PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Jason Day set the 36-hole record Saturday morning at the Players Championship and built a four-shot lead going into the third round of golf's richest tournament.
Day rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt when he resumed the second round, and he finished by getting up-and-down from the front of the green on No. 18 for a 6-under 66. That put him at 15-under 129, breaking by one the record Greg Norman set at TPC Sawgrass in 1994.
Norman was dominant that week in winning by four shots.
Day looks no different.
The world's No. 1 player has yet to make a bogey in two days, and he feels capable of making every putt.
"The 36-hole scoring record is great and all, but I'm looking at the big picture," Day said. "I need to knuckle down here and try to keep pushing forward. And we've got two more rounds left, so there is still a long way to go."
Shane Lowry finished his 68 on Friday and was at 11-under 133.
Jordan Spieth missed the cut for the second straight year, as did Phil Mickelson and defending champion Rickie Fowler.
Day was the only player in the top 10 on the leaderboard with a major win. Jonas Blixt, Alex Cejka and Cameron Tringale were five shots behind, with a group at 9-under 135 that featured Francesco Molinari, Boo Weekley, Gary Woodland and Russell Knox, the Scot who played golf at Jacksonville University.
Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson were in the group seven shots behind.
The two-hour delay Friday afternoon because of lightning meant the third round was being played in threesomes off both tees.