No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass — at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ranked players in the world staging a head-to-head-to-head showdown at the so-called "fifth major." It was a rare must-see moment for a divided sport that has spent the last few years with its best players spread around the world,

A 68, that included a bogey on his final hole of the day has Rory McIlroy squarely in the chase for his second Players Championship victory at 9-under.

Rory McIlroy continues to sit on the front page of the leaderboard, but TPC Sawgrass still finds ways to put its claws into him at The PLAYERS Championship.