Aberg’s Historic 63 & Cutline Chaos at Sawgrass - March 14th, 2026

On Friday, March 13th, Round 2 of The Players Championship delivered historic low scoring from Ludvig Aberg and Xander Schauffele, contrasted by intense cutline drama for heavyweights Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP / LEADERBOARD SURGELudvig Aberg torched TPC Sawgrass at 12-under, shooting a 63 with a record-tying front-nine 29 featuring two eagles. Meanwhile, Xander Schauffele fired a 10-under 65 with aggressive wedge play and a perfect 14-for-14 fairways hit.Schauffele highlighted his precision clinic by sticking a 173-yard approach shot to just four inches on the 14th hole.Aberg was incredibly chatty with local fans, asking "Are we neighbors?", joking "Wanna retire that shirt?", and advising a high schooler to "Probably just play as much as you can... Keep learning."THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP / CUTLINE DRAMAThe brutal 2-over par cutline spared no one, forcing defending champion Rory McIlroy (1-over) and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (1-over) to grind. Scheffler battled an untrusted TaylorMade driver, while McIlroy felt immense pressure to survive.McIlroy shut down Jim Bones Mackay on the 9th, saying, "Bones, I will tell you after this hole. There is a lot riding on this golf hole," later expressing relief that "It would have sucked to be going home" and touting his record of missing "less than thirty cuts" in over 280 starts.Lead analyst Jim Furyk defended Scheffler's struggles, noting, "We expect so much out of him, almost for him to be superhuman... every great player expects more out of themselves than we expect of them."THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP / FRIDAY FIREWORKS & VIRAL MOMENTSFriday was packed with wild moments, from Sahith Theegala’s miraculous pine-straw par save on the 6th to Jordan Spieth playing injury-free golf, carding six birdies in 11 holes to sit comfortably at 3-under par.Commentators lost their minds over Theegala's save, yelling, "Are you kidding me? Out of here! That is unreal," while Wyndham Clark (1-under) went viral telling Kay Adams testing drivers is like a "week long girlfriend" of "swiping left and right," prompting her to yell, "Wyndham, are you kidding?!"Tommy Fleetwood (5-under) fueled major endorsement rumors by wearing a Tiger Woods Sun Day Red hoodie during a 21-minute rain delay.Quick HitsTom Hoge suffered a relatable quintuple-bogey 9 on the 7th hole to miss the cut at 9-over • Rickie Fowler joked that Jordan Spieth's lucky tree bounce on 18 was a called bank shot • Ryan Fox had a heartbreaking withdrawal due to kidney stone surgery, being replaced by David Ford and posting he was "Devastated to miss out" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.