A predictably unpredictable PLAYERS March 12, 2021
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Order has been restored to THE PLAYERS Championship.
By which of course we mean absolute and utter disorder.
Just as there’s nothing but a hot week that connects the winners here – short-knockers like Fred Funk (2005), long-ballers like Davis Love III (1992, 2003) – only a hot first two days connects those on the first page of the leaderboard this year.
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Wait. Check that. Not all the leaders have even been so hot. Bryson DeChambeau (69, 6 under, three back), who is coming off a win last week, has found just 12 of 28 fairways, near last (T136) in driving accuracy. “I ve been pretty lucky, for the most part,” he said.
It’s fair to call Kevin Na a late bloomer at 37, and true to form he bloomed late at the Sony Open in Hawaii. After stalling mid-round, he birdied four of the last six holes for a 65 and a one-stroke victory over Chris Kirk (65) and Joaquin Niemann (66) at Waialae Country Club.