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Anirban Lahiri heads open leaderboard at Players Championship

Lahiri heads open leaderboard at Players Championship
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India's Anirban Lahiri holds a one-shot lead at the Players Championship with all of the field still to complete their third round at Sawgrass.

Anirban Lahiri currently holds the lead at the Players Championship after a mammoth day at Sawgrass resulted in the field all getting through half of their third round.

Sunday began with half of the field still needing to play their second rounds, with the third round not getting underway until after 3pm, local time.

India's Lahiri, currently sitting at 322nd in the world golf rankings, bounced back from a 73 to play his opening 11 holes in five-under-par, earning himself a one-shot lead over Tom Hoge and Harold Varner III who have played two holes fewer.

Sebastian Munoz, Paul Casey and Sam Burns are a shot further adrift on seven-under, with Francesco Molinari among the players in a tied for seventh.

The moment of the day belonged to Ireland's Shane Lowry, who recorded just the 10th hole-in-one at the famous 17th hole, and it has helped move him into contention in 11th position.

Defending champion Justin Thomas is five shots back in 18th, but world number one Jon Rahm finds himself seven off the pace in 38th spot.

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