JJ Spaun held a share of the lead at 11 under as he made his way to the back nine on Sunday at the Players Championship. Mind you, he still has a long way to go if he wants to upset Rory McIlroy and win the biggest title of his career at TPC Sawgrass,

Jim "Bones" Mackay said J.J. Spaun purposely dropped his golf ball on a sprinkler head to get relief from the rough into the fairway.

One of those underdogs is J.J. Spaun, who began Saturday’s third round in solo third at 10-under par and one shot off the lead. He is also playing in the penultimate pairing with McIlroy, thus setting up quite the dichotomy since the Northern Irishman is perhaps the most popular player in the sport not named Tiger Woods.

Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun are headed for a three-hole playoff to decide The Players Championship. But it won't happen until Monday.

The world No 2 comfortably won the play-off after Spaun found the water on the 17th and the Northern Irishman claimed a memorable St Patrick’s Day triumph

JJ Spaun came so close to the biggest title of his PGA Tour career, but an untimely water ball on the island green at TPC Sawgrass did him in.