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Players Championship: Rory McIlroy off to a flyer at Sawgrass with opening 66

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Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell all enjoyed strong starts to their Players Championship first round at TPC Sawgrass.

Rory McIlroy ended a lousy run at TPC Sawgrass with a fine first round 66 to put him second behind Roberto Castro, who shot a course record to lead the Players Championship.

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"Something solid was what I was hoping for. I'm usually really good at getting myself way out of it and having to dig myself out of a hole." Casey Wittenberg, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Palmer, Steve Stricker and US Open champion Webb Simpson are the other men sat on five-under.

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