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Max Homa holes out 139-yard approach for eagle on No. 10 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Max Homa could not have asked for a better start Thursday in THE PLAYERS Championship. His gap wedge from 137 yards spun into the hole for eagle, and he followed that with a birdie.<\/p>\n
Four holes later, he was 2-over par in a wild round that symbolizes how the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass can take just as quickly as it gives.<\/p>\n
Homa had one par in his opening six holes. He had only two pars on the front nine. He ran off four straight birdies late. He finished with a bogey. It added to a 71 that was far from routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the weirder days I’ve ever had,\u201d Homa said.<\/p>\n
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Max Homa sinks 7-foot birdie putt on No. 8 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n
Strong wind with gusts approaching 20 mph in the morning didn’t help. A brief delay from a downpour led to more adjustments. And the Pete Dye design on a normal day is no picnic because of all the water and so many intimidating shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, it was a roller coaster type of day,\u201d said Tony Finau, who had four straight birdies followed by four straight bogeys and finally settled down for a 69.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was cruising early, and then just got punched in the mouth in the middle of the round with a bunch of bogeys, kind of jumped on the bogey train,\u201d Finau said. \u201cReally happy with the poise I had to just finish off where I started.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Tony Finau hits 128-yard approach to 3 feet, sets up birdie on No. 7 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n
Max Greyserman also got in on the act. He was tied for the lead at one point by opening with five birdies in seven holes and making the turn in 31.<\/p>\n
Then he missed the fairway and made bogey on No. 10. He hit a tree on the par-5 11th and made bogey. He went from the bunker to the water on No. 12 and made bogey. And then he found the water on the par-3 13th and made double bogey. Back to even par, just like that.<\/p>\n
Greyserman wound up with a 73, not awful on a day when five players from the morning wave failed to break 80. It just felt awful after starting with five birdies.<\/p>\n
Homa’s undoing was a double bogey on the 12th from the right trees, which he barely got back out to the fairway, and missing a 3-foot putt to make double bogey on No. 15. Coming after that sensational start, it was tough to take between the ears.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really have to have conversations with yourself that you\u2019ve got to start over,\u201d Homa said. \u201cPretty upset, and you\u2019ve just got to remind yourself that it wasn\u2019t that far off. This is a very hard golf course, so it\u2019s nice to make some good swings and make some good putts to get going in the other direction, but that morning was very tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tommy Fleetwood also finished with a 69 that left him wondering how good or how bad it could have been.<\/p>\n
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Tommy Fleetwood hits 147-yard approach to 14 feet, sets up birdie on No. 6 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n
He blistered a 9-wood from an upslope to 30 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th, holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th and hit his approach from 187 yards to 10 feet for birdie on the 18th. He also briefly was tied for the lead with another birdie on the par-5 second.<\/p>\n
\u201cA complete bonus of a stretch, but it was really good golf through that point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA bit rubbish,\u201d he said of three bogeys in a four-hole stretch toward the end.<\/p>\n
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