Players Championship 2013 Leaderboard: Round 1 Sets Stage for Epic Tournament

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Published: May 10, 2013

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The 2013 Players Championship features many big names hovering near the top of the leaderboard, but a relative unknown in Roberto Castro leads the way at nine-under.

Castro's scintillating 63 matched the course record at TPC Sawgrass, but this is uncharted territory for the 27-year-old, who has never won a PGA Tour event. The tournament's official Twitter page nicely summed up the key storylines moving forward for the rest of the tournament:



Check out the elite titans near the top, including Rory McIlroy (-6) and Tiger Woods (-5):

Position Player Score Total 1 Roberto Castro
63 -9 T2 Rory McIlroy
66 -6 T2 Zach Johnson
66 -6 T4 Tiger Woods
67 -5 T4 Steve Stricker
67 -5 T4 Hunter Mahan
67 -5
T4 Casey Wittenberg
67 -5 T4 Ryan Palmer
67 -5
T4 Webb Simpson 67 -5 T10 Henrik Stenson
68 -4
T10 Padraig Harrington
68 -4 Note: For complete scores, visit PGA.com. All statistics and information are courtesy of PGATour.com.



Could this be the first time in tournament play that the two top-ranked players in the world in Woods and McIlroy respectively truly go head-to-head?

I'm completely on par in mental wavelengths with Golf Channel's Ryan Lavner on this one:



Castro seems destined to collapse, and no other players on the leaderboard can match the firepower of either of the Nike duo—and both seem to be bringing their A-game thus far.

Beginning with the two-time major champion young gun in McIlroy, he began on the back side and carded a five-under 31. He cooled off on the inward nine, but still made zero bogeys—cutting down on silly mistakes and big numbers that have plagued him recently.

ESPN's Justin Ray outlines how stark of a contrast Thursday was to the Northern Irishman's previous Players appearances:



If McIlroy continues stripin...
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