Cua daj Graeme neeg ntaus McIlroy rau peb qhov Playoff rau sab qab teb yeej qhib neeg Asmeskas

JOHANNESBURG (AP) —Graeme cua dajdhia ceev ceevRory McIlroyrau qhov peb playoff qhov mus yeej rau sab qab zog AfricanOpen Sunday, ua haujlwm tau nyiaj lub Englishman title ncig saib lwm ob 80 hnub tom qab uas poob nws daim ntawv los ntawm 100 euros.

Tom qab lub 251st-ranked cua daj tapped nyob rau ib par, McIlroy swb nws par putt dav 7 feet ntawm lawv plaub zaug rau lub qhov taub 18th ntawm tusGlendower Golf qws.

andquot; Iand #39; m hauv poob siab, qhov no nws kuj yog ib lub limtiam surreal, andquot; Cua daj hais. andquot; Mus nrhiav tau kuv tus kheej nyob rau qhov chaw kuv nyob hauv, ua si thaum kawg hnub nrog tus zoo neeg uas ua ntawv nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb yog tam sim no. Itand #39; s xwb ib tug npau suav tuaj true.andquot;

McIlroy, lub ntiaj teb No. 2, pib qhov kev hloov peb cwj nrag qab cua daj tab sis caum pab mus rau tus thawj coj kom pw, tsiv atop lub leaderboard thaum cua daj tu ib 3-taw par putt ntawm No. 14. McIlroy relinquished cov hmoov txhuas los ntawm bogeying No. 17 tom qab noj ob txhaj tshuaj nyob rau hauv greenside bunker, noj cov kev tshwm sim rau ib playoff uas muaj ob yam tib si rau 18-under-par 270.

McIlroy txhaj 4-tsis 68 thiab cua daj tau ib 71.

Cua daj poob nws daim npav kawg ntawm xyoo tas los no, tsuas mus ib reprieve thaum American neeg uas ua ntawvPatrick Reedtejyam uas ua si txaus txheej xwm mus koom kev ncig xyuas qhov.

Nws npe los ntawm qhov Fabkis qhib rau xyoo 2007.

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Ncig saib rookie Jordan Smith uas hais tau ib tom qab txhaj tshuaj tag rau peb ua ntej ib trio ntawm sab qab zog neeg Asmeskas players.Dean Burmesteryog plaub rau 273, ib tug mob stroke tom ntejThomas AikenthiabJnr Trevor Fisher.

Ntawm cov thawj playoff lub qhov, cua daj sank ib putt kaw-ntau yam rau par. Lawv mus rov qab saum lub par-4 18th thiab ob players tsav rau cov nchav tiam sis tseem tswj kom par.

Lub caij peb hloov, McIlroy ntaus nws kev txhaj q cov ntsuab muab cua daj qhov kom zoo dua. Lub Englishmanand #39; s 45-taw birdie putt yog vim tu, thaum twg McIloryand #39; s putt par feeb tom qab.

Cua daj ua si cautiously hnub xya, los txog luv nrog ntau putts nyob rau sab nraum qab cuaj, cia McIlroy mus noj mov rau hauv nws cov hlau lead.