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Premier grouping a mixed bag in the first two days of The Players
The Players
Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy share a laugh on the way to the 17th green during Thursday's opening round of The Players at TPC Sawgrass - photo by JOSH AUBREY/staff
A premiere grouping of the top three golfers in the world may have grabbed the biggest galleries this week at The Players, but only one player emerged as a top-10 contender after two days. Thursday and Friday at Sawgrass Country Club saw the headline group of World No. 1, 2 and 3 in Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. With round two in the books McIlroy stands out at -9, two strokes out of first place. Scheffler is currently -5 and is 15th, while Schauffele kept his streak of cuts alive with a birdie on his last hole to make the cut on the number at -2.