Golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy began The Players Championship with a 65 on his scorecard, two tee shots that went into the water and one lengthy dispute about where to take a penalty drop on Thursday.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy had a lot of birdies and a little drama Thursday in The Players Championship. All that mattered to him was having a share of the lead at the TPC Sawgrass.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods never did it. Neither did Jack Nicklaus, even before The Players Championship found its home in a former swamp now known as the TPC Sawgrass.

Sebastian Szirmak won't be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason — he'll be playing golf in Europe.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bernhard Langer is missing the Masters for only the second time in the last 40 years because of an Achilles tendon tear from playing pickleball.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was short on details but overflowing with confidence Tuesday about the future of the PGA Tour, repairing the fractured landscape of golf and his ability to lead the way.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Reed has not missed a major since he first became eligible for them at the 2014 Masters, a streak that now is in peril with the PGA Championship two months away.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Until Sunday, about the only thing Scottie Scheffler and Brice Garnett had in common was PGA Tour status and serving together on the Player Advisory Council last year.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made every important putt and closed with a 6-under 66 for a five-shot victory Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Joe Durant took advantage of Stewart Cink's back-nine meltdown to win the Cologuard Classic on Sunday for his fifth PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 4-under 67 to beat three players by two strokes.