The Players Championship 2015: Full Cut Line List of Players Removed

A little less than a month ago, Jordan Spieth put on his first, and likely not last, green jacket after winning the 2015 Masters. In the three tournaments since, the 21-year-old has failed to capture that same magic, culminating with Friday's missed cut at the 2015 Players Championship. 

Spieth's poor first round ultimately doomed him. Despite a somewhat up and down Round 2, he still finished at even par. But it wasn't good enough for Spieth to get above the line after his 3-over 75 in Round 1. He was one of a number of stars removed from contention heading into the weekend.

Here's a look at the golfers who missed the cut:

Status	Golfer	Score	Status	Golfer	Score
Cut	Spencer Levin	+1	Cut	Ben Crane	+3
Cut	Jason Kokrak	+1	Cut	Shane Lowry	+3
Cut	Ryan Moore	+1	Cut	William McGirt	+4
Cut	Justin Rose	+1	Cut	Thongchai Jaidee	+4
Cut	Daniel Berger	+1	Cut	Andres Romero	+4
Cut	Bernd Wiesberger	+1	Cut	Anirban Lahiri	+4
Cut	Brendan Steele	+1	Cut	Stewart Cink	+4
Cut	Morgan Hoffmann	+1	Cut	Seung-yul Noh	+4
Cut	Michael Putnam	+1	Cut	Phil Mickelson	+5
Cut	Brooks Koepka	+1	Cut	Kevin Streelman	+5
Cut	Matt Kuchar	+1	Cut	Brian Davis	+5
Cut	Keegan Bradley	+1	Cut	Kevin Chappell	+5
Cut	Jason Bohn	+1	Cut	Ryan Palmer	+5
Cut	Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	+1	Cut	Nick Watney	+5
Cut	Danny Lee	+2	Cut	Adam Hadwin	+5
Cut	Andrew Svoboda	+2	Cut	Tim Wilkinson	+6
Cut	Billy Hurley III	+2	Cut	Jason Day	+6
Cut	Justin Leonard	+2	Cut	Will MacKenzie	+6
Cut	Jason Dufner	+2	Cut	Matt Jones	+7
Cut	Danny Willett	+2	Cut	Retief Goosen	+7
Cut	Jeff Overton	+2	Cut	Brice Garnett	+7
Cut	Lee Westwood	+2	Cut	Sean O'Hair	+8
Cut	Jimmy Walker	+2	Cut	Camilo Villegas	+8
Cut	Boo Weekley	+2	Cut	Robert Garrigus	+9
Cut	Harris English	+2	Cut	Brian Stuard	+9
Cut	Bernhard Langer	+2	Cut	Luke Donald	+9
Cut	Ricky Barnes	+2	Cut	Daniel Summerhays	+9
Cut	Hunter Mahan	+3	Cut	Gary Woodland	+9
Cut	Steven Bowditch	+3	Cut	Aaron Baddeley	+11
Cut	Brandt Snedeker	+3	Cut	Jonas Blixt	+13
Cut	John Huh	+3	WD	Angel Cabrera	+4
Cut	Shawn Stefani	+3	WD	Paul Casey	+7
Cut	Michael Thompson	+3	WD	Darren Clarke	+10
Cut	Scott Piercy	+3	WD	Carl Pettersson	+12
Cut	Jordan Spieth	+3

Yesterday, Spieth discussed what went wrong during his first round, per Steve DiMeglio of USA Today:

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Really tough ball-striking day. I just couldn't find anything, really since I have gotten here on Monday. I mentioned it in the press conference that I was struggling hitting the ball this week; that I was looking for something in my alignment. I just didn't quite trust it today until I was already too far behind the 8-ball.

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On Friday, it was one step forward, one step back for Spieth. He followed each of his three birdies with a bogey. After he carded a bogey on No. 14, that all but confirmed he wouldn't be making an appearance this weekend. According to Golf Channel's Justin Ray, he's the first Masters champion in a little over a decade to turn around and miss the cut at the Players Championship:

As GolfChannel.com's Will Gray noted, though, Spieth was in rather good company:

Phil Mickelson never really got into a groove at TPC Sawgrass. His opening-round 73 gave him a tough hill to climb Friday, and a second-round 76 didn't help matters. The 18th hole in particular was Mickelson's nemesis over the last two days, per ESPN Stats & Info:

The 44-year-old at least made light of his struggles this year and his recent failures at the tournament, per ESPN.com's Bob Harig:

One of the bigger surprises among those to miss the cut was Jason Day. After the first 18 holes, he was at a respectable three-under. Then, the wheels completely came off Friday. Day had a complete meltdown over his first four holes, per Ron Green Jr. of Global Golf Post:

He finished with a nine-under 81 for the round.

After his great start to 2015, Day's results have tailed off a bit. He finished 31st at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and followed up with a 17th-place finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. His tie for 28th at the Masters was also his worst four-round performance at Augusta.

It wouldn't be fair to say that Day is in a slump, but he has failed to meet the standard he set for himself last year.

The same could be said for Mickelson, who has had a somewhat disappointing year, his runner-up finish at the Masters aside. He has missed three cuts and one top-10 finish in nine PGA Tour events this year.

The beauty of Mickelson, though, is that he can go from missing the cut one week to one of the most unstoppable golfers in the world in the span of a week or two. He probably won't be too downtrodden after missing out on the final two rounds of the Players Championship.