LONDON - Rory McIlroy celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style by becoming the first player from Northern Ireland to win the Players Championship, emerging as the last man standing to beat Jim Furyk by one stroke in Ponte Vedra, Florida on Sunday.
“Sawgrass and I didn’t have the greatest relationship starting off,” McIlroy told reporters, referring to missed cuts in his first three appearances from 2009-11. With Furyk already in the clubhouse, the 29-year-old McIlroy knew what he had to do as he played the final three holes. It was Furyk’s 31st runner-up finish on the PGA Tour, the same number as Tiger Woods who has also won 80 times compared to his compatriot’s 17.
Overnight leader Jon Rahm floundered, the Spaniard making three bogeys in the first four holes and compounding his misery by dunking his tee shot into the water at the par-three 17th.McIlroy’s win came after close calls at all five of his previous starts this year.
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