The Players Championship 2024, Round 3 | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 3/16/24 | Golf Channel

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The Players Championship 2024, Round 3 | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 3/16/24 | Golf Channel
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just one mile from the Atlantic Ocean
it’s a spectacular Saturday in panra
Beach Florida the temperature is 80 at
the home of the PGA Tour it’s TPC
Sawgrass it’s the fame Stadium of course
and it’s one of the most anticipated
weekends of the golf season it’s the
weekend at the players and the man who
won the US Open last June is in position
Windam Clark taking a four shot lead to
the weekend trying to win his fourth
event in 45 five weeks whenever you win
a US Open you know he can drive it well
and that’s exactly what he’s been doing
this week led the field and strokes off
the T in round
one see if he can knock this tight here
it’s going to be a little deep see if it
spins
back oh yeah beautiful shot did tap in
what a great start for
this this is on a very aggressive line
right at the flag
stick
close to like Fitzpatrick did you see
the softness of that Mike coming back
yeah 132 total and this is all strength
you have no excuse
no strength is the only thing that can
dig this out and he’s got it out
amazingly well for that how that ball
was sitting it’s going to oh my you
could not see that ball guys literally
you can see about two diples I always
thought it was so important to make a
birdie after two good rounds early just
to say okay I’m I’m still in this mode
this has been the most impressive part
to me of his game confidence the
acceleration through it Pace he hit that
ball into the hole third straight day
with a birdie at the first look for the
Mega cut spinner here guys try to use
that back
stop just keeps rolling along with a
stiff neck and
all
one got away at the first not at the
second for shle he creeps up there to 11
under not surprising he hits his irons a
for a long long way this is nine iron
just 100% ticking long out swing as hard
as he wants to
the and on another good line right at
Xander
ball that
nice it’s tight back there Clark leading
by four the fifth shot for
Fitzpatrick going
cross-handed it’s a good touch
there but a double
[Applause]
bogy just like he had here yesterday I
mean a he a driver off the te here kid
only 69 yards left such an aggressive
play try to land it out on Cory Connor’s
ball I think these guys are pushing off
the t- smiley because the whole location
is so far back they know they can skip
it in there just like that one that’s
how it’s done
[Applause]
boys trying to use that slope it looks
like boy hit their number dead on see if
it comes back needed a touch more
backspin there would
he getting better and better Shop’s got
a good look at his second Birdie the
first four holes holdable chip here even
though I think he needed to take one
more more Club from the Fairway and use
the back stop it’s still a good play for
[Music]
birdie so Clark with another par keep it
at 15 under and up at the six Sheffer
who hit it
tight for
part downhill right to left you got to
get your speed correct to keep the
line had it all going
there front hole location trying to land
it around the front and it in from all
sides and behind it get a kick off the
right it can feed right to
it eight is playing under par today
believe it or not back at 11 and Rory’s
third from that
bunker he’s back far enough so you can
get this up in the air doesn’t have to
hit it with too much
spin pretty
nice can use that been a rare stretch
with Rory only one bird to last 15 holes
get this thing away from you and have it
go off the green really through the
other side if you’re not
careful now it starts its Journey looks
like it’s a pretty nice Pace very nice
Pace really good Pace St get him yeah
no don’t do
it don’t do
it that’s the best shot we’ve seen all
week
and ailano gilo on the te the fans are
settling in enjoying making some noise
let’s just listen to
him they’re starting to have some fun
over there at 17 guo knocks it
[Applause]
close making it look easy Xander shley
indeed with his third burd of the first
six to within two of
Clark 158 right to left Breeze probably
start just right at the flag that’s what
he’s done cutting just a hair to the
right very nice from Clark Clark re
extending the lead to three birdie putt
at the
seventh looks Unstoppable all right
second to last group trying to get
something going here Fitz Patrick’s
third at the par
five well after that start you thought
maybe Matt Fitzpatrick he’s found
something with his
driver found something with that wedge
of beautiful wedge shots here today
Cameron Young’s turn on the
team having a rough Back
Nine
that’ll eras some of the pain yeah that
was maybe the closest to the water we’
[Music]
SE Bo this is so good just can’t tell
