JUSTIN THOMAS WINS HONDA CLASSIC

Reigning FedExCup champion Justin Thomas won the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic after beating fellow American Luke List in a play-off.

The pair were tied at eight under par after four rounds at PGA National Resort and Spa in Florida, but it was 2017 PGA Championship winner Thomas who came through after the first extra hole.

The Honda Classic - Final RoundList, who was chasing his first win on the PGA Tour, led going into the final round, but back-to-back bogeys on holes three and four dropped the 33-year-old back into the chasing pack. Three birdies on the back nine, including one on the 18th got him into the play-off against Thomas.

Thomas carded a two-under-par 68 and also birdied the final hole to force the play-off.

The pair replayed the par-five 18th, and it was Thomas who took advantage, finding the green with his second shot. List drove his tee shot into the rough down the right and his second bounced off the spectator stands next to the green.

He could only manage par after pitching on to the green and two-putting, while Thomas made two putts of his own to card a birdie and win the Honda Classic for the first time.

Sweden’s Alex Noren finished third on seven under par, while Tommy Fleetwood finished a further shot back in fourth with a closing 69.

Further down the leaderboard, Tiger Woods finished 12th on level par, while Rory McIlroy finished 59th. The 28 year old was two under par for his round with two holes to go, but a quadruple-bogey seven on the par-three 17th saw him drop back to two over in a closing 72.