McIlroy and McDowell frustrated at Sawgrass

The Players Stadium course at Ponte Vedra, Jacksonville, Florida, is famous mostly for the par three 17th hole with its infamous island green.

It has claimed a multitude of champions over the years and many more fell victim to its treachery over the last four days. However, golf’s greatest appreciated that the recently altered layout presented many even more pressing problems before they ever reached this iconic challenge as they coped with both the inherent difficulty of the layout and a capricious wind that blew golf balls into all kinds of trouble.

The players at the top of the leader board alternated wildly throughout the final round with overnight leaders J B Holmes and Louis Oosthuizen challenged at regular intervals by a number of golfers including the Korean Si Woo Kim, Kyle Stanley, Lucas Glover and Ian Poulter. Kim on 10 under led Poulter and Oosthuizen by two though 10 holes of the final round.