Poor weather to add to significant challenge for Irish trio at Sawgrass

There’s a misconception about Shane Lowry that he enjoys playing in bad weather. He doesn’t.
However, like the rest of the field at The Players – the flagship tournament of the PGA Tour with its €18 million purse – the challenge of conquering the TPC Sawgrass course, with the rough at four inches in places, will be accentuated by a weather front that promises heavy rain for the opening two rounds, strong winds of up to 30 miles an hour on Saturday and a closing round in cool temperatures come Sunday.
It’s as if the weather gods are having their own take on the obscene prizemoney, with €3.3 million of it …

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