Nos. 17, 18 at TPC Sawgrass leave marks on Players field

The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course during Thursday's first round of The Players Championship. ( Associated Press ) PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — When you’re playing in your 20th Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course and call this seaside town your home, you’d have to figure that you’ve got a pretty good feel for wind conditions.

So when Jim Furyk assessed Thursday in these terms — “You’ve got some shots out there like at 17 and 18 where you’d better figure out where it’s coming from or you drop one in the water and all of a sudden make a double“ — you’d be right to think it was a perplexing day for all concerned.

And indeed, it was.

With wind swirling at a pretty good…