McIlroy said his back "feels pretty much there" after pulling out of last week's tournament with an injury The Players Championship, round two leaderboard -12 L Aberg (Swe); -10 X Schauffele (US); -9 C Young (US); -8 J Thomas (US), C Conners (Can) Selected: -7 S Straka (Aut); -5 T Fleetwood (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), V Hovland (Nor); -4 J Rose (Eng); -3 J Spieth (US); Level R MacIntyre (Sco); +1 R McIlroy (NI), S Scheffler (US) Full leaderboard Ludvig Aberg shot a sublime nine-under-par 63 to surge into the halfway lead of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. The Swede had two chip-in eagles in his second round as he took advantage of benign conditions to reach 12 under par, two clear of Xander Schauffele, who earlier posted a similarly scintillating 65. The world's top two, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, both arrived at the PGA Tour's flagship event seeking to equal Jack Nicklaus' record of three victories but ended Friday relieved to be around for the weekend.…