Rory McIlroy made a 30-foot eagle putt on his final hole of regulation to force a playoff and then beat Joakim Lagergren on the third extra hole — all with the support of a highly partisan crowd at the Amgen Irish Open.

Lagergren (66) eagled the par-5 16th and birdied the par-5 18th at The K Club to enter the clubhouse at 17 under. McIlroy (66) needed to make a 3 on the final hole to tie the Swede, and the Northern Irishman did just that, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.

Playing the 542-yard 18th on repeat in sudden death, the two men matched two-putt birdies the first two times around. On the third occasion, McIlroy drove into the right rough while Lagergren was in the fairway. Playing first, Lagergren overcooked his approach shot, his ball bounding into the water guarding the left

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