Dubai Telegraph - McIlroy grabs lead as storm halts final round at Players

EUR -
AED 3.996136
AFN 76.63628
ALL 99.070298
AMD 424.971232
ANG 1.956402
AOA 992.328506
ARS 1162.087391
AUD 1.72144
AWG 1.958544
AZN 1.850367
BAM 1.948333
BBD 2.1918
BDT 131.894494
BGN 1.948333
BHD 0.409232
BIF 3216.472371
BMD 1.08808
BND 1.448847
BOB 7.50125
BRL 6.251673
BSD 1.08554
BTN 94.355368
BWP 14.789318
BYN 3.552485
BYR 21326.363407
BZD 2.180443
CAD 1.565127
CDF 3129.317016
CHF 0.963141
CLF 0.026359
CLP 1011.493295
CNY 7.875358
CNH 7.8739
COP 4477.93761
CRC 542.321469
CUC 1.08808
CUP 28.834114
CVE 109.844006
CZK 25.016584
DJF 193.299151
DKK 7.462481
DOP 68.258389
DZD 144.839879
EGP 55.128041
ERN 16.321196
ETB 142.579143
FJD 2.492767
FKP 0.841184
GBP 0.841455
GEL 3.01942
GGP 0.841184
GHS 16.825514
GIP 0.841184
GMD 78.34196
GNF 9387.02278
GTQ 8.368925
GYD 227.109567
HKD 8.457525
HNL 27.761599
HRK 7.535822
HTG 142.364367
HUF 399.488182
IDR 17766.166414
ILS 3.968167
IMP 0.841184
INR 94.604727
IQD 1422.049774
IRR 45808.15769
ISK 146.302936
JEP 0.841184
JMD 169.998455
JOD 0.77148
JPY 161.872483
KES 140.571239
KGS 95.152588
KHR 4349.330517
KMF 491.649038
KPW 979.281866
KRW 1578.858414
KWD 0.335205
KYD 0.904633
KZT 544.034902
LAK 23514.875595
LBP 97262.127822
LKR 321.746855
LRD 217.097939
LSL 19.750503
LTL 3.212816
LVL 0.658169
LYD 5.225971
MAD 10.505835
MDL 19.316965
MGA 5061.600631
MKD 61.295077
MMK 2284.704544
MNT 3779.09589
MOP 8.689994
MRU 43.137668
MUR 49.126807
MVR 16.767813
MWK 1882.285848
MXN 21.696365
MYR 4.838146
MZN 69.528052
NAD 19.750503
NGN 1690.626071
NIO 39.946897
NOK 11.591098
NPR 150.96839
NZD 1.893705
OMR 0.41742
PAB 1.08554
PEN 3.982038
PGK 4.461899
PHP 62.370888
PKR 304.079767
PLN 4.184732
PYG 8618.966475
QAR 3.956436
RON 4.981458
RSD 116.76249
RUB 93.006818
RWF 1524.855754
SAR 4.080737
SBD 9.152001
SCR 15.64335
SDG 653.935565
SEK 11.02703
SGD 1.450944
SHP 0.85506
SLE 24.8405
SLL 22816.489824
SOS 620.422136
SRD 39.517926
STD 22521.054325
SVC 9.498595
SYP 14147.055539
SZL 19.757277
THB 36.584475
TJS 11.832151
TMT 3.81916
TND 3.353746
TOP 2.548392
TRY 39.920977
TTD 7.37075
TWD 35.842438
TZS 2887.433464
UAH 45.029816
UGX 3978.750821
USD 1.08808
UYU 46.262691
UZS 14061.108622
VES 69.752967
VND 27762.355221
VUV 133.788036
WST 3.066747
XAF 653.452542
XAG 0.032207
XAU 0.000364
XCD 2.94059
XDR 0.812685
XOF 653.452542
XPF 119.331742
YER 268.484008
ZAR 19.84003
ZMK 9794.078801
ZMW 31.072908
ZWL 350.361241
  • RIO

