Scottie Scheffler plays through pain barrier to keep defence alive at Sawgrass

Scottie Scheffler needed on-course treatment on a neck injury during the second round of the Players Championship.

World number one Scottie Scheffler played through the pain barrier to keep his hopes of an historic title defence alive in the Players Championship.

Scheffler received treatment from a PGA Tour physio during a second round of 69 at Sawgrass which left him six shots behind clubhouse leader Wyndham Clark, the US Open champion carding a second-consecutive 65.