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Here is what you need to know about this morning's Players Championship playoff:
> Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will play a three-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 16, 17, 18) starting at 9 a.m. ET on Golf Channel and Peacock
> If the two players remain tied after three holes, the playoff will go back to No. 17 in sudden-death format, with the rotation being 17, 18, 16, 17, 18 until a champion is determined
> This is the sixth playoff in Players Championship history
> This is the second three-hole aggregate playoff in PLAYERS Championship history (2015); was sudden-death until 2013
> Previous playoffs at The Players Championship:
— 1981: Raymond Floyd def. Barry Jaeckel and Curtis Strange
— 1987: Sandy Lyle def. Jeff Sluman
— 2008: Sergio Garcia def. Paul Goydos
— 2011: K.J. Choi def. David Toms
— 2015: Rickie Fowler def. Kevin Kisner and Sergio Garcia
> Playoff Records: Rory McIlroy, 3-2; J.J. Spaun, 0-0
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The Ringer recently published The 100 Best Sports Moments of the Quarter Century, which included several golf entries. In your opinion, what have been the best golf moments since 1950?
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