Sawgrass bares its teeth

Luke Donald’s hours of practice in America’s “Windy City” of Chicago were being put to the acid test today as Sawgrass finally bared its teeth.

The 27-year-old found himself in a tense and thrilling battle for the Players Championship, golf’s richest event, on a day when gusts of up to 35mph claimed victim after victim – Bob Tway even had a 12 on the par-three 17th.