- Rory Mcilroy has won his second players championship title on Monday morning
- He hit JJ Spaun in a three -hole playoff after putting his ball in the water on 17
Rory Mcilroy beat JJ Spaun about a three -hole playoff to win his second players championship title on Monday morning.
Spaun sent his exit blow to the 17th during the Green and the water, which would demonstrate an expensive error for the world No. 57, since it had already been a shot behind Mcilroy in Hole 16.
It is the 28th title of the PGA Tour de Mcilroy and second this year, with the Irish of the northern of 35 years entering a brilliant vein of three weeks of this year's teachers.
The inclement weather forced the procedures on Sunday afternoon, with the heads of PGA Tour suspending the game for four hours, with Mcilroy and Spaun being tied at the top of the classification at 12 under a couple, after 72 golf holes.
The sun shone on TPC Sawgrass after the stormy conditions extended yesterday through Florida, but a cold wind of 20 mph caused some problems for both players when they made their way around holes 16, 17 and 18.
It was the first time that Spaun held in a playoff hole in his career, since the 34 -year -old pursued his second victory in the PGA Tour of his career.
Rory Mcilroy claimed his second title of players championship and his second victory on the PGA Tour of the season on Monday morning
The Northern Irish defeated JJ Spaun (in the photo) for a three -hole tie -breashes, with the American finding the water in the 17th torque.
Spaun, the winner of Valero de Valero de Valero Texas 2022, had the opportunity to secure the tournament on Sunday with a 30 -foot putt Birdie in 18, but could not slide the shot home, with the world no 57 leaving its brief putt, before taking advantage of the pair to take the tournament to a playoff.
But the playoff was perhaps a disappointing end for its time in Sawgrass, with the American star impressing this week.
Mcilroy had the honor with the couple retiring in Hole 16 in TPC Sawgrass. It was an uncomfortable start to the 2019 players champion, whose shirt shot seemed to land in a divot on 16.
However, it would not be a big problem for the race six times for the winner of Dubai, who launched an iron from nine to the green at 16th of five before taking advantage of a Birdie while Spaun took advantage of the pair.
It meant that Mcilroy took the honor in the shirt in the infamous par-three years 17. With the wind turning on the faces of both players, the five times old winner dropped his ball in the heart of the green with an excellent blow of Tee.
With the pressure on, Span could not respond. Sending his shirt to the drink before pulling from the fall zone.
Despite taking advantage, Mcilroy was wandering with his putter, which perhaps was not indicative of his week with the flat stick. He sent his Birdie Putt far beyond the hole and could not slide his next time. Spuan would continue with an acute bogey.
With a three-shooting advantage entering the 18, Mcilroy cut his impulse in the trees to the right of the lake, while Spaun followed him, sending his tee-shot to the customers on the right flank of the street.
Mcilroy then dropped an approach to Green, before two putting to load a bogey in the last to win the players championship.
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