Players Championship 2018 Leaderboard: Live Look at Sunday Scores, Predictions

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The leaderboard at the 2018 Players Championship heading into Sunday is worthy of a tournament of its stature.

The top 20 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, is packed with major winners including Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Charl Schwartzel, Jason Day, Jimmy Walker, Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods, who rolled back the years to shoot 65 on Saturday.

But despite the quality near the top of the leaderboard, Sunday is only likely to be a procession for Webb Simpson, the world No. 41, who has a seven shot lead over the field following three stunning rounds of golf.

He is on 19 under par after his 68 on Saturday, with his closest competitor, New Zealand's Danny Lee, sitting at 12 under.

The PGA Tour provided the top 10 following Day 3's action:

PGA TOUR @PGATOUR

Leaderboard after Round 3 at #THEPLAYERS ... 1. Simpson, -19 2. Lee, -12 3. D. Johnson, -10 4. Dufner, -9 4. Walker 4. Schauffele 9. Spieth, -8 9. Woods 9. Fleetwood 9. Poulter 9. Varner III 9. Cantlay Full scores: https://t.co/vZk1d8dmgT https://t.co/j0E9qZk6vu

For the full leaderboard visit PGATour.com.

              

Woods and Spieth only just made the cut on Friday but will be playing together in the fifth-to-last group out on Sunday after they both went around in seven under on Saturday.

Barring a spectacular collapse from Simpson, neither player has a chance of winning the tournament, but the galleries following the duo are likely to be huge.

The Tiger comeback continues apace, and although he has won the Players twice in his career (2001 and 2013), he has never shot a better round than he did on Saturday, per ESPN Stats & Info:

ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo

Tiger Woods shot a 7-under 65 in the 3rd round today at THE PLAYERS, the lowest round in his career at the event. Today was Tiger's career 66th round at THE PLAYERS. https://t.co/zutBRvod4A

Both Spieth and Woods will simply be looking to go as low as possible again on Sunday, and it should make for fascinating viewing.

Similarly intriguing is the next pair out after Woods and Spieth, which sees Australian Day playing alongside South Africa's Schwartzel.

Day went into this year's Players on the back of victory at the Wells Fargo Championship and has continued his fine form with three consecutive under-par rounds in Florida.

Schwartzel, meanwhile, stuttered slightly on Saturday, as he carded a 73 to follow his Thursday 68 and Friday 66.

Perhaps the only player capable of reeling in Simpson on Sunday is world No. 1 Johnson, who sits nine shots back on 10 under, alone in third.

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He will go out in the penultimate group with Jason Dufner, and if he can pick up some early shots, he could apply some pressure.

In truth, though, the championship is all but over as a contest.

Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, has been the embodiment of serenity in his first three rounds and does not look like a man who is about to throw away a seven-shot lead.

Prediction: Webb Simpson to win the 2018 Players Championship by five shots, Dustin Johnson second and Jordan Spieth third.

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