Players Championship leaderboard Webb Simpson, the 2012 US Open champion, sent out a dramatic reminder of his quality here in the second round of The Players Championship with a course-record equaling 63 which saw him skipping the field on 15-under. In 44 years of the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament that some call “the fifth major”, nobody has ever reached the halfway point in fewer shots. Jason Day also played the first 36 holes in 129 shots on his way to victory two years ago. But as impressive a performance as Simpson’s no doubt was, everybody here at a gobsmacked Stadium Course knew it could, and should, have been so much better. Indeed, standing on the tee-box of the notorious 17th, that magical number of “59” was being excitedly touted. Simpson – the 32-year-old who has played on two Ryder Cups since his major breakthrough but who has only won once more title since – had birdied the last six holes and could seemingly not miss with the putter. Two more birdies for immortality. Yet the terrors of 147-yarder, with its “island green” can invade even the most impregnable mindsets and so Simpson became stuck between clubs on the tee. After…