Rory McIlroy beat Joakim Lagergren in a playoff to win the Amgen Irish Open after a thrilling finish at The K Club.
The Swede emerged from a five-way tie for the lead on Sunday’s back nine at The K Club with a superb round of 66 and looked to have struck the decisive blow with a magnificent 266-yard approach to five feet to set up an eagle at the 16th.
McIlroy, though, responded with a 28-foot putt to eagle the last and extend the tournament to a 73rd hole, where both players went close to eagles before tidying up for matching birdies.
The putt. The result. The noise. The celebration.
Rory McIlroy’s eagle putt at the 72nd hole will go down in history
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McIlroy’s approach next time round only just cleared the water but it was the same result. At the third time of asking Lagergren found the water hazard, allowing McIlroy to win it with two putts.
“I just feel so lucky that I get to do this in front of these people, the support has been amazing all week,” he said. “So happy I could play the way I did this week and get the win.”
Spanish players filled the remainder of the top five, with a hole in one helping Rafa Cabrera Bello join Saturday’s star Angel Hidalgo in third while Angel Ayora was fifth on his own.
South Africa’s Shaun Norris shared ninth place on 10 under after carding 70.
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