PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A year ago, Jon Rahm and the Players Championship seemed an unlikely pairing. But summers are long for a 24-year-old golf star, and Rahm has the lead and intends to prove that he’s a new man. He tees off on Sunday at 15-under par, one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. “I think I would have lost my patience on 14 because I actually hit a good shot and ended up way long with that really difficult up-and-down. His good friend McIlroy was steadier in his descent with bogeys at both the first and the second.

Source: National Post March 17, 2019 01:18 UTC