Playoff win for Mcllroy

Rory McIlroy picked up a cheque for $2m after winning the Shanghai Masters following a sudden-death play-off with Anthony Kim.

Final round leaderboard

(GB & Ire unless stated)
-18 R McIlroy
-18 A Kim (US)
-13 Noh SY (Kor)
-13 H Mahan (US)
-12 I Poulter

McIlroy had started the final round with a three-shot cushion but blew his lead after 11 holes and required a late birdie to match Kim's 18-under-par total with a round of 72.

The pair found sand off the tee at the first extra hole but while the American missed his short putt for par, McIlroy holed from around two feet to take the win and the richest prize in golf.

Kim had earlier fired a round of 69 to match his playing partner and finish six shots clear of the chasing pack in the 30-man event.

Countryman Hunter Mahan (70) shared third place with Noh Seung-Yul (73) while Lee Westwood vaulted into fifth place with a five-under-par 67 that included a hole-in-one at the 12th.

Kim birdies

Things had gone wrong from the start for McIlroy when his approach to the first hit the pin and bounced into the fringe, causing a dropped shot.

And while Kim made his move with three birdies in the first six holes, the Northern Irishman re-took the lead at the seventh only to find water at the ninth and hand the initiative back, although Kim also dropped a shot when missing from five feet.

McIlroy three-putted the 11th but drew level again at the 15th when holing a five-footer, Kim unable to respond in kind.

The 22-year-old then had chances at both the 17th and 18th to claim birdies that would have given him an outright win, only to see both slide past the hole.

With the event unsanctioned by any of the major tours there were no ranking points at stake.

 Sorry I cut and pasted this, I didn't have a lot of time. Cheers.