Why golf fans should root for J.J. Spaun, the perfect Players underdog

TPC Sawgrass has a way of putting together entertaining leaderboards year-in and year-out. Household names, such as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, and Justin Thomas usually have real estate there. But so do longshots and dark horses, a testament to the brilliant volatility that this course provides.

One of those underdogs is J.J. Spaun, who began Saturday’s third round in solo third at 10-under par and one shot off the lead. He is also playing in the penultimate pairing with McIlroy, thus setting up quite the dichotomy since the Northern Irishman is perhaps the most popular player in the sport not named Tiger Woods.

Yet, Spaun is the

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