'Shameful' conditions at TPC Sawgrass lead to Players Championship scores skyrocketing
It was a wild day at The Players Championship, where the greens lost all friction and started running like glass. The result was a totally different test, carnage on the greens, six-hour rounds and a furious field of the best players in the world. What went wrong and how did it happen? Outrageous. Shameful. Shocking. That's what PGA Tour players were calling the course setup at TPC Sawgrass for the third round of the Players Championship Saturday. On a day that could've provided the great theat..>> view originalMadison Keys, Free of Expectations, Unloads Another Burden
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- So much for that soft, gentle TPC Sawgrass. The Players Championship turned into the test everyone expected all along - and then some - when a perfect storm of hot, dry and windy weather made the putting surfaces faster than they have been all week. Much faster. "Man, I felt like I was putting on dance floors out there," Billy Horschel said. "We all did. Augusta is probably the quickest greens we play all year, and I'm sorry, Sawgrass made those greens look lik..>> view originalUnified takes Peter Pan, but questionable for Belmont Stakes
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Following a rough offensive start to their nine-game homestand, the Los Angeles Dodgers appear to have found their form at the plate. Looking to remain productive, the Dodgers will try to sweep this home series from the St. Louis Cardinals with a fourth consecutive win Sunday night. Los Angeles (20-17) totaled eight runs while dropping two of the first three in this home stretch to the New York Mets. The Dodgers salvaged a split with the Mets by winning 5-0 on Thursday, then scored 13 runs o..>> view original
Sunday, May 15, 2016
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