Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport at TPC Sawgrass

Reese has been carrying scoreboards around after the players for seven years after his dad got him into it.

He’s out with Paul Casey’s group today.

“Paul’s really cool, always smiling,” he says.

“I had Rory last year and I was with Tommy for three years in a row. He was cool. He remembered me and gave me a signed glove.”

Reese plays off 2 and this is his home course.

“My lowest score on the Stadium Course is 75 and I’ve birdied 17. My worst is a double bogey.

“I know the wind was brutal on Saturday but I think the players overthink it sometimes. Just punch an eight iron in there, under the wind.”

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Cameron Smith's third round is drawing to a close but can the world number 10 start to shuffle closer to the leader?

Yep, with shot like that he can, spiralling his chip over the water to the 17th and landing it in gimme range for birdie.

Decent scramble from Doug Ghim, who finds the rough down the left but chips on to the dance floor and then sends a 17-footer right into the heart of the hole on the 16th.

Great response. Anirban Lahiri, who has been clawed back by Sebastian Munoz and Sam Burns cards a birdie on the 16th after pitching to eight feet or so.

He goes one shot clear of Munoz and two ahead of Burns who fails to save par back on the 14th.

Lee Westwood, who did not make the cut, having a bit of fun around the 17th hole.

Shane Lowry speaking to Sky Sports: "I knew when it was in the air it was going to pitch on land which is nice and what happened next was very special. I just get so excited. It was great fun, it was one of those things I will remember and maybe I will have to get a pendant of the 17th hole here, which is one of the most iconic in golf.

"I stood on the tee yesterday morning and needed two pars to make the cut and finished birdie, birdie. I played nicely yesterday and this morning. I am looking forward to this afternoon and it is nice to be in the hunt.

"In the first two rounds I did not play well but mentally I am good and I am just accepting what comes on the golf course."

Very few sights of Justin Thomas so far. It's either been wonderful or woeful for JT, who collects a bogey on the 16th after fizzing his approach into the water.

Sebastian Munoz is looking relaxed after posting the lowest round of the week so far with a 65 to put himself in a tie for the lead.

Oh hello. Viktor Hovland makes the second hole in one of his career over on the eighth. Sensational.

The Norwegian has made two eagles on the back nine and could be putting himself back in the conversation as a potential winner.

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Meet Keith.

Keith first went to the Players Championship as a fan, in 2016. He misjudged the heat and got a little sunburnt. He sought help from the volunteer marshals on the 18th, who helped rehydrate him.He returned a couple of times over the course of the week and by the end, was persuaded to return the following year as a volunteer. He jumped at the chance and has been a permanent fixture on the 18th fairway ever since, apart from last year when he couldn't get over because of Covid restrictions.

Keith was here in 2020 when the tournament was cancelled after the first round, as Covid was sweeping around the world. "I had to pay £1,000 to get a flight out of here, and quickly," he told me. "We had 48 hours to get out of the country."

He pays his own airfare and accommodation and £100 or so for the uniform."It's a great week and I'm in a great spot. It gets massively busy here," he adds. "I've never seen weather like we've had this week though. It's been brutal, for everyone here."He is in the firing line of drives pushed to the right on the last hole. "I've been hit a few times, but nothing too serious."

Englishman Keith is the only UK volunteer this year but sadly he won't be here today. He can't justify paying the price to change his flight home to Edinburgh but says he will be back next year.

Shane Lowry' can put his feet up for a bit now in a fairly content mood. The Irishman plays a super chip to three feet on the ninth and then tidies up for birdie.

Rory McIlroy looks like a man that can't wait to get home. He plays a decent enough approach into the fifth green but is then faced with a 25-footer, which he rolls past by about four feet before saving par.

The Northern Irishman is currently tied for 69th and his birdie on the second hold of his third round seems like a long, long time ago.

Daniel Berger, who has not won on the PGA Tour for over 12 months looks a little bit bemused over on the 17th.

He plays right of the pin on the island hole but his ball spins back and keeps picking up pace before making that horrible plopping sound no golfer enjoys.

Scotland's Russell Knox can be happy with his third-round work. He heads into the clubhouse with a 68 to his name and in a tie for eighth.

A superb approach into the 18th sees him finish with a birdie for good measure.

Dustin Johnson acknowledges the applause of the gallery over on the 17th as he taps in for birdie.

That takes the American to level par, with his hopes of doing anything here badly damaged by a double and four bogeys on the back nine.

Paul Casey drops back after sliding a five-footer past for par on the 13th. That is the Englishman's first bogey in 44 holes and just at the wrong time.

Leader Anirban Lahiri starts with three straight pars but that was a tester on the 14th after he blasts through the green and gets up and down in two.