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McIlroy celebrates St Patrick’s Day with Players Championship win
Rory McIlroy during a trophy ceremony after winning a playoff round of The Players Championship golf tournament, March 17, 2025, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
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RORY McILROY believes the best golf of his career is yet to come after he celebrated St Patrick’s Day by defeating JJ Spaun in a play-off to win a second Players Championship title.
McIlroy covered the three extra holes in one over par, but that was comfortably enough to beat Spaun in a somewhat anticlimactic finish at TPC Sawgrass.
A two-putt birdie on the par-five 16th gave McIlroy a one-shot advantage after Spaun could only make par after finding rough off the tee and a bunker with his approach.
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