Here's how the playoff played out over the 16th, 17th and 18th holes:McIlroy: Birdie-bogey-bogeySpaun: Par-triple bogey-DNFOnce McIlroy tapped in for bogey at the last, victory was mathematically secured and Spaun didn't complete the hole.

Rory McIlroy took home his second career PLAYERS Championship title and the biggest single tournament paycheck in all of golf.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — As Sunday wore on and on and on during a four-hour weather delay in the Players Championship, the odds only seemed to grow longer for long-shot contenders Danny Walker and Bud Cauley. When the stoppage began, Walker was two shots behind then-leader Rory McIlroy, with Cauley three shots back.