After Thursday's opening round, Martin Laird and Ian Poulter are co-leaders at 7-under-par after shooting a 65 at TPC Sawgrass. St. John's grad Keegan Bradley shot an even par 72 for his opening round and trails the co-leaders by 7 shots. He is tied for 55th place.
Here are the rest of the leaders up to 4th place (click here to see a full leaderboard):
3. Blake Adams, 6-under-par
t4. Kevin Na, 5-under-par
t4. Ben Crane, 5-under-par
There are 11 players tied for 6th place at 4-under-par
Some of the notable names and finishes from Thursday:
Phil Mickelson, t-37th, 1-under-par
Tim Clark, t-37th, 1-under-par
Louis Oosthuizen, t-37th, 1-under-par
Davis Love III (two-time Players Championship champion), t-55th, even par
Vijay Singh, t-78th 1-over-par
Sergio Garcia, t-78th, 1-over-par
Tiger Woods, t-100th, 2-over-par
K.J. Choi (defending Players Championship champion), t-114th, 3-over-par
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