you how good that
is there was no hurry in transition
there
either a terrific up up and down and
Xander
shley clean card four birdies 32 the
first nine and it is a four shot lead
now down to one for Windam Clark as the
leaders go to The Back Time Armen on a
roll 13 for another
bird right Harmon wind Clark that thick
rough to the left here he drew a pretty
good lie you can see a little bit with
the
ball just gets his knees flexed down
there there asking for it to sit you
don’t want to go long here touch the
strength out of there to patol the club
face in the speed schley’s
third just a really baked out lie there
he just clipped
it nice play from the pine straw Xander
will have a putt to get to 15 under
par
so wind Clark whose putting was so good
the first two
days has not been as good putting here
in day three but makes a good one there
extends the lead for the moment to two
shle has a birdie putt coming we’re
going to 17 and matama with a gap
wedge come on back here that’s got
enough speed that’s as much spin as
we’ve seen as a player have today it’s
about four balls within two feet today
matama adds to it at 17 Xander for
bir rough pin straw chip last group 44
two bir this final group on the 11th
hole those t- shots had to be close to
85 or 90 yards apart from each other and
they both made fours dramatically
different ways just done that first cut
yeah I think he’s going to land this one
short as well get some spin on it there
you
go thought it would release a little bit
more down that Hill I believe so he’s
got a birdie putt shoply to get to 16
under breaks pretty good right to left
here got to keep your speed up or it’ll
dive down towards that
Lake what a round curls around an end
for shley and what a round he’s got
going his sixth birdie of the
[Music]
[Applause]
day on
down good
shot very good shot
Michael beautiful turned it a little
more than he
thought this is not one you practice
very often from this on this green but
it’s straight downhill Hill this last
half
picking up speed and
sharly HS
it but going in from everywhere Dan
wow now Sheffer for
birdie and Scotty Sheffer gotten it
through not feeling his best but it’s a
great hanging in there round again like
it was yesterday and that’s not a gimme
putt right there he had to have it with
enough Pace a lot of players have missed
that
low
this is the shot we’ve come to watch
Scotty hit inside of 10 or 15 ft a
lot he’s turned into Scotty sheffler
here the last few holes that’s a nine
iron shuffler for three in a row to end
his Saturday hard putt it goes left
early and then back right late world
number one showing us again why he’s on
every single leader board every single
week get something at the center of this
green it’ll take a slope over the right
is trying to get over that slope right
now seven don’t release much not into
the
wi that’s awesome creeping back a little
bit but
it might stay on the surface it does
they’ll have an eagle
look puts hard to get to the
hole so that’s going to be a bird it’s
Des send it back to 177
under Clark has been working on that
metal game he talked about it which led
to the victory at Quil Hollow and
staying in the present at the US Open he
has been the man all week long he’s had
a lead since the start he’s back up
there at the top with shley and now he
heads over to one of the biggest Mind
Games in
golf
oh very short very short he was all the
way over the left side of the T box
nothing even close to anything like that
was expected well
short much better what he wanted the
first time that is so
impressive it’ll work away but it’ll
stop down there and a chance
to limit the
damage you saw the fist pump you heard
him say yes that’s a goody
punt look at him charged up after that
all the reasons kiss was just talking
about he was so mad at himself with that
first
shot everything’s been going going on it
for Fitzy here on the last hour and a
half finish it off
buddy matrick comes home was out in plus
37 and brings it home for a round of
68 sounded like a good strike at the
right side of the green not turning
over so far backward it’s hard to hard
to get it close from
220 took it low trying to run something
back there needs to bounce over those
little mles doesn’t make
it judged it perfectly got a chance to
go
[Applause]
in what a day for shord just when you
think he might be wobbling a little
bit he’s just been dead on in the
scrambling Department today guys have
scared the whole all day from over
here very well done well
judged going to have us a shootout
tomorrow yep Windon Clark once again
showing us he’s got his best stuff in
the biggest
events
two70 for Clark after the pair of 65s
got him that four shot
lead and shy TAPS in for
par 13 of 14 and up and ends this week
that’ll get it done around this place
that’s number one in the field
shley with a 54 hole lead can he hang on
for the biggest win of his
career he’s been chasing down Majors for
years