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McIlroy and Spaun into three-hole Monday play-off at storm-hit Players

Rory McIlroy celebrates after sinking a putt on the 11th green
Rory McIlroy celebrates after sinking a putt on the 11th greenRICHARD HEATHCOTEGETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICAGetty Images via AFP
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and American J.J. Spaun will face each other in a three-hole play-off on Monday after finishing Sunday's final round of the storm-hit PGA Players Championship tied at the top of the leaderboard.

World number two McIlroy, a four-time major winner and 2019 Players champion, fired a four-under-par 68 in the final round at TPC Sawgrass to finish 72 holes on 12-under 276.

Spaun, a 34-year-old American whose lone PGA win came at the 2022 Texas Open, birdied the 14th and par-five 16th to fire a 72 and stand on 276.

The play-off comes after Spaun was an inch away from winning the tournament on his final putt of the day. 

The play-off will be a three-hole aggregate format and begin at 9 a.m. local time Monday morning due to darkness after a four-hour storm delay earlier in the afternoon.