Crucial Summer Momentum Up for Grabs in Wide-Open Sunday at Players Championship

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Published: May 10, 2015

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Last year, Martin Kaymer turned his career around by winning The Players Championship and carrying that momentum over to the U.S. Open in June, where he won his second major.

This Sunday at The Players, there will be dozens of golfers trying to follow in his footsteps.

Chris Kirk is alone in the lead at 10 under par, but his lead is hardly a comfortable one. In fact, the leaderboard at TPC Sawgrass is more packed than it ever has been heading into championship Sunday. There are 30 players within five strokes of the lead, which CBS Sports' Kyle Porter pointed out, a number that far surpasses the previous record of 20 back in 1982: 



A quick rundown of the contenders is an impossible ask.

Kevin Kisner, Ben Martin and Bill Haas are all tied at nine under par; six players are at eight under par, including Kevin Na and 2008 Players Championship winner Sergio Garcia; Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel highlight the six golfers at seven under par; nine, including Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter and Zach Johnson, are at six under; and Patrick Reed is tied with four others five back of the lead.

Oh, and it's probably worth nothing that last year's champ, Kaymer, is lurking right there at four under par.

That, my friends, is how you set up a thrilling Sunday of golf.

With Phil Mickelson and Masters champion Jordan Spieth at home after missing the cut and Tiger Woods currently tied for 68th, the winner of The Players—colloquially known as the fifth major—will be in the driver's seat heading into the summer.



Everywhere you look there are great storylines.

Take the leader, Kirk, a 30-year-old who is a three-time PGA Tour champion but has never sniffed the lead at a major or The Players Championship. However, he played some of the best golf of his career last fall to win the Deutsche Bank Championship in the FedEx Cup Playoffs...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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