45 h. ago Rory McIlroy clinches his second Players Championship title outlasting JJ Spaun over a dramatic three

It came as Spaun agonisingly sent his tee shot at 17th long over the green and into the water, having gone a shot behind McIlroy on the previous hole.

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46 h. ago Rory McIlroy wins 2025 Players Championship after beating J. J. Spaun on St Patrick's Day

Rory McIlroy claims the richest prize in golf on St Patrick's Day and builds momentum for the Masters

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46 h. ago Rory McIlroy defeats JJ Spaun in playoff to win The Players Championship

Northern Irishman wins ‘fifth major’ for second timeAmerican opponent found water in three-hole deciderRory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrated St Patrick’s Day by winning a three-hole aggregate playoff against JJ Spaun to capture his second title at The Players Championship on Monday morning.McIlroy took a one-shot lead when he birdied the par-five 16th hole, and the task of protecting that advantage became much easier when Spaun hit his tee shot over the famed island green at the par-three 17th and into the water. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago McIlroy lays down Masters marker with Players Championship playoff triumph

Northern Irishman wins ‘fifth major’ for second timeAmerican found water in three-hole deciderMasters fever just got louder. The prospect of Augusta National ­morphing into Rory Land in mid-April has intensified. Rory McIlroy’s ­second Players Championship victory suggests that maybe, just maybe, he has timed his Masters run perfectly this time. Never before has he landed at the first major of the year with two victories already banked.McIlroy laid down a marker on the course here on Monday before imme­diately making a similar statement off it. “I feel like I’m a better player now than I ever have been,” he said. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago The Players Championship LIVE: Rory McIlroy beats JJ Spaun in dramatic three

The world No 2 comfortably won the play-off after Spaun found the water on the 17th and the Northern Irishman claimed a memorable St Patrick’s Day triumph

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48 h. ago The Players Championship LIVE: Rory McIlroy faces JJ Spaun in dramatic three

The world No 2 saw a three-shot lead slip away in a tight late finish to Sunday’s action, setting up a dramatic play-off for the title

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54 h. ago How to watch Players Championship snooker 2025: Free live stream, TV channel, full schedule and prize money

With just a month until the sport's biggest event kicks off, the world's best are in Telford for the Players Championship

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60 h. ago Rory McIlroy to return on fifth day for playoff against JJ Spaun

Players Championship to be settled over three holesLeading pair back on Monday after weather delayRory McIlroy’s bid for a second Players Championship will rumble into a fifth day. He may well be grateful for that; in the final meaningful act of day four, the little-known JJ Spaun came within a couple of ball rotations of snatching the PGA Tour’s marquee event from McIlroy’s grasp. How that would have stung the Northern Irishman. The pair will instead return on Monday morning for a three hole playoff. McIlroy is the clear favourite but Spaun, with nothing to lose, carries menace.As with so much involving McIlroy, this proved dramatic stuff. He was four shots adrift of the lead before a shot was struck on Sunday. Inside five holes, he was tied at the top. A four-hour weather delay ensued; when McIlroy birdied the 12th upon return, he led by three. McIlroy played the closing six in one over as Spaun birdied the 14th and 16th to force extra time. Continue reading...

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