PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Teflon. Linoleum. Ice. A dance floor. Those were just some of the words used when players were asked about TPC Sawgrass’ greens during Saturday’s third round of the Players. Ernie Els put it another way. “You’re going to see some swears,” he said. To that end, one player in a text message did use a certain four-letter synonym for poop. After Jason Day set the 36-hole scoring record by reaching 15 under on a soft and pristine Stadium Course, the birdies dried up in Saturday’s hot sun and breezy conditions. The only moving done was mostly backwards. Rory McIlroy said it felt like a U.S. Open, Kevin Chappell called the greens dead and bald, and Keegan Bradley spoke for some who claimed the speeds of the putting surfaces bordered on the edge of out of control. The result: Some eye-popping numbers and not much fun for anyone, unless you’re a fan of car crashes. Over the first two days, there were 122 combined three-putts among the 144 players in the field. On Saturday there were 149 three-putts among the 76 players who made the cut, and 15 of those players had at least 34 putts for their round including McIlroy, who had 37. Sixty players had at least one double bogey or worse, with the field making a total of 86 double bogeys or higher and 38 players posting nine-hole totals of 40 or higher. The third-round scoring average was a whopping 75.59, more than three strokes over par and more than four strokes higher than that of each of the first two days, and seven players failed to break 80. Only six players broke par including Ken Duke, who somehow shot 65 in what one player called easily the round of the year.