McIlroy defeats Spaun in play-off to win second Players title – reaction17th March 2025

McIlroy defeats Spaun in play-off to win second Players title – reaction

The Players Championship – round four leaderboard

-12 R McIlroy (NI), JJ Spaun (US)* -10 T Hoge (10), A Bhatia (US), L Glover (US) -9 D Walker (US), C Conners (Can) -8 R MacIntyre (Sco), B Cauley (US)

Selected others: -7 C Morikawa (US) -5 A Rai (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng) -4 S Scheffler (US), S Lowry (Ire) -2 J Thomas (US), +4 Spieth (US) +13 X Schauffele (US)

Rory McIlroy speaking after winning The Players Championship for the second time: “The wind came out in a completely different direction to yesterday – I’m glad we didn’t have to play 18 holes in that!

“I feel really bad for JJ. He hit a great shot on the 17th but it just went straight through the wind. I was lucky to do enough to get it done.

“I am unbelievable proud and happy to win my second Players Championship. And it’s the third time I’ve won on St Patrick’s Day. It’s been a good-luck charm for me!

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