Only Tiger Woods has won more money playing golf than Rory McIlroy after the Irishman won The PLAYERS Championship in a playoff over JJ Spaun.

Rory McIlroy picked an opportune time to fire off his best shot of The Players Championship. Facing J.J. Spaun in a three-hole playoff on Monday at TPC

The playoff was only three holes. Rory McIlroy needed only three swings. And yet his victory Monday over J.J. Spaun in The Players Championship revealed so much about the state of his game and the cruel nature of the notorious TPC Sawgrass.

McIlroy is also on the verge of becoming the PGA Tour's second $100 million man, as he's now $290,938 away from joining Tiger Woods in that exclusive club. Should McIlroy finish t

There's a new FedEx Cup points leader after The Players Championship, and he's an old hand at winning the Tour's season-long race.

Needless to say, those who performed well in the PGA Tour’s flagship event jumped on the PGA Tour money list. McIlroy is the new money leader with $8,719,714, knocking Russell Henley off the top one week after Henley took over with his $4 million check for winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational.