Brandt Snedeker collected his sixth PGA Tour title when he won the RBC Canadian Open by three shots after a nerveless final round of 70.

Former champion Sergio Garcia today set the clubhouse target in the prestigious Players Championship as the cream rose to the top in the second round of the £6.1m event.

Lee Westwood today surged into contention for a payday of more than £1m on the second day of the prestigious Players Championship at Sawgrass.

World number 267 Roberto Castro took a three-shot lead into the second round of the prestigious Players Championship, but a quick glance at the leaderboard put his chances of a first PGA Tour title on Sunday into stark perspective.

Rory McIlroy had never made the cut or finished under par in any of his three previous appearances in the Players Championship over the TPC course at Sawgrass, but he never put a foot wrong in yesterday’s opening round of the 2013 tournament.

Rory McIlroy, who has yet to make the cut in three appearances in the Players Championship, today found himself at the right end of the leaderboard for a change midway through his opening round at Sawgrass.

Second-round leader Rory McIlroy faltered on day three of the St Jude Classic in Memphis as Nick O’Hern, Davis Love III and John Merrick moved to the head of the leaderboard on six under.