{"id":44507,"date":"2026-03-15T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/could-the-storm-affect-the-final-round-of-the-2026-players-championship\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:22:14","slug":"could-the-storm-affect-the-final-round-of-the-2026-players-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/could-the-storm-affect-the-final-round-of-the-2026-players-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the storm affect the final round of the 2026 Players Championship?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Will the storm affect the final round of the 2026 Players Championship?<\/p>\n<p>Play is underway at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday, with sunny skies and a breeze that&#8217;s making players think twice about some shots. That will be the case for most of the final round.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But in the final stages, the weather could be a factor for the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>As the day progresses, the chance of storms continues to increase, with a 30% chance of thunderstorms at 4pm, increasing to 50% chance of thunderstorms by 6pm, the scheduled end time of the final group.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>There was a 21-minute delay in the first round on Thursday, and last year&#8217;s playoff between Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spawn was postponed to Monday due to weather delays during the final round.<\/p>\n<p>What will happen by Sunday? We&#8217;ll have to wait and see. Ludwig Aberg holds a three-stroke lead over Michael Thorbjornsen with 18 holes remaining.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Players Championship 2026 Weather Forecast for Sunday&#8217;s Final Round<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Will the storm affect the final round of the 2026 Players Championship? Play is underway at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday, with sunny skies and a breeze that&#8217;s making players think twice about some shots. That will be the case for most of the final round. advertisement But in the final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-44507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}