After two rounds of the 2017 PLAYERS Championship, Kyle Stanley and Louis Oosthuizen sit at the top of the leaderboard after each fired a 6-under 66 on Friday at TPC Sawgrass.
The pair are at 9-under 135, two strokes clear of J.B. Holmes, who is alone in third at 7-under. 54-year-old Vijay Singh, who plays primarily on the Champions Tour, is 3 shots back at 6-under
Three of the heavy favorites, entering the tournament – Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, and Sergio Garcia – were all at even-par through two rounds, T43.
Jordan Spieth struggled even worse, and missed the cut at 4-over.
Top 10
1 Louis Oosthuizen -9
1 Kyle Stanley -9
3 J.B. Holmes -7
4 Vijay Singh -6
5 Patrick Cantlay -5
5 Alexander Noren -5
5 David Hearn -5
5 Rafael Cabrera-Bello -5
5 Ian Poulter -5
10 Paul Casey -4
10 Brendan Steele -4
10 Webb Simpson -4
10 Lucas Glover -4
10 Jon Rahm -4
10 Chez Reavie -4
Dumbest Tweet of the Day
Vijay Singh is gonna make us start researching the recent winner’s list of dudes wearing pleats.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelESPN) May 12, 2017
Shot of the Day
On the par-5 11th hole, after dunking his second shot into the water, DJ holes out for a birdie.
Not your typical par-5 birdie. #ShotOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/j1Hm5iKX8t
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 13, 2017
Bunker Shot of the Day
On the par-3 13th hole, Graeme McDowell drops it in from the sand for a birdie-2.
The perfect speed from the bunker.
These Guys Are Good.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/WCDgWs5Gq9
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2017
Worst Hole of the Day
Zac Blair sinks three balls in the water and posts a 6-over 9 on the par-3 17th.
We see big numbers every year at 17.
????#PGATOUR360 ◀️SWIPE▶️ pic.twitter.com/waWzUlqtiu
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 12, 2017
Quotable
“We’re in a pretty good spot going into this weekend. A lot of golf to be played around this golf course, and as we’ve seen the last two days, you can easily make a mistake around this track.”
–Louis Oosthuizen, 36-hole co-leader
Leaderboard
Through 36 holes
POS | PLAYER | TO PAR |
---|---|---|
T1 | Louis Oosthuizen | -9 |
T1 | Kyle Stanley | -9 |
3 | J.B. Holmes | -7 |
4 | Vijay Singh | -6 |
T5 | David Hearn | -5 |
T5 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | -5 |
T5 | Patrick Cantlay | -5 |
T5 | Alex Noren | -5 |
T5 | Ian Poulter | -5 |
T10 | Chez Reavie | -4 |
T10 | Jon Rahm | -4 |
T10 | Webb Simpson | -4 |
T10 | Lucas Glover | -4 |
T10 | Brendan Steele | -4 |
T10 | Paul Casey | -4 |
T16 | Ben Martin | -3 |
T16 | Smylie Kaufman | -3 |
T16 | Si Woo Kim | -3 |
T16 | Daniel Berger | -3 |
T16 | Harold Varner, III | -3 |
T16 | Cameron Tringale | -3 |
T16 | Tommy Fleetwood | -3 |
T23 | Seung-yul Noh | -2 |
T23 | Roberto Castro | -2 |
T23 | Adam Scott | -2 |
T23 | Steve Stricker | -2 |
T23 | Mackenzie Hughes | -2 |
T23 | Daniel Summerhays | -2 |
T23 | Jason Day | -2 |
