Spieth maintains lead after up-and-down round

Check out the current field for this season’s CIMB Classic. HOW THEY QUALIFIED Sponsors Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Kiradech Aphibarnrat Jon Curran Jason Dufner Ernie Els Davis Love III Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Kim Leun-Kwang Thomas Pieters Top 60 Available on Prior Season’s FedexCup Points list Billy Horschel Justin Thomas Keegan Bradley Cameron Smith Xander Schauffele Paul Casey Gary Woodland Kyle Stanley Kevin Na Marc Leishman Emiliano Grillo Andrew Putnam Chez Reavie Cheng Tsung Pan Andrew Landry Austin Cook Pat Perez Brandt Snedeker Rafa Cabrera Bello Byeong Hun An Chesson Hadley Beau Hossler Ryan Armour Jason Kokrak Charles Howell III Si Woo Kim Brendan Steele Brian Gay Abraham Ancer Brice Garnett J.J. Spaun Ryan Palmer Peter Uihlein Ted Potter, Jr. Keith Mitchell Scott Piercy Louis Oosthuizen Ryan Moore Whee Kim Stewart Cink Nick Watney Jimmy Walker Bronson Burgoon Joel Dahmen Michael Kim J.B. Holmes Kevin Chappell James Hahn Jamie Lovemark Brian Stuard Kevin Tway Branden Grace Kelly Kraft Troy Merritt Tom Hoge Scott Stallings Satoshi Kodaira Jhonattan Vegas Danny Lee Ollie Schniederjans  

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Retief Goosen made it clear in the early week that he didn’t come to THE PLAYERS Championship to soak in another round at TPC Sawgrass. He wants to compete and put himself in the mix come Sunday. “I would like to play well and see what happens by the end of the week and hopefully have a chance to take a run at it,� said Goosen at his Wednesday press conference. He’s certainly given himself a chance to make the cut after a 2-under 70 in Round 1 that included three birdies on his inward nine. He’d be the first Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS winner to make the cut at THE PLAYERS Championship since Mark O’Meara in 2011. The first round 70 is the best Round 1 score by the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS winner since O’Meara in 2011. Goosen got off to an ominous start with a bogey on the 10th. He got his first birdie on the 12th and made the turn in one over. The 51-year-old quickly got in red numbers with back-to-back birdies on holes one and two. Goosen then finished with a strong par save on eight after his tee shot landed right of the green and he had to hit a difficult flop shot. He then took advantage of the par-5 ninth with a perfect bunker shot to 5-feet and rolled in the birdie to finish. “I didn’t hit the ball great, but my putting was good,� said Goosen. “Tomorrow morning, I’m first off and it’s going to be totally different conditions and it’s going to be a totally different feel out there with no spectators so it’ll be quite interesting.� Goosen tees off at 7:40 a.m. in Round 2 on Friday.

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