American golfer eagles second playoff hole to take BMW Championship at Wentworth
Billy Horschel celebrates on the 18th green with Rory McIlroy following his victory after the second playoff hole at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club. Photograph: Luke Walker/Getty Images’s way. And, again, the vanquished, heartbreak doesn’t get any easier. Not when you’re cast as the fall guy.
At the second playoff hole, again the par-5 18th, McIlroy and Horschel found the green in two. McIlroy’s eagle putt from 21 feet narrowly missed on the low side, but Horschel’s was arrow straight and he was raising both arms to the heavens before the ball disappeared into the cup.Rory McIlroy heads chasing pack as Matteo Manassero leads by three at Wentworth
“But it just shows the standard out here. If you slip up just a little bit or don’t make a birdie on a crucial hole, someone is always waiting to take advantage of that and look, I had my chance in regulation,” admitted McIlroy, where a birdie on the 18th – the 72nd hole – would have earned him the outright win without the need for playoff holes.
“I was lucky that it didn’t go in the water ... I was pretty lucky the ball stayed up and I could make par and get into the playoff,” said McIlroy of that approach, where he was between numbers on his club and tried to force the iron.
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