Groupings and tee times for the third round of The Players, the PGA Tour’s flagship event, held at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.
Ludvig Åberg heads into the weekend two strokes clear of Xander Schauffele after a stunning second-round 63, where he equalled the front-nine tournament record by reaching the turn in 29.
Cam Young and Justin Thomas are also in contention, with 2021 champion Thomas chasing his second victory at the event, while Corey Conners and Sepp Straka also late starters on Saturday as they look to close on Åberg.
73 players made it through to the weekend on two over or better, with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy stuttering their way through after finishing their second rounds with birdies.
Both players were looking to win this event for a third time but are a long way out of contention, sat 13 strokes off the halfway lead after Scheffler’s second-round 73 and McIlroy’s 71.
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Rory McIlroy confirmed that he didn’t feel any further back issues after posting a one-under par 71 at TPC Sawgrass on Friday
Saturday’s R3 tee times
All UK and Ireland time; USA unless stated
Starting from Hole One
1215 Seamus Power (Irl)
1220 Patrick Cantlay, Michael Brennan
1230 Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)
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1240 Rico Hoey (Phi), Daniel Berger
1250 Zach Bauchou, Eric Cole
1300 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Steven Fisk
1310 JT Poston, Kevin Roy
1325 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler stuttered into the weekend at The Players
1335 Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can), Ricky Castillo
1345 Nico Echavarria (Col), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)
1355 Joe Highsmith, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
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Rory McIlroy made birdie on his first and last holes of the day to post a one-under par 71 and make the cut at The Players
1405 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Chris Kirk
1415 Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
1425 Max McGreevy, Bud Cauley
1440 Sam Burns, Chris Gotterup
1450 Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)
1500 Taylor Pendrith (Can), Sam Stevens
1510 Matti Schmid (Ger), Max Homa
1520 JJ Spaun, Wyndham Clark
1530 Taylor Moore, Keegan Bradley
1545 Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka
1555 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Alex Noren (Swe)
1605 Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
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1615 Ryan Gerard, Andrew Putnam
1625 Jordan Spieth, William Mouw
1635 Chad Ramey, Sahith Theegala
1650 Justin Rose (Eng), Jason Day (Aus)
1700 Alex Smalley, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)
1710 Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell
1720 Russell Henley, Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
1730 Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland (Nor)
1740 Michael Thorbjornson, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
1755 Maverick McNealy, Austin Smotherman
1805 Lee Hodges, Jacob Bridgeman
1815 Sepp Straka (Aut), Justin Thomas
1825 Cameron Young, Corey Conners (Can)
1835 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Xander Schauffele
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Ludvig Åberg carded an incredible two eagles and three birdies before making the turn at TPC Sawgrass
When is The Players live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports Golf is once again the home of The Players, with over 40 hours of live golf across the four days and a host of extra live programming available during tournament week.
Featured Groups will be available on Sky Sports+ throughout the weekend along with Featured Holes, with bonus feeds to enjoy on top of the feeds available each week during PGA Tour coverage.
Who will win The Players? Watch throughout the weekend live on Sky Sports. Live coverage continues Saturday from 1pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.
