Players Championship: Rory McIlroy misses cut as Canada's Adam Svensson opens up two-shot lead

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-9 A Svensson (Can); -7 S Scheffler (US); -6 MW Lee (Aus), C Morikawa (US), B Griffin (US), C Bezuidenhout (SA)
Selected: -4 V Hovland (Nor), J Day (Aus); -2 J Rosie (Eng), A Rai (Eng), T Hatton (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); D Willett (Eng), M Wallace (Eng); +2 S Lowy (Ire); +3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) +5 R McIlroy (NI),

Rory McIlroy missed the chopped arsenic the storm-delayed 2nd circular of the Players Championship was completed connected Saturday.

The Northern Irishman finished his 2nd circular connected Friday with a one-over-par 73, to travel his first-round 76.

But helium missed the chopped by 3 shots arsenic the last finishers reached the clubhouse connected Saturday morning.

Canadian Adam Svensson heads into circular 3 with a two-shot pb implicit Masters champion Scottie Scheffler.

Svensson's birdie connected the 18th saw him decorativeness 5 nether for the day.

American duo Ben Griffin and Collin Morikawa are tied for 3rd alongside Australia's Min Woo Lee and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa.

England's Aaron Rai, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose are the champion placed British players, but Matt Fitzpatrick besides missed the cut.