PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – They’re playing mind games.
If you listen to Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood, Sunday’s final round of The Players Championship may be as much about navigating the hazards in the six inches between their ears as it will be about navigating all the trouble in architect Pete Dye’s 7,189-yard layout at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course.
Rahm will take a one-shot lead on McIlroy and Fleetwood into the final round knowing all the work he is putting into taming his combustible temperament will be put to a supreme test.
“I’ve been working so hard on the mental aspect of my game, to keep myself in check a little more,” Rahm said.