Ludvig Aberg fired a 9-under 63 to take an outright two-shot at the Players Championship. Having tied first with four others after the first round, he is now 12-under with a 132 total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aberg leads Xander Schauffele on a day that saw World No 1 Scottie Scheffler barely making the cut. The two-time champion finished one over par, the same as defending champion is Rory McIlroy. Scheffler tied-51 extends his longest active cuts made streak on the Tour to 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aberg was 5 under through his opening four holes and made an eagle on the par-5 ninth for a 29 to tie the front-nine record on the Stadium Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is only the third player ever to post 29 on the front nine at the TPC Sawgrass, the others being Dustin Johnsonin 2022 and Martin Kaymer in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making his third career appearance at The Players, he finished solo eighth in his debut in 2024 and missed the cut last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schauffele is on ten-under after making a statement 65 round that saw him firing in eight birdies. Schauffele is withing striking distance as he looks to improve on his two career runner-up finishes at the tournament in 2018 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cameron Young is a further stroke behind and posted a 67 for his low 18-hole score in 16 career rounds at TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making his second start of the season since returning from back surgery in November, former champion Justin Thomas is T4 with Corey Conners at eight-under. Conners birdied five of his first six holes in his round of 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second-Round Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ludvig Aberg fired a 9-under 63 to take an outright two-shot at the Players Championship. Having tied first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-10553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Ludvig \u00c5berg<\/td> 69<\/td> 63<\/td> 132 (-12)<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Xander Schauffele<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 134 (-10)<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Cameron Young<\/td> 68<\/td> 67<\/td> 135 (-9)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Corey Conners<\/td> 69<\/td> 67<\/td> 136 (-8)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Justin Thomas<\/td> 68<\/td> 68<\/td> 136 (-8)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"