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The 2020 Players Championship began Thursday, with Hideki Matsuyama taking control.
Matsuyama holds a two-shot lead thanks to a nine-under-par performance. The 28-year-old carded a 63, his lowest single-round score in any event since the final round at the BMW Championship last August. He also became the ninth player in the history of this event to reach a score of 63:
Harris English, Si Woo Kim and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are tied for second place with scores of seven under par.
The first round was halted because of darkness with seven players still on the course at in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.