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2024 Players Championship - Top storylines headed into the weekend

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Might Scottie Scheffler's neck determine whether or not the PGA Tour has another runaway winner in one of its high-profile signature events?

Scheffler, the world No. 1 golfer, is attempting to become the first back-to-back winner of the Players Championship at the 50th edition of the tour's flagship event at TPC Sawgrass this week. But his hopes hit a bump Friday when he felt pain in his neck on the second hole of his round.

Scheffler asked a PGA Tour official for Biofreeze, a pain reliever, and then received a massage from a physical therapist on holes 14 and 16.