British duo lead field in soggy Sawgrass

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.

Delighted though Luke Donald and Lee Westwood were to find themselves in that lofty position, they still had 33 holes to play when yet another thunderstorm forced play to be suspended at 2.30pm, with the last round having already been rescheduled for Monday.