World No. 1 Dustin Johnson was among a pack of household names to make an early break at the 2019 Players Championship on Thursday, with Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm also off to strong starts.
Billy Horschel led a raft of American hopefuls battling for the leaderboard's summit early on, with Xander Schauffele, Michael Thompson and Brandon Harkins also contending. South Korean Byeong-hun An impressed in the opening stages and shared a joint-lead at three under after his first nine holes.
The first round got under way at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where a long list of the world's best golfers have been tempted to compete for their share of a $12.