Ludvig Aberg leads, Corey Conners T4...Saturday at Players Championship..TEE TIMES, Leaderboard

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Swedish super star Ludvig Aberg had his A game in full force on Friday afternoon on a very gettable TPC Sawgrass.

Ludvig Aberg of Sweden acknowledges applause from the gallery after sinking his putt on the 11th green during the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament Friday, March 13, 2026, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Consider this he began birdie eagle birdie birdie -5 through 4 holes then  tied the course record with another eagle on the th for 29.

He went on to post 3 more birdies with a lone dropped shot at the 15th, for 34, -9 63  and a tournament lead at -12.

2nd  Xander Schauffele hit all his fairways -7 65 for a -10 total.

3rd  Cameron Young 68 67 -9

T4  Corey Conners 69 67 -8   Corey was -5 through 6 holes featuring his reknown ball striking all day, and he was unlucky not to be even lower.

T4  Justin Thomas 68 68 -8  He used his 79 79 MC last week at Bay Hill as a warm up, as he returns from back surgery.

Other Canadians

Taylor Pendrith T35 74 69 -1

Nick Taylor T42  74 70 E

Sudarshan Yellamaraju  T51 73 72 +1  He fought back with birdies on 3 of his last 5 holes

Mac Hughes MC 74 77 +7 has not had his best stuff yet so far this year

AJ Ewart MC  78 75 +9  had no chance after the opening 78.

STARS : What many are talking about, the game's two biggest stars Rory McIlroy T51 74 71 +1 and Scott Scheffler T51  72 73 +1 with 4 bogey's just 3 birdies, both barely made the cut which finally fell at +2.

They are both off early before National NBC (2pm) TV coverage  at 9.55 Rory and 9.25 Scheffler, available here on TSN4.

WEATHER: Saturday: Ideal scoring,  partly cloudy, 72*f , dry only a 10% chance of rain, light wind 10-16mph.

Sunday: expect a return of higher humidity, more unsettled 75*f , 60% chance of showers and TStorms in the afternoon, windier 14-20mph with gusts over 30mph

OPINION :  Saturday should provide ideal scoring conditions, with the Sunday afternoon bad weather expected,  they may send the guys out early of split tees.

Bryan Angus