 | D.A. Points | 1 |
| 66 | Jason Dufner | 1 |
| 66 | Tony Finau | 1 |
| 66 | Patrick Rodgers | 1 |
| 66 | Brian Stuard | 1 |
| 66 | Jason Kokrak | 1 |
| 66 | Rory McIlroy | 1 |
| 66 | Jim Furyk | 1 |
| 66 | Yuta Ikeda | 1 |
| 66 | Sergio Garcia | 1 |
| 83 | Brian Gay | 2 |
| 83 | Charley Hoffman | 2 |
| 83 | Scott Brown | 2 |
| 83 | Ernie Els | 2 |
| 83 | Pat Perez | 2 |
| 83 | Sean O'Hair | 2 |
| 83 | Shawn Stefani | 2 |
| 83 | Graham Delaet | 2 |
| 83 | Tommy Fleetwood | 2 |
| 83 | Chad Campbell | 2 |
| 83 | Andrew Loupe | 2 |
| 83 | Shane Lowry | 2 |
| 83 | Matt Every | 2 |
| 83 | Luke Donald | 2 |
| 83 | Justin Rose | 2 |
| 83 | Grayson Murray | 2 |
| 83 | Bryce Molder | 2 |
| 83 | Chris Kirk | 2 |
| 83 | Brooks Koepka | 2 |
| 83 | John Huh | 2 |
| 83 | Troy Merritt | 2 |
| 83 | Kyle Reifers | 2 |
| 83 | Martin Laird | 2 |
| 83 | Smylie Kaufman | 2 |
| 83 | Jerry Kelly | 2 |
| 83 | Johnson Wagner | 2 |
| 109 | Keegan Bradley | 3 |
| 109 | Robert Garrigus | 3 |
| 109 | Billy Horschel | 3 |
| 109 | Russell Henley | 3 |
| 109 | Robert Streb | 3 |
| 109 | Peter Malnati | 3 |
| 109 | Jamie Lovemark | 3 |
| 109 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | 3 |
| 109 | Bernd Wiesberger | 3 |
| 109 | Alex Cejka | 3 |
| 109 | Vaughn Taylor | 3 |
| 109 | Jason Bohn | 3 |
| 109 | Anirban Lahiri | 3 |
| 109 | Spencer Levin | 3 |
| 123 | Hudson Swafford | 4 |
| 123 | Russell Knox | 4 |
| 123 | Mark Hubbard | 4 |
| 123 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 4 |
| 123 | Zac Blair | 4 |
| 123 | Fredrik Jacobson | 4 |
| 123 | Ross Fisher | 4 |
| 123 | Bill Haas | 4 |
| 123 | Derek Fathauer | 4 |
| 123 | Bubba Watson | 4 |
| 123 | Tyrrell Hatton | 4 |
| 123 | Charl Schwartzel | 4 |
| 123 | Brett Stegmaier | 4 |
| 136 | Patton Kizzire | 5 |
| 136 | Jonas Blixt | 5 |
| 136 | Luke List | 5 |
| 139 | Fabian Gomez | 6 |
| 139 | Jhonattan Vegas | 6 |
| 139 | Danny Lee | 6 |
| 142 | Danny Willett | 7 |
| 143 | Scott Piercy | 8 |
| 144 | Harris English | 12 |
