ORLANDO, Fla. – Phil Mickelson's status for next week's Players Championship is suddenly back to being an uncertainty.
After dropping down the Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard with a 6-over 78 Friday at Bay Hill, Mickelson was hardly thrilled with the thought of teeing it up at TPC Sawgrass. He said he planned to play a practice round Tuesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., but only then would he make a final decision.
"I mean, I want to play it, so I would most likely," Mickelson said, "but if I hit it like this, it's pointless, so I got to figure something out.