Tommy Fleetwood doesn't need his mac before weather halts progress at the Players 

Rory McIlroy made a bogey and birdie in the only two holes he completed Thursday before play was suspended due to darkness. Séamus Power only finished one hole, making par on the 10th. Both will face a long day in what is forecast to be gruesome weather on Friday, with the first round scheduled to resume at 7:15am (12.15pm Irish

Ian Poulter of England, Pat Perez of the United States and Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela walk the fifth hole in the rain during the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach,  (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

The most noticeable thing Tommy Fleetwood has done all year is shave his beard. Suddenly after getting into the Players Championship by a whisker, he’s poised to turn around a two-and-half-year drought after an opening 66 at TPC Sawgrass.

“I'm chuffed to be in on that score,” said the 31-year-old Englishman, who shares the lead with American Tom Hoge just a shot ahead of Kramer Hickok, Joaquin Niemann, Keith Mitchell and Anirban Lahiri in the abbreviated first round. “I felt like I drove the ball well aside from a couple, and I felt like I chipped and putted great. For sure, like that was the most I could have got out of the round. So days like that are very, very pleasing.