Scottie Scheffler is lookingfor to restore the world number one area-14 S Scheffler (US); -12 MW Lee (Aus); -10 C Davis (Aus); -9 A Rai (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng), C Ramey (US), C Bezuidenhout (SA); -8 Im (Kor), Hoge (US), Lingmerth (Swe)Selected others: -7 Rose (Eng); -6 Spieth (US), Morikawa (US), Hovland (Nor); -5 T Hatton (Eng); -2 D Willett (Eng), S Lowry (Ire)Scottie Scheffler leads the Players Championship by 2 shots after a day of amazing scoring in the 3rd round at Sawgrass. On a course softened by Friday’s rain, Scheffler moved to 14 under with a 65, ahead of Min Woo Lee on 12 under. American Tom Hoge set a brand-new course record with a 10-under62 Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood and Aaron Rai are 5 off the lead, with Rai’s hole-in-one on the 17th part of a birdie-eagle-birdie surface. It is the veryfirst time anybody has handled that on the last 3 holes in Players Championship history at Sawgrass. American Scheffler will return to the world number one area if he wins the title on Sunday. McIlroy ‘ready to get back to being simply a golfplayer’Historic day of low scoringThe Players Championship is without some huge names for the last 2 rounds with Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick missingouton the cut and present world number one Jon Rahm pulling out with a infection. However, there was plenty to get ecstatic about on Saturday with low numbers throughout the field, most especially Hoge’s historical 62, and the scoring average of 69.57 was the mostaffordable ever at this Florida course in the informal ‘fifth significant’. Hoge’s 10 birdies moved him to 8 under general however that is still 6 back from Scheffler, who switched and shared the lead with Australian Lee throughout the afternoon. Masters champ Scheffler, who started 2 behind second-round leader Adam Svensson, takenpleasurein a quick begin, birdieing the veryfirst and breaking in for eagle at the 2nd. He went out in a five-under 31 and after a run of 6 pars, ended in design with birdies on the 16th and 18th, the latter set up by a spectacular method to the green. Lee, the moreyouthful bro of UnitedStates
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