McIlroy takes Shanghai win

Rory McIlroy claimed golf’s biggest first prize of £1.25m (€1.42m) today – but only after losing a three-shot lead for the second event in a row and being forced into a play-off.

The 22-year-old, playing his first event since changing management stables, beat American Anthony Kim at the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters after a final-round shoot-out between the pair.