ORLANDO, Fla. – When the Players Championship field was released Friday evening, Taylor Moore found himself as the last man into the 144-player field. Less than three hours after the Tour released the field, though, Moore had dropped down to first alternate, a product of a field correction: Henrik Stenson was still eligible from his 2016 Open Championship victory.
“I had a few buddies send me the tweet,” Moore said. “Kind of sucks, but oh well.”
It’s not the first time that Moore has experienced some bad luck with the field list. After parlaying a stellar season on the Korn Ferry Tour last year into his first PGA Tour card, the rookie out of the University of Arkansas notched a pair of early top-25s, at Sanderson and Shriners, and was headed down to Mayakoba, comfortably in the field.