Players Championship 2016 Leaderboard: Live Look at Sunday Scores, Predictions

Jason Day continues to be the heavy favorite heading into the final round Sunday of the 2016 Players Championship.

The 28-year-old Australian will begin his day with a strong lead, as he is four shots up on second-place sharers Alex Cejka, Ken Duke and Hideki Matsuyama. 

Course conditions were difficult at TPC Sawgrass Saturday as high winds and humidity made for fast greens. While perennial contenders Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth faltered, Day was able to hold steady at just one over for the day. Sinking shots like this certainly helped Day, courtesy of the PGA Tour:

Today, we’ll take pars any way we can get them …#QuickHits https://t.co/FOCKp1msFo

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 14, 2016

With much of the field shooting higher scores Saturday compared to earlier in the competition, Duke and Matsuyama turned in remarkable performances to surge to second place on the leaderboard.

Day and McIlroy both marveled at Duke and Matsuyama’s play through treacherous conditions, per ESPN’s Jason Sobel and PGATour.com’s Mike …

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