Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won the tiebreaker closest to the pin to win £1.26 million for charity at The Match 9 skins game in the United States.
The world number two faced Max Homa and LPGA stars Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang in the 12-hole event played under the lights at The Park golf course.
After McIlroy won three skins to accumulate £630,000, his shot at the first extra hole ensured his triumph.
“It was a really cool night,” McIlroy, 34, said.
“I just think [I will remember] how fun it was to be here with Max, Rose and Lexi and playing in such awesome facilities.”
Skins are a format in which players compete for a prize on each hole – which is often money – and if no one wins the hole, the value of the skin is added to that of the next hole.
After accumulating the £630,000, McIlroy announced that an unidentified friend of his was donating $500,000 (£394,000) to bring the remaining total stake to £1.26 million while the quartet were on the point of playing the last hole.
After McIlroy missed an eagle putt and was awarded birdie, Homa drained a longer birdie putt to match it.
The four players then returned to the fairway about 100 yards away for a tiebreaker.
McIlroy went first and stuck his corner shot just over four feet away and none of his opponents came close to beating him.
The only other player to win a skin was Thompson on the second hole, when she holed a long eagle putt to take home £157,000.
On the fourth hole, players had to select just one club to use for the entire hole and McIlroy used a five-wood from tee to green to reach par and earn his first skin.
This was only McIlroy’s second time competing in The Match series after he and Tiger Woods lost to Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas in the seventh edition.
It was the first time the charity skins game included female competitors, with Thompson joined by Zhang, 20, who won in her LPGA debut last June at the Mizuho Americas Open.
