The Players Championship R3

Players Championship 2021 R3
March 11-14
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
$15,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Lee Westwood was even par at the turn, fired three birdies over the next six holes capped off by a fourth at the par-3 17th to close with a 68 and take the lead of The Players Championship at 13-under 203. He has been bogey-free for 44 holes and remarkably has only dropped two shots this week.

“His driving is impeccable, his iron play is impeccable and he makes putts when he needs to,” said Bryson DeChambeau. “Fortunately for me last week I was able to get the job done, and I think tomorrow is going to be an incredible battle.”

For the first time in over fourteen years the same two players will be in the final group in back-to back PGA tournaments. Vijay Singh and Adam Scott played together nine weeks apart at the 2006 Tour Championship and the season-opener Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua while Westwood and DeChambeau were vying for the title just last week at Bay Hill where DeChambeau came from one shot behind to beat Westwood by one shot.

“It’s like Round 2, the rematch,” said Westwood.

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On the face of it Sawgrass is less suited to DeChambeau’s style of play, requiring more strategy than power, but he’s not letting that stop him. With six birdies and a single bogey at the par-4 14th he signed for a 67 on Saturday and lies two shots behind Westwood.

“I suppose if you sat Bryson down here and you asked him which golf course would suit him more, he’d probably say Bay Hill,” said Westwood. “You can open your shoulders a little bit more around Bay Hill than you can around here. This place is a little bit more strategic. But credit to Bryson. You wouldn’t associate this golf course with his style of play, and he’s up there. It shows he can adapt his game.”

Justin Thomas fired five birdies and a bogey to make the turn in 32, made back-to-back birdies on the next two holes and eagled the par-5 16th to close with a 64 and a tie for third at 10-under alongside Doug Ghim (68).

Paul Casey produced six birdies and an eagle at the par-5 2nd but also three bogeys for a 67 and a share of fifth place at 9-under alongside Jon Rahm (67) and Brian Harman (69).

