by Billy Horschel beat Rory McIlroy in a play-off to win his second BMW PGA Championship title in four years on a dramatic final day at Wentworth.
Horschel aced the second extra hole to win the DP World Tour’s flagship event after he, McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence finished tied at 20 under par.
Lawrence was eliminated on the first extra hole after seeing his third shot go off the green and into the water, with McIlroy and Horschel both making birdies.
The players returned to the par-five 18th for the second extra hole and both found the green in two, with McIlroy narrowly missing his eagle attempt before Horschel holed a slightly closer hole.
Lawrence had set himself the clubhouse target after a superb closing 65, although the South African would ultimately be left behind for failing to birdie either of the two par fives in fence.
That left the door open for the chasing pack and McIlroy looked set to take full advantage when he holed a 45-foot holeshot for an eagle on the 17th and saw his approach to the 18th narrowly avoid the water to the left of the green .
However, after a poor chip, McIlroy’s birdie attempt from 15 feet never threatened the hole and Horschel – whose third shot nearly went back into the hole for what would have been a winning eagle – made a birdie to make it a three-way game. disabled.
