Players Championship highlights: Best action, shots and scores from Round Two
Webb Simpson leads after 36 holes after a course record-equalling 63 on Friday
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Webb Simpson put together one of the best rounds the Players Championship has ever seen - before Sawgrass' famous 17th hole claimed another victim.
An eagle and nine birdies, including six in a row from the 11th, left American Simpson needing to birdie the final two holes to join the elite group of players to break the magical 60 barrier on the PGA Tour.
However, the former US Open champion then double-bogeyed the 17th after his tee shot hit the wooden sleepers which form the edge of the green, bounced on to the putting surface and into the water.
And a par at the last meant Simpson had to be satisfied with becoming the seventh player to shoot 63 in the Players Championship, the 32-year-old's 15 under par total also equalling the 36-hole scoring record.
Watch the highlights - including Simpson's rollercoaster penultimate hole - above.
Selected scores
129 Webb Simpson 66 63
134 Danny Lee (Nzl) 68 66, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 66, Patrick Cantlay 66 68
135 Alex Noren (Swe) 66 69, Chesson Hadley 66 69, Charles Howell III 68 67
136 Steve Stricker 67 69, Jason Day (Aus) 69 67, Xander Schauffele 68 68
137 Dustin Johnson 66 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 69 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 69, Bryson DeChambeau 70 67, Jimmy Walker 69 68, Matt Kuchar 66 71
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