Don’t let anyone tell you that the wretched weather of Thursday and Friday was the only story at The Players championship. Every time you turned right, it seemed like a ball was going in the water for double or worse.

Each time you turned left, someone holed out for eagle. It was a nutty week at Sawgrass, and the winner wasn’t a certainty until the twilight of the end. Same happened in Thailand and South Africa, where the other two tour not on vacation went to playoffs. Everyone loves extra holes, and we get to run them down for you in this week’s Tour Rundown on GolfWRX.

Ace at 17 highlights Round 3's eagles ?

32 total eagles after eight in Round 3 @THEPLAYERSChamp, bringing the total raised for @TheFirstTee to $160,000 in the #EaglesForImpact program. pic.twitter.com/oEJxrJGvLa

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 14, 2022

PGA Tour: The Players Championship comes down to two guys from far away

Anirban Lahiri has played for the world President’s Cup side, as has Cameron Smith. It’s safe to say that representing their countries on that team, has meant not just pride, but experience as well. On Sunday, both Lahiri and Smith stuffed shots into that thimble of the 17th green, to mark down clutch birdies on their cards. For Smith, it gave him a three-shot advantage at the home hole. He needed those shots. Smith drove into the trees, then pitched across the fairway, into the water on the left side. In a scene eerily reminiscent of what Adam Scott did in 2004, Smith got up and down for bogey, to finish at -13.

In the day’s final group, Lahiri’s deuce at Pete Dye’s Locker brought him to 12-under par. He drove in the fairway, but came up short of the green with his approach. Needing to hole the pitch to force extra holes, Lahiri’s effort just missed, and he settled for par. The runner-up finish at The Playerswas the best-ever for a golfer from India, and signalled Lahiri’s return from the muddy depths of professional golf. One day you have it; the next, it’s gone. For Lahiri, it’s back. And for Smith, well, it just keeps getting better.

We show you enough shots. Here’s what really matters in life.

Win for Cameron Smith.

Win for his family ?? pic.twitter.com/uaqYIDFsLR

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 14, 2022

LPGA: Honda LPGA Thailand is Koerstz Madsen’s first Tour title

Nanna Koerstz Madsen began day four with an eagle, and she ended it with a second of those rare birds. With two bogeys in her final three holes of regulation, however, she nearly lost the chance at that second eagle. Koerstz Madsen stood seven-under par on the final day when she hit two speed bumps on the way to the clubhouse. France’s Celine Boutier posted an eagle of her own at the last, to reach 25-under par. China’s Xiyu Lin notched birdies on three of her final four holes to edge past Boutier, closing at 26 deep.

NKM, meanwhile, appeared to lose the elixr that brought her to 28-under on the week. Her struggles over the closing holes didn’t take her out of the running for the title, but they did force her into extra holes with Lin. On the first extra visit to the dramatic 18th, Lin nearly ended matters with a pitch-in eagle. Her toss somehow stayed out, and she tapped in for birdie. NKM holed from three feet, and to the tee they returned. On the second go-round, Koerstz Madsen ripped her second to eight feet, and converted for the aforementioned eagle, to end the day’s events.

A win worth seeing again.

Watch Nanna @KoerstzMadsen's final round highlights ? pic.twitter.com/C64kmG9e9h

— LPGA (@LPGA) March 13, 2022

DP World Tour: MyGolfLife Open is super sixth for Larrazábal

Pablo Larrazábal has made a career of taking breaks between DP World Tour titles. He debuted in 2008, won again in 2011, then paused until 2014. He lost his mind in 2015, winning in consecutive campaigns, then postponed victory again until 2019. Now that’s it’s 2022, the Spaniard felt the itch to ascend the podium again, and he did it with flair. After allowing countryman Adri Arnaus and Englishman Jordan Smith to catch him at bucolic Pecanwood, the Catalonian comet twice made birdie in overtime to claim the MyGolfLife Open title.

Both Arnaus and Smith finished with six consecutive pars to conclude at 22-under par. The mercurial Barcelonian Larrazábal, however, included three bogeys, three birdies, an eagle, and two pars in his back-nine tally, to reach the same total. Away the trio went to the 18th, where Arnaus stumbled with bogey and was gone. Smith scored his first birdie since hole 12, but was matched by Larrazábal. On the second bonus trip down 18, Larrazábal was solid again with another three, but Smith could not halve another time, and the match was done.

Tournament on the line…. Step up @plarrazabal ?#MyGolfLifeOpen pic.twitter.com/PghmvCCprJ

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 13, 2022