T23 | Henrik Stenson | -2 |
T23 | Phil Mickelson | -2 |
T23 | William McGirt | -2 |
T23 | Yuta Ikeda | -2 |
T34 | Billy Hurley III | -1 |
T34 | Brooks Koepka | -1 |
T34 | Russell Henley | -1 |
T34 | Francesco Molinari | -1 |
T34 | Aaron Baddeley | -1 |
T34 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 |
T34 | Graeme McDowell | -1 |
T34 | Emiliano Grillo | -1 |
T34 | Adam Hadwin | -1 |
T43 | Kevin Chappell | E |
T43 | Martin Kaymer | E |
T43 | Matt Kuchar | E |
T43 | Sergio Garcia | E |
T43 | Rory McIlroy | E |
T43 | Dustin Johnson | E |
T43 | Justin Thomas | E |
T43 | Jason Dufner | E |
T43 | Ricky Barnes | E |
T43 | David Lingmerth | E |
T43 | Keegan Bradley | E |
T43 | Rickie Fowler | E |
T43 | Cody Gribble | E |
T56 | Lee Westwood | 1 |
T56 | Ryan Moore | 1 |
T56 | Patrick Reed | 1 |
T56 | Justin Rose | 1 |
T56 | Alex Cejka | 1 |
T56 | Jamie Lovemark | 1 |
T56 | Kevin Streelman | 1 |
T56 | Jimmy Walker | 1 |
T56 | Zach Johnson | 1 |
T56 | Gary Woodland | 1 |
T66 | Sung-hoon Kang | 2 |
T66 | Boo Weekley | 2 |
T66 | Michael Kim | 2 |
T66 | Chris Kirk | 2 |
T66 | Brian Stuard | 2 |
T66 | Tyrrell Hatton | 2 |
T66 | Rod Pampling | 2 |
T66 | Kevin Kisner | 2 |
T66 | Jim Herman | 2 |
T66 | Charley Hoffman | 2 |
T66 | Blayne Barber | 2 |
T66 | Brian Harman | 2 |
T66 | Pat Perez | 2 |
T66 | Branden Grace | 2 |
T66 | Bernd Wiesberger | 2 |
T66 | Grayson Murray | 2 |
T66 | Ben Crane | 2 |
CUT | LINE | |
- | Martin Laird | CUT |
- | Andrew Loupe | CUT |
- | Scott Brown | CUT |
- | K.J. Choi | CUT |
- | John Huh | CUT |
- | Luke List | CUT |
- | Spencer Levin | CUT |
- | Jason Kokrak | CUT |
- | Jhonattan Vegas | CUT |
- | Jim Furyk | CUT |
- | Hudson Swafford | CUT |
- | Tony Finau | CUT |
- | Luke Donald | CUT |
- | James Hahn | CUT |
- | Wesley Bryan | CUT |
- | Russell Knox | CUT |
- | Cameron Smith | CUT |
- | Jordan Spieth | CUT |
- | Marc Leishman | CUT |
- | Ryan Palmer | CUT |
- | Graham DeLaet | CUT |
- | Shawn Stefani | CUT |
- | Patrick Rodgers | CUT |
- | Matthew Fitzpatrick | CUT |
- | Ross Fisher | CUT |
- | Bill Haas | CUT |
- | Jonas Blixt | CUT |
- | Chad Campbell | CUT |
- | Freddie Jacobson | CUT |
- | Bernhard Langer | CUT |
- | Kyle Reifers | CUT |
- | Shane Lowry | CUT |
- | Brian Gay | CUT |
- | Robert Streb | CUT |
- | Peter Malnati | CUT |
- | Ernie Els | CUT |
- | Charl Schwartzel | CUT |
- | Anirban Lahiri | CUT |
- | Troy Merritt | CUT |
- | Greg Chalmers | CUT |
- | Bubba Watson | CUT |
- | Jerry Kelly | CUT |
- | Jason Bohn | CUT |
- | Bryce Molder | CUT |
- | Mark Hubbard | CUT |
- | Fabian Gomez | CUT |
- | Billy Horschel | CUT |
- | D.A. Points | CUT |
- | Johnson Wagner | CUT |
- | Brett Stegmaier | CUT |
- | Derek Fathauer | CUT |
- | Vaughn Taylor | CUT |
- | Matt Every | CUT |
- | Sean O'Hair | CUT |
- | Tyrone van Aswegen | CUT |
- | Patton Kizzire | CUT |
- | Robert Garrigus | CUT |
- | Danny Lee | CUT |
- | Zac Blair | CUT |
- | Harris English | CUT |
- | Scott Piercy | CUT |
- | Kevin Na | WD |
- | Danny Willett | WD |