We must not reduce the incredible performance of Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bathia (133 strokes in total) after two rounds played in The Players Championship, but there is no doubt that the great protagonist of the second day has been Justin Thomas and its 11 Birdies in the iconic Stadium Course of the TPC Sawgrass. This allowed him to sign a 62-stroke card (-10), thus matching the field of the field that Tom Hoge had (Ronda 3, 2023). Interestingly Thomas had achieved 10 Birdies in 2015, the year of his debut. If JT had not signed 78 on the first day, it would already be at the top of the classification.
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“It has been one of the best rounds that I have played, without a doubt,” Thomas said after finishing. “My result on Thursday was lousy. It was terrible in every way, but it was pure chance. I think it was the worst day with the drive and irons that I have had in a round throughout my career,” he added about his black day. Luckily for him everything changed on Friday, but he has many ‘roosters’ ahead and to think about victory.
The news was also in those who did not pass the cut: Rose, Matsuyama, Aberg, Detry, Hovland, Finau or Dunlap. And those who are reinforced are Mcilroy and Morikawa, two players clearly in a great moment. The Norirendés, who aims to win his second The Players, ended up disagreeing with his game on Thursday and went to the field of practices to correct details. This Friday did not improve its result, but you cannot complain about its 68; Morikawa threw 65. Scheffler is in 139 and can never be ruled out. The world number one failed again with the putt in moments of discomfort: “The last two days I felt that I could have scored much better,” he said at the end of the day. Scottie still does not hit the Green as she would like, especially when it comes to dodging a bogey.