PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jon Rahm felt as if every shot would be good, and most of them were on Saturday as he posted an eight-under-par 64 and built a one-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in the Players Championship. Five shots behind going into the third round, Rahm shot 30 on the back nine at TPC Sawgrass and surged into the lead when McIlroy and Fleetwood could not keep pace. His only bogey was on the sixth hole, and even that landed next to the pin until running over the back. “Really, really confident with my irons. McIlroy and Fleetwood, who shared the second-round lead, struggled from the start, and both eventually recovered, McIlroy sooner than Fleetwood.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2019 23:37 UTC