PGA Tour: 'Potential' for Tuesday finish at The Players?

The Players Championship is set to be dragged into a fifth day, with a Tuesday finish also a possibility, after further weather disruption at TPC Sawgrass.

The PGA Tour's flagship event had already experienced more than five hours of delays during Thursday, with the first round still unable to be completed before play was halted around 11.15am on Friday (4.15pm GMT) due to "unplayable course conditions".

Tournament chief referee Gary Young said the course had received around two-and-a-half inches of rain in a 24-hour period and that a Monday finish was effectively certain, while also admitting that the event had the 'potential' to head into a sixth day for the first time in its history.

Asked if the tournament could even be forced to extend into Tuesday, Young said: "The potential is there. The potential, but let's hope not. I think everything that we're looking at, we feel very confident that we can finish this tournament by Monday."

More than half the field were unable to complete their rounds on the opening day, which had been delayed by an hour due to overnight rain and had a four-hour stoppage due to the threat of lightning, while 12 of the field didn't even get to start their tournament until Friday.

Play resumed at 7.15am on Friday and continued for four hours before consistent rainfall forced officials to suspend play, on a saturated golf course, while further storms left the prospect of the opening round heading into a third day.

Thunderstorms are also expected early on Saturday, with strong winds also expected, with Young adding: "We're going to make some adjustments to prepare for that overnight.

"The superintendent and his crew are going to need proper time to pick up debris, get the golf course back in