
Rory McIlroy takes drama out of playoff to win The Players and build momentum to the Masters
Associated PressPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The playoff was only three holes. “By no means did I have my best stuff this week,” McIlroy said after becoming the eighth multiple winner of The Players. “I never thought it was long.” So ended a memorable week at golf’s richest tournament, where thousands of spectators showed up in the cold and wind for 47 minutes of golf between McIlroy — among the most celebrated players who now has 39 worldwide wins — and Spaun, a 34-year-old with one PGA Tour title who until this week had never broken 70 on the TPC Sawgrass. Spaun hit his 8-iron with a higher trajectory into a hurting wind off the right, and his first instinct was to yell, “Get up.” “It just looked like it was going to be short,” Spaun said. McIlroy, disappointed and having lost a three-shot lead on the back nine, looked ahead to the playoff by saying, “Make five good swings tomorrow morning and get this thing done.” Turns out he only needed three — the driver and wedge on No.
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