Rory reigns in Shanghai after prevailing in playoff thriller

SHANGHAI - Rory McIlroy thought he did everything he needed to win the HSBC Champions on Sunday, and then Xander Schauffele made him do a little more.

McIlroy delivered all the right shots in the playoff - driving safely down the fairway on the par-5 closing hole at Sheshan International, then hitting a four-iron approach to within 25 feet of the pin to set up at two-putt birdie.

Schauffele, who birdied the 18th in regulation to force a playoff, had to lay up from the rough near a bunker, and his 12-foot birdie putt stayed just right of the hole.