Ludvig Aberg fires a sublime 63 to lead the Players Championship by two shots at halfway as Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler narrowly make the cut.

The PGA Tour's best are into their second rounds in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at the 2026 Players Championship, the most significant event ahead of major championship competition. The Tour's flagship event always seems to deliver drama thanks to the unique test of TPC Sawgrass,

The Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, did its damage to the following players who failed to make the 36-hole cut.

Even crazier? Hoge has actually played well at TPC Sawgrass. He has a pair of T-3s at the Players (2023 and 2025) and he entered the week with the current streak of most consecutive cuts made in the event at seven.

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Morikawa, one of the most popular bets to win this week, played just one hole on Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass.

The opening round of the 2026 Players Championship featured a 21-minute rain delay, and the first round didn't finish because of it. Four players had to return Friday morning to complete play, but the sun shined on TPC Sawgrass in the morning and evening with the storm mashed between during Thursday's first round.

Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau, and Akshay Bhatia took shelter in a volunteer's van during a rain delay at the Players Championship.