Rory McIlroy’s bid for a second Players Championship will rumble into a fifth day. He may well be appreciative for that; in the final nastyingful act of day four, the little-understandn JJ Spaun came wiskinny a couple of ball rotations of snatching the PGA Tour’s marquee event from McIlroy’s understand. How that would have stung the Northern Irishman. The pair will instead return on Monday morning for a three hole carry outoff. McIlroy is the clear favourite but Spaun, with noskinnyg to omit, carries menace.
As with so much involving McIlroy, this showd theatrical stuff. He was four stoastys adrift of the guide before a stoasty was struck on Sunday. Inside five holes, he was tied at the top. A four-hour weather postpone ensued; when McIlroy birdied the 12th upon return, he led by three. McIlroy carry outed the closing six in one over as Spaun birdied the 14th and 16th to force extra time.
“It was a battle all day,” McIlroy said. “I experience enjoy I should be going home with the trophy tonight but that is fine, I will reset and hopebrimmingy go home with the trophy tomorrow.”
So much always depends on the closing two holes at the Stadium Course. McIlroy was irritated by a par on the 17th after his tee stoasty set up an inept lie but replyed by hitting a magnificent iron into the heart of the 18th equitableway. From there, he came up 73ft unintelligentinutive; McIlroy’s two-putt was a outstanding one. Spaun also made a three at the 17th but his tee stoasty at the last finished in pine straw. The underdog’s nerveless approach left him 30ft for glory. The putt finished so agonisingly unintelligentinutive for Spaun. His 72 and McIlroy’s 68 left the duo at 12 under par. Tom Hoge, Lucas Gadorer and Akshay Bhatia were next in line at minus 10.
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Robert MacIntyre’s 69 transfered the Scot’s postponecessitatest highly astonishive, top-10 finish. MacIntyre’s standards now are such that he was disassigned with that, having dropped stoastys at the 15th and 18th.
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Scottie Scheffler’s cloak of invincibility has, for now at least, been tossed in the bin. His endeavor to triumph three Players in a row ended with a whimper and a 73. “I walk away from this week experienceing seal,” Scheffler said. “I experience enjoy there’s some stuff that I necessitate to toil on at home but I experience very seal.”
