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McIlroy grouped with Spieth, Day at Players

One of the best fields in golf will feature the top two players in the world side by side for at least two days at TPC Sawgrass. Here are four groups to keep an eye on Thursday at The Players Championship (all times Eastern): 

A McIlroy-Spieth showdown at the WGC-Match Play never came to pass, but the top two players in the world will take their budding rivalry to the Stadium Course. The winners of the last three major championships will be joined by world No. 7 Jason Day, who struggled to an 0-3 ouster last week in San Francisco.