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Lee Westwood	-13	69	66	68	203
2	Bryson DeChambeau	-11	69	69	67	205
T3	Doug Ghim	-10	71	67	68	206
T3	Justin Thomas	-10	71	71	64	206
T5	Paul Casey	-9	73	67	67	207
T5	Brian Harman	-9	67	71	69	207
T5	Jon Rahm	-9	72	68	67	207
T8	Sergio Garcia	-8	65	72	71	208
T8	Chris Kirk	-8	72	65	71	208
T8	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-8	68	68	72	208
T11	Si Woo Kim	-7	72	70	67	209
T11	Cameron Smith	-7	71	73	65	209
T13	Abraham Ancer	-6	72	70	68	210
T13	Talor Gooch	-6	71	68	71	210
T13	Ryan Palmer	-6	70	72	68	210
T16	Harry Higgs	-5	71	73	67	211
T16	Tom Hoge	-5	69	71	71	211
T16	Patton Kizzire	-5	70	69	72	211
T16	Adam Long	-5	70	74	67	211
T16	Shane Lowry	-5	68	74	69	211
T16	Will Zalatoris	-5	70	71	70	211
T22	Corey Conners	-4	68	72	72	212
T22	Jason Day	-4	70	71	71	212
T22	Lanto Griffin	-4	73	71	68	212
T22	Patrick Reed	-4	70	72	70	212
T22	Jordan Spieth	-4	70	74	68	212
T27	Ryan Armour	-3	74	68	71	213
T27	Daniel Berger	-3	74	68	71	213
T27	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	70	72	71	213
T27	Scott Brown	-3	71	70	72	213
T27	Jason Kokrak	-3	70	72	71	213
T27	Denny McCarthy	-3	69	69	75	213
T27	Tyler McCumber	-3	72	69	72	213
T27	Victor Perez	-3	73	71	69	213
T27	J.T. Poston	-3	76	68	69	213
T36	Adam Hadwin	-2	74	69	71	214
T36	Kramer Hickok	-2	74	68	72	214
T36	Charley Hoffman	-2	70	68	76	214
T36	Charles Howell III	-2	73	70	71	214
T36	Matt Jones	-2	73	71	70	214
T36	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-2	72	71	71	214
T36	Phil Mickelson	-2	71	72	71	214
T36	Joaquin Niemann	-2	73	71	70	214
T36	Scott Piercy	-2	73	70	71	214
T36	Brian Stuard	-2	74	68	72	214
T36	Brendon Todd	-2	74	69	71	214
T36	Harold Varner III	-2	70	73	71	214
T48	Keegan Bradley	-1	70	72	73	215
T48	Dylan Frittelli	-1	71	68	76	215
T48	Billy Horschel	-1	71	73	71	215
T48	Sungjae Im	-1	72	66	77	215
T48	Zach Johnson	-1	75	68	72	215
T48	Ryan Moore	-1	75	69	71	215
T48	Brendan Steele	-1	72	72	71	215
T55	Lucas Glover	E	75	69	72	216
T55	Dustin Johnson	E	73	70	73	216
T55	Russell Knox	E	71	73	72	216
T55	Louis Oosthuizen	E	73	69	74	216
T55	Cameron Percy	E	73	70	73	216
T55	Adam Scott	E	72	71	73	216
T55	Nick Taylor	E	70	74	72	216
T55	Michael Thompson	E	71	73	72	216
T55	Jhonattan Vegas	E	73	71	72	216
T55	Aaron Wise	E	73	71	72	216
T65	James Hahn	1	76	67	74	217
T65	Patrick Rodgers	1	74	70	73	217
T67	Nate Lashley	2	74	69	75	218
T67	Rory Sabbatini	2	69	75	74	218
T69	Scott Harrington	4	72	71	77	220
T69	Martin Laird	4	73	71	76	220
T69	Collin Morikawa	4	71	73	76	220
CUT	Brice Garnett	1	74	71		145
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	1	71	74		145
CUT	Tyrrell Hatton	1	76	69		145
CUT	Mark Hubbard	1	78	67		145
CUT	Marc Leishman	1	71	74		145
CUT	Luke List	1	73	72		145
CUT	Hideki Matsuyama	1	76	69		145
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	1	71	74		145
CUT	Scottie Scheffler	1	74	71		145
CUT	Adam Schenk	1	72	73		145
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	1	75	70		145
CUT	Stewart Cink	2	76	70		146
CUT	Joel Dahmen	2	72	74		146
CUT	Tommy Fleetwood	2	75	71		146
CUT	Bo Hoag	2	74	72		146
CUT	Max Homa	2	73	73		146
CUT	Viktor Hovland	2	72	74		146
CUT	Danny Lee	2	72	74		146
CUT	Peter Malnati	2	76	70		146
CUT	Pat Perez	2	77	69		146
CUT	Andrew Putnam	2	74	72		146
CUT	Doc Redman	2	73	73		146
CUT	Robby Shelton	2	75	71		146
CUT	Webb Simpson	2	71	75		146
CUT	Kevin Streelman	2	73	73		146
CUT	Bubba Watson	2	76	70		146
CUT	Gary Woodland	2	70	76		146
CUT	Tony Finau	3	78	69		147
CUT	Branden Grace	3	74	73		147
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	3	75	72		147
CUT	Andrew Landry	3	72	75		147
CUT	Tom Lewis	3	73	74		147
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	3	74	73		147
CUT	Graeme McDowell	3	73	74		147
CUT	Francesco Molinari	3	76	71		147
CUT	Sam Ryder	3	72	75		147
CUT	Scott Stallings	3	76	71		147
CUT	Robert Streb	3	76	71		147
CUT	Steve Stricker	3	70	77		147
CUT	Cameron Tringale	3	73	74		147
CUT	Cameron Champ	4	75	73		148
CUT	Jason Dufner	4	73	75		148
CUT	Russell Henley	4	75	73		148
CUT	Alex Noren	4	78	70		148
CUT	Ian Poulter	4	77	71		148
CUT	Chez Reavie	4	73	75		148
CUT	Xander Schauffele	4	76	72		148
CUT	Patrick Cantlay	5	74	75		149
CUT	Keith Mitchell	5	76	73		149
CUT	Carlos Ortiz	5	73	76		149
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	5	74	75		149
CUT	Sepp Straka	5	74	75		149
CUT	Austin Cook	6	77	73		150
CUT	Cameron Davis	6	76	74		150
CUT	Rickie Fowler	6	77	73		150
CUT	Kevin Kisner	6	75	75		150
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	6	78	72		150
CUT	Vaughn Taylor	6	76	74		150
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	6	74	76		150
CUT	Matt Kuchar	7	76	75		151
CUT	Troy Merritt	7	74	77		151
CUT	Richy Werenski	7	80	71		151
CUT	Wyndham Clark	8	79	73		152
CUT	Beau Hossler	8	74	78		152
CUT	Jerry Kelly	8	73	79		152
CUT	Cheng Tsung Pan	8	78	74		152
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	8	77	75		152
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	8	76	76		152
CUT	Tyler Duncan	9	80	73		153
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	9	81	72		153
CUT	Brian Gay	10	80	74		154
CUT	Rory McIlroy	10	79	75		154
CUT	Henrik Norlander	10	80	74		154
CUT	Hudson Swafford	11	82	73		155
CUT	Sam Burns	13	81	76		157
CUT	Sung Kang	13	76	81		157
CUT	Maverick McNealy	13	80	77		157
CUT	Jimmy Walker	13	83	74		157
CUT	Jim Herman	14	81	77		158
CUT	Henrik Stenson	15	85	74		159
CUT	Byeong Hun An	18	83	79		162
CUT	Kyle Stanley	23	83	84		167
WD	Kevin Na	E