For the third time in six years golf’s richest event, the £4.5million Players Championship, needs an extra day to find a winner.

The £4.5million Players Championship had two Europeans at the top of the halfway leaderboard for the first time in the event’s 32-year history today.

For the first time in its 32-year history two Europeans shared the halfway lead in golf’s richest event – the £4.5m (€6.5m) Players Championship – at Sawgrass in Florida today.

Luke Donald joined Ryder Cup team-mate Lee Westwood in the clubhouse lead at the Players Championship as Tiger Woods had to battle to stay alive and extend his amazing run of cuts made.