Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer is not losing any sleep over the fact that Europe does not have a single player in the world’s top 10 at the moment.

Tiger Woods was closing in on the Players Championship as his main rivals faltered at Sawgrass.

Tiger Woods returns to Sawgrass for the final nine holes of the Players Championship in Florida today one stroke ahead of Masters champion Vijay Singh and little-known American Jerry Kelly.

For the second year running the Players Championship in Florida golf’s richest event was set to spill into an extra day because of torrential rain this afternoon.

Tiger Woods produced two memorable shots just five minutes apart to creep ominously up the leaderboard in the third round of the Players Championship.