Summary

  • Irish Open final round at the K Club in County Kildare

  • Rory McIlroy beats Sweden's Joakim Lagergren on third extra hole after eagle on 72nd hole to force play-off

  • McIlroy wins home open for second time and takes first title since the Masters

  • Angel Hidalgo and Rafael Cabrera-Bello - who aced the third hole - miss out on play-off by two shots

  1. Postpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Joakim Lagergren is not letting up.

    He wallops another glorious drive down the fairway.

    Rory McIlroy blinks! He loses his drive to the right and it gets caught up in the rough.

  2. Postpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    McIlroy and Lagergren hop back into their buggies and head back to the 18th tee.

    However, there's going to be a pin change, so it'll be a different challenge for their approach shots.

  3. Third play-off hole coming uppublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    In it goes!

    Clutch.

    On they go...

  4. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Lagergren has a pressure-packed tiddler to extend the play-off...

  5. Postpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Rory's first. It's actually sneaked past a bit longer than I thought.

    Holes it!

    Asks the question of the Swede...

  6. Postpublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Another bold effort!

    It misses on the right and Lagergren's not finished yet either.

    Now they're going to measure their putts to see who goes first.

    Oh the drama.

  7. Postpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Joakim Lagergren has a putt to win the Irish Open.

    What has he learned from McIlroy's putt on the first play-off hole?

  8. Postpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Here he goes.

    It's a big swing with the putter.

    Good pace on it! It misses on the right and settles about three or four feet behind the cup.

    That's not dead.

    Rory McIlroyImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    McIlroy has 53 feet.

    His lag putting is usually exceptional but under this pressure it's going to be a big ask, even for him.

  10. Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Hand comes off the club!

    McIlroy's chunked it and his ball comes up way short.

    That's a tough two-putt.

    Advantage Lagergren...

  11. Postpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    It'll be Lagergren to go first this time.

    He has a six-iron in his hands. It's another great effort and he's pretty much where McIlroy was on the first play-off hole.

    Over to Rory...

  12. Second play-off holepublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Here we go again.

    Joakim Lagergren up first again. It lands in the rough but kicks to the left and into the middle of the fairway.

    Pressure back on McIlroy.

    He likes it. Yep, that's way down there.

  13. Second play-off hole neededpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Lagergren taps in and the play-off continues.

    They'll go back to the 18th tee.

  14. Postpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Can he do it again?

    Ohhh! It just misses on the right. A good putt but that's a four.

  15. McIlroy has putt for winpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    It is indeed Joakim Lagergren to go first.

    How aggressive will he be?

    Here it comes...it looks good, but just misses on the left. Great effort.

    McIlroy has a putt for the win.

  16. Postpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    Decent reply from the Swede. A bit on the short side and it looks like he'll be putting first for his eagle.

    That ain't no bad thing in a play-off.

  17. Postpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 7 September

    McIlroy v Lagergren

    McIlroy has 211 yards in for his second, slightly longer than what he had in regulation.

    Wind at his back.

    Fine effort! What's that, about 20-25 feet to the right of the pin.

    What can Lagergren muster in response?

  18. Postpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 7 September

    Tell you what, the scenes at the K Club are whetting the appetite for the Ryder Cup.

    Electric atmosphere.

    Only three weeks to go.

  19. Play-offpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 7 September

    Joakim Lagergren, who kept himself loose on the range while the final groups finished, rips his drive down 18.

    Rory McIlroy steps up. Fairway found.

  20. Play-off to come!published at 17:31 British Summer Time 7 September

    So, we have a play-off coming up between Rory McIlroy and Joakim Lagergren.

    Who's going to win?

    Thumbs up for McIlroy, down for Lagergren.