The promise of a victory to end a 17-month drought on the PGA Tour went up in smoke for Collin Morikawa on Saturday. The 27-old Cal grad, one day after shooting a 7-under 65, ballooned to a 5-over 77 in the third round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra,

Collin Morikawa was nearly all smiles during a Friday round at the Players Championship in which he racked up nine birdies to put himself in contention heading into the weekend. The two-time major champ's tone was a bit more serious after when he met with reporters at TPC Sawgrass.

Between Morikawa's war of words with the "Live From" analysts to Rory McIlroy's incident with a fan, it's been a week at TPC Sawgrass.