Scottie Scheffler explains how he sustained neck injury at the Players

World number one Scottie Scheffler revealed he was unsure if he was going to have to withdraw from the Players Championship. 

Scheffler looked in visible anguish during the early stages of his second round at the flagship PGA Tour event. 

It eventually emerged Scheffler was struggling with neck pain after he was pictured receiving some treatment on the course. 

Despite the discomfort, Scheffler managed to add a second round of 3-under par 69 to his opening 67 at TPC Sawgrass. 

By the time he finished his second round he was tied for fourth on 8-under with the afternoon wave of players yet to finish. 

"I hit a shot on my second hole today and I felt a little something in my neck," Scheffler told reporters. 

"And then I tried to hit my tee shot on 12, and that's when I could barely get the club back.

"So I got some treatment, maybe it loosened up a tiny bit, but most of the day I was pretty much labouring to get the club somehow away from me."

Scheffler said he did what he could to remain in contention. At the beginning of the week he wasn't feeling any pain in his neck, he added. 

"I did enough I felt like today to keep myself somewhat in the tournament, and so that's really all I could ask for.

"The way I was getting around the course, the way my neck was feeling, I didn't know if I was going to be able to continue playing, so yeah, good fight out there."

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Scottie Scheffler is sitting in a chair and receiving treatment on his left arm next to the 14th. pic.twitter.com/xxWlltwONH

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If he manages to continue Scheffler will be chasing Wyndham Clark who vaulted to the top of the leaderboard on Friday. 

Clark became the first player in PGA Tour history to shoot 65 or lower across the first two rounds at the Players. 

The American, who was on 14-under par, led England's Matthew Fitzpatrick by five strokes. 

At the other end of the leaderboard, Justin Thomas missed the cut with rounds of 71 and 74. 

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