Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth take different paths after Players pairing

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – One prominent player’s streak of weekends off came to an end on Friday at The Players Championship. Another’s rolls on. Their names: Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth. Mickelson had missed the cut four consecutive years. Despite a tough finish Friday – he dunked a tee shot and made double at the Stadium Course’s famed par-3 17th – Mickelson moved to the weekend after a second-round 72 left him at 2 under. He now has broken par on the Stadium one time in his last seven trips around the course. “It’s just been on and around the greens I just haven’t quite figured it out,” Spieth said. He will play the next two weeks as the Tour moves closer to home in Dallas and Fort Worth.