McIlroy wins playoff after Schauffele rallies in HSBC Champions

Rory McIlroy thought he did everything he needed to win the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, and then Xander Schauffele made him do a little more.

McIlroy delivered all the right shots in the playoff Sunday, smashing driver down the fairway and hitting 4-iron into 25 feet on the par-5 closing hole to set up at two-putt birdie.

Schauffele, who birdied the 18th in regulation to force a playoff, had to lay up from the rough near a bunker, and his 12-foot birdie putt stayed just right of the hole.

McIlroy won for the fourth time this year. It was his third World Golf Championships title, and his first since the Match Play at Harding Park in 2015.

McIlroy played bogey-free through the last 39 holes and closed with a 4-under 68, taking trouble out of play down the stretch as he had the lead.

Schauffele turned in a bold performance in his bid to become the first back-to-back winner of the HSBC Champions. He spent the week battling remnants of the flu.

Two shots behind with four to play, Schauffele birdied two of the last four holes for a 66, two-putting from the front of the green to a pin toward the back on the 18th in regulation, calmly making the 5-footer to force overtime.

BERMUDA CHAMPIONSHIP: Brendon Todd ran away with his second PGA Tour title, shooting a 9-under 62 after flirting with a sub-60 round. He earned a four-stroke victory over Harry Higgs in the first-year event.

SWINGING SKIRTS: Defending champion Nelly Korda birdied the first hole of a three-way playoff to win the LPGA event in Taipei, Taiwan. Korda and Minjee Lee both birdied the final hole of regulation to finish at 18-under 270 and force a playoff with Caroline Masson, who shot a 68.

INVESCO QQQ CHAMPIONSHIP: Colin Montgomerie won the Champions event in Thousand Oaks, Calif., with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Bernhard Langer took four strokes to get out of a greenside bunker.