Rory McIlroy with an indifferent start to his second round but Shane Lowry and Séamus Power make strong bids to make the cut
Rory McIlroy with an indifferent start to his second round but Shane Lowry and Séamus Power make strong bids to make the cutWyndham Clark of the United States lines up a putt on the 12th green during the second round of The Players Championship. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images
That 36-holes total of 130 tied his career low opening midway score on the PGA Tour and marked the second lowest opening 36-holes score in the history of the Players, bettered only by Webb Simpson in 2018 and Jason Day in 2016 as both went on to lift the tour’s flagship title. World number one Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, added a 67 for a midway total of 136 to lie six adrift of Clark in his bid to become the first player to win the championship in back-to-back years. But news of a neck injury will lead to worry heading into that weekend chase.
“I would like to play great every week. I really looked at how Scottie has been playing this year and last year and I use him as someone to try to keep up with, and he plays good every week. So my thing is just try to be consistent and with our schedule now too you kind of only play big events, so that’s part of it as well,” explained Clark, whose dramatic rise in world stature is demonstrated by the fact he will only make his Masters debut at Augusta next month.
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