The Players Championship was tense Sunday. But when Alex Smalley hit his tee shot into 17, we finally got a moment of levity.

Smalley's tee shot was a bit too strong and seemed destined for the water, but then his golf ball, miraculously, held up on a wooden plank that runs around the perimeter. And it then kept holding up.

PGA Tour pro Bud Cauley stepped on playing partner Lucas Glover's golf ball on the 16th while looking at Rory McIlroy play ...