The Players - Update: Jason Day Leads By a Single Stroke

With Round 2 play in-progress at TPC Sawgrass OWGR #1 Jason Day leads this elite field of players by one stroke, currently sitting at -11 under par.  The game’s best giddily paraded around the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course Thursday morning with more smiles, back slaps and fist pumps than we’re accustomed to seeing around here.The Players Championship was more Fun House than House of Horrors, even for the afternoon wave. It played more like the second CareerBuilder Challenge of the season than the fifth major. Somewhere, Pete Dye must have been grinding his teeth. The famed architect watched Jason Day go record low (20 under) for 72 holes at the PGA Championship last summer on his Whistling Straits design, and watched him equal the Stadium Course Thursday record with a 63. “Today was the most gettable I’ve ever seen it,” said Justin Rose, who shot 65. “I was surprised to see it so soft because there hasn’t been a drop of rain all week.” There were 12 scores of 66 or better, the most in any single round since The Players Championship moved to TPC Sawgrass in 1982. “Today was the day you had to get it,” Bill Haas said after posting a 65. Dye’s course can be a maddening puzzle for pros to figure out, with its deceptive angles, optical illusions and hidden trouble. Dye had them scratching their heads again Thursday, but this time players were trying to figure out how their games suddenly came together here. Can Jason Day Hhold his slim lead heading into the weekend? And can Jordan Spieth regain contend by regaining some of his lost luster? Send your predictions to the Pro Golf Tour: http://progolftournaments.blogspot.com/