PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Jordan Spieth figured he would be the latest to pay the price at the TPC Sawgrass on a day of big numbers. Instead, he got a break he never imagined Friday at The Players Championship.
Not everyone so lucky, least of all Max McGreevy, who needed a birdie on the final hole just to break 90.
Spieth was just trying to avoid missing the cut. He had birdied his opening two holes and was tied for fourth, but he reached his last hole at the par-5 ninth, he was 5-over par for his round and in serious danger of missing the cut….