Bubba Watson has struggled at the Players Stadium Course for his entire career. But he posted his second career bogey-free round on Saturday to share the clubhouse lead with Justin Thomas.
Bubba Watson has struggled at the Players Stadium Course for his entire career. But he posted his second career bogey-free round on Saturday to share the clubhouse lead with Justin Thomas.

The co-leaders of the clubhouse are Bubba Watson.

Things have happened this week. There may still be strange things in store.

The powerful, talented left-handed golfer who plays the game to a different beat than almost anyone else, will tell you that he is the most surprised person in the joint after he shot a bogey-free 68 on Saturday to tie defending champion Justin Thomas at 3-under 141 and share the lead

The island's 17th hole was turned into a nightmare by the wind-wind situation.

After two rounds at The Players Championship, reigning champion Justin Thomas is in control.

The University of Texas golf team will be led by Doug Ghim, Kramer Hickok.

They are one shot ahead of Russell and Kevin. Kisner played his last six holes at 4-over and was tied for the lead.

With two more difficult days in store because of the weather systems that plagued the tournament on Thursday and Friday, patience, not always one of the virtues of the man, will be paramount for the field as they chase a record purse of $20 million.

Weather has plagued tournament

The second round will start again on Sunday at 8:15 a.m., with the cut expected to be made around 2 p.m. and the third round to begin.

The second round was stopped due to darkness. 94 players will have to finish their second round.

The final round will be completed on Monday. It was the first Monday finish in The Players since 2005.

TPC Sawgrass director of agronomy Jeff Plotts said that they have gotten all four seasons this week, with temperatures ranging from the mid-80s during practice rounds to the expected frigid conditions that will await the early starters on Sunday.

Plotts and a crew of around 180 workers, 90 from his staff and 90 volunteers, worked from around 5 a.m. until noon to get the course ready after a storm front blasted through the area. The best professionals in the world were tortured at the 17th hole Island Green, where 29 balls found the water, after only four were washed on Thursday and Friday.

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The first four players to get to the 17th tee, including the first player with honors in the next group, were all tied with four swings. When they returned later in the afternoon, they found the water again after completing their first round.

The wind carried his ball away from the dry land.

There's nothing you can do.

Watson, Thomas playing steady golf

They had no difficulties. They are playing the 17th at a combined 1-under, and both parred the hole on Saturday.

The two players who finished nine or more holes in the second round were the only two who played bogey-free golf.

They were the second bogey-free cards at The Players for both.

After hitting his second shot in the water at the 18th, Thomas recovered quickly and made good progress toward an unprecedented feat.

However, that would be more of a surprise than a Players win. He has all the shots but it is a matter of finding a comfort zone, and so far in his career, he has been as comfortable on the Stadium Course as a runner with a pebble in his shoe.

The two-time Masters champion, who has never finished higher than a tie for 37th in The Players and has missed five cuts in 13 starts, said that blind shots are difficult for him. I am the perfect person that fell into the trap on every hole.

Defending Players champion Justin Thomas waits his turn on the 18th fairway of the Players Stadium Course on Saturday in The Players Championship.

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He is completely comfortable at Augusta National, but the design by Dye gives him fits.

When asked what he had learned about the course since his first start, he replied, "Oh, my gosh, not much."

He admitted to having a defeatist attitude. He told his caddie that he needed to make the putt at No. 16 to get to 5-under, so he would have enough cushion to absorb double-bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18.

But then he said that Thomas gave him some motivation.

He said that he was trying to go bogey-free for 4-under to beat him.

Putting the key for Watson

It all came down to putting. He knocked in four putts between 8 and 17 feet at Nos. 2, 3, 6 and 12 and then sank one testy par putt after another, five of 6 feet or longer, ending with a 12-footer for par at No. 18.

He said that the key to any round was making putts. I made the putts when I hit some bad shots, and that kept the round going.

Collin Morikawa watches his tee shot at the 17th hole of the Players Stadium Course on Saturday during the second round of The Players Championship.

Thomas got up and down from in front of the ninth green to preserve his clean card.

Thomas had a pair of pars at Nos. 2 and 16 and a 20-foot putt at No. 5.

He said he was thrilled with how he played and how he competed.

Fleetwood plays just three holes

The first round was completed at 2 p.m. and Tommy and Tom were the co-leaders. Both shot 6-under 66 in the first round on Thursday, with several players tying at 5-under.

On Saturday, the course was even through three holes. The golfer never got a chance to start.

Doug Ghim, Harold Varner III, and Will Zalatoris are all on the first page.

Smith, who had a 69 in the first round, is 4-under after making his first hole.

The weather was partly cloudy and windy. The high is 61. The wind was NNW with gusts to 43 mph. The second round was delayed because of the weather in the morning. The second round was suspended due to darkness. The second round was completed by 48 of the 71 players in the first wave. 45 of 72 players in the second wave started the second round Saturday.

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