Rory McIlroy clinched the second Players Championship of his career with a comfortable three-shot victory over American JJ Spaun in a rare Monday playoff. The Northern Irishman finished the three ...

Rory McIlroy comfortably beat unheralded American JJ Spaun in a three-hole Monday play-off to decide the winner of The Players Championship after a dramatic day on Sunday had seen the Northern ...

J.J. Spaun was ... round in The Players Championship on a rain-filled Sunday. A couple more rotations on his putt, and he would've won it all. Instead, he's pitted against Rory McIlroy for a ...

Rory McIlroy ... narratives. His Players Championship victory, and the process by which he reached the end, hoisting the trophy after defeating journeyman J.J. Spaun in a three-hole aggregate ...

Spaun birdied 16 and tied the lead at 12-under. Rory McIlroy hits a shot out of the rough during the final round of the Players Championship on March 16. Jeff Swinger-Imagn Images Both players ...

Rory McIlroy has done so 27 times. But on Monday, Spaun and McIlroy will be going head-to-head in a three-hole playoff to determine the winner of The PLAYERS Championship. Everyone will tab Rory ...

Rory McIlroy had 73 feet of green in front of him, and he needed to get down in two putts. Playing the par-4 18th at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course, McIlroy was deadlocked at 12 under with J.J ...

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