Rory McIlroy and J.J ... A two-shot swing on No. 14 (McIlroy bogeyed while Spaun stuck his approach within a foot for a birdie) and Spaun's 9-foot birdie putt on No. 16 put both players at ...

A couple more rotations on his putt, and he would've won it all. Instead, he's pitted against Rory McIlroy for a Monday morning, three-hole playoff to determine the winner of this signature ...

The win, secured on St. Patrick's Day, is McIlroy's second at the tournament on that holiday. Rory McIlroy won his second ... after McIlroy made his bogey putt. The man from Northern Island ...

Four hours later, McIlroy made a 15-foot birdie on the 12th, while Spaun barely got the bunker shot on the green and made bogey with a three-putt from some 70 feet. Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun ...

(AP) — Rory McIlroy built a three ... the par-5 16th and stood over a 30-foot putt for the win. It stopped inches short, giving Spaun a 72 to match McIlroy at 12-under 276.

After a weather delay at The Players Championship of four hours and six seconds, Rory McIlroy calmly stepped up to his approach shot on the par-4 12th hole and chipped to inside 14 feet.

Rory McIlroy needs to ... His 30-foot birdie putt stopped inches short of the hole, right in the heart. J.J. Spaun makes clutch up-and-down birdie on No. 16 at THE PLAYERS When a reporter asked ...