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Rory McIlroy is at home playing links golf, and it showed at The Renaissance Club on Thursday as he opened with a 5-under 65 to start the Genesis Scottish Open.
Koepka: Links golf is always a great test
Brooks Koepka talks with Golf Channel's Todd Lewis ahead of the 2026 Scottish Open and what he enjoys the most about playing overseas in the United Kingdom. Koepka also revealed he's more comfortable with his short game now after making a mid-season putter change.
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Mouw eyes title defense at ISCO Championship, skips Scottish Open
William Mouw decided to defend his title at the ISCO Championship this week in Louisville, Kentucky, even though he recently got into the Genesis Scottish Open.
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There is precious little room on TPC Sawgrass for distractions with disaster waiting around every dogleg, but Tommy Fleetwood could have been forgiven if he found himself distracted during Thursday’s opening round at The Players Championship.
Scheffler went back to old faithful Thursday at The Players – it just didn’t quite live up to that moniker.
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – Justin Thomas is used to big comebacks around TPC Sawgrass.
Justin Thomas didn’t fare well in his return to competition at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but he shot 68 in the opening round of The Players Championship.
TPC Sawgrass’ notorious No. 17 claimed a whole group’s balls during Round 1 of the 2026 Players Championship on Thursday. Gary Woodland, Cam Davis and Kevin Yu all saw their tee shots suffer a wet fate instead of hitting the island green.
Max Homa and Max Greyserman both had extreme scorecards in the first round of The Players Championship.
Here’s a look at adjusted tee times and groupings for the first round following a brief weather suspension.
As expected, rain rolled into the Ponte Vedra Beach area Thursday causing a brief suspension of first-round play in the The Players.
2021 Players champion Justin Thomas started Round 1 of the 2026 tournament with three straight birdies. This is Thomas’ second Tour start of 2026 after missing the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week. Thomas had back surgery in November.
Collin Morikawa withdrew from the 2026 Players Championship halfway through Round 1 on Thursday due to a back injury. Morikawa was grabbing his back and bending over. After the WD, he met with the media, saying, “I don’t know what caused it... It’s awful. I feel terrible.”