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.

When the inaugural Players Championship was held in 1974, Jack Nicklaus was the winner, earning a $50,000 prize money payout for his victory from an overall purse of $250,000. It was the 54th of 73 PGA Tour titles that Nicklaus won in his career,

The Players Championship started in 1974 and through fve decades of the event, there has only been a Monday finish nine times.