A long day at the Players Championship on Sunday got extended into Monday when J.J. Spaun’s 30-foot birdie bid for victory at the 72nd hole stopped two inches short, setting up a three-hole aggregate playoff with World No.

We’ve got a Monday finish coming at TPC Sawgrass. Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will head back out for a three-hole playoff Monday morning to decide The Players Championship. The two ended the final round tied at 12-under on the week after a long battle on Sunday,

He then rifled a long-iron down the middle of the fairway on the par-4 12th, his last swing before the stoppage. McIlroy, of course, is eyeing his second Players Championship title in six years. He last conquered TPC Sawgrass in 2019,