CUT: The PLAYERS 36-hole cut advanced 73 professionals at 2-over (146) from a field of 123 professionals.
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Ludvig Åberg (1st/-12) Friday round of (63) marked the second-lowest 18-hole score in PLAYERS history, with the lowest being a (62) by Justin Thomas/2025/R2, Tom Hoge/2023/R3).
Åberg holds his sixth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and is 1-for-5 converting to victory (2023 RSM Classic). The last player to hold the
36- hole lead/co-lead at THE PLAYERS and go on to win was Rory McIlroy in 2019.
Åberg is now the third player to post 29 on the front nine at TPC Sawgrass, joining Dustin Johnson/2022/R4, Martin Kaymer/2014/R1), and Åberg joined Derek Fathauer (2015/R1) as the only two players to post 5-under on Nos. 1-4 at TPC Sawgrass.
Xander Schauffele (2nd/-10) shot (65) and it matches his low 18-hole score in 24 career rounds at THE PLAYERS Championship (R1, R3/2024). He carded eight birdies in a round to mark the most in his career at TPC Sawgrass (previous: 7; R1, R3/2024).
Two-time PLAYERS Champion (2023, 2024) and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T51/+1) extended his longest active cuts made streak on TOUR to 70.
The PLAYERS | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
1 Ludvig Åberg 69 63 132 (-12)
2 Xander Schauffele 69 65 134 (-10)
3 Cameron Young 68 67 135 (-9)
T4 Corey Conners 69 67 136 (-8)
T4 Justin Thomas 68 68 136 (-8)
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