    1.8400

    63.04

    +2.92%

  • RBGPF

    66.0200

    66.02

    +100%

  • AZN

    1.0900

    77.6

    +1.4%

  • GSK

    0.2600

    39.49

    +0.66%

  • NGG

    0.8900

    63.21

    +1.41%

  • SCS

    0.2000

    10.99

    +1.82%

  • RYCEF

    0.0500

    10.4

    +0.48%

  • CMSD

    0.1500

    23.35

    +0.64%

  • CMSC

    0.0500

    23.22

    +0.22%

  • BTI

    -0.0200

    41.36

    -0.05%

  • RELX

    1.1200

    48.93

    +2.29%

  • BCC

    2.9700

    99.35

    +2.99%

  • VOD

    0.0500

    9.55

    +0.52%

  • JRI

    0.0335

    12.83

    +0.26%

  • BP

    1.0200

    33.39

    +3.05%

  • BCE

    -0.1990

    23.47

    -0.85%

McIlroy grabs lead as storm halts final round at Players
McIlroy grabs lead as storm halts final round at Players / Photo: Richard HEATHCOTE - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP

McIlroy grabs lead as storm halts final round at Players

Rory McIlroy seized a one-stroke lead before a thunderstorm halted final-round play on Sunday at the PGA Tour Players Championship.

Text size:

McIlroy, who began the day four strokes adrift, made three birdies, an eagle and a bogey through the first 11 holes to stand on 12-under at TPC Sawgrass.

That was good enough for a one-stroke edge over 54-hole leader J.J. Spaun with Americans Tom Hoge, Akshay Bhatia and Danny Walker sharing third on 10-under.

Second-ranked McIlroy, a four-time major winner seeking his 28th career PGA Tour title, won the 2019 Players crown and captured his most recent title last month at Pebble Beach.

If he can pull it off, it would be the 35-year-old from Northern Ireland's best final-round comeback to win since rallying from six back to take the 2022 Tour Championship.

Spaun, a 34-year-old American, won his only PGA title at the 2022 Texas Open but was a runner-up two weeks ago at the PGA Cognizant Classic.

Walker, in only his seventh PGA start, made the field when Jason Day withdrew Thursday.

Hoge birdied five of the first 10 holes and answered a bogey at the par-5 11th with a six-foot birdie putt at the par-3 13th and a five-foot birdie putt at the par-5 16th.

Bhatia, 23, seeks his third career PGA title after winning the 2023 Barracuda Championship and 2024 Texas Open.

McIlroy and Spaun shared the lead on the back nine as heavy rain began but McIlroy grabbed the solo top spot with a 13-foot birdie putt at the par-5 11th just before lightning forced a suspension.

McIlroy was in the 12th fairway and Spaun in a greenside bunker at 11 when the horn sounded to leave the course.

- McIlroy hot early -

A stormy forecast forced an early morning start in threesomes with McIlroy and Bhatia making early charges from four strokes adrift of Spaun.

McIlroy sank a birdie putt from just outside eight feet at the first hole and made a 10-foot eagle putt at the par-5 second to pull within a stroke.

Bhatia birdied the first and fourth holes from just inside 12 feet and sank a 15-foot birdie putt at the second to join McIlroy one back.

Spaun made bogey at the fifth but McIlroy found a greenside bunker at seven and made bogey and Bhatia found a greenside bunker at the par-3 eighth and made bogey to leave Spaun back in front.

McIlroy, however, birdied the eighth from just inside 15 feet and when Spaun made bogey at the eighth, McIlroy had the lead.

Bhatia sank a 16-foot birdie putt at the par-5 ninth but made bogey at 10 while Spaun sank a birdie putt from just beyond six feet at nine to share the lead at the turn.

Keegan Bradley, the US captain for September's Ryder Cup, aced the par-3 13th hole.

S.Mohideen--DT