Amgen Irish Open: Rory McILroy beats Joakim Lagergren in dramatic qualifiers to snatch the victory of the DP World Tour at the K Club | News Golf

Rory McILroy produced a sensational eagle of a final holes to force a play-off before defeating Joakim Lagergren in a remarkable finish at Amgen Irish Open.

Lagergren overturned a four-stroke deficit in an exciting Sunday at the K Club, where a superb eagle in the 16th row of Par-Five and the last holes closed a 66 without Bogey and set the goal of the clubhouse at 17 years old.

McILroy also started four again and responsible for contesting two long-range putts in his first five holes, helping him to turn on a tie for the head, the world n ° 2 in advance with a Birdie in the 13th, but then finding himself two behind going towards the last by-Five.

The Masters champion found the 18th green in two and drained an eagle putt of 30 feet to force a play-off, causing wild celebrations of the Irish crowd, the two players then displaying two-strokes in the first two additional holes.

Lagergren found water with his approach in the third additional damage to the dams and could not accumulate with his fourth shot, while McILroy delayed his putt Eagle to the tapping range and said that the Birdie had to fill his first world victory since the success of the Grand Slam of April to the Masters.

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What is the next step?

The DP World Tour heads to Wentworth in Surrey then for the BMW PGA Championship, an event in the Rolex series where 11 of the Ryder Cup teams from Team Europe – including McILroy, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry and Jon Rahm – are all planned to appear.

There will be a live coverage extended from the four tournament cycles of the flagship event of the DP World Tour, with groups in live star from 8:30 am Thursday before the full lunch coverage. No sky? Get Sky Sports or Stream without any contract now.

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