Rory McIlroy produced a shocking back-nine scoring burst to make a profitable begin to his PGA Tour season with a formidable two-shot victory on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am.
McIlroy went into the ultimate spherical a shot behind Ryder Cup team-mate Sepp Straka and was tied for the lead on the flip, solely to tug away from a congested leaderboard with a shocking begin to the again 9.
The Northern Irishman performed a six-hole stretch in 5 underneath – together with a superb eagle on the par-five 14th – to open a four-stroke benefit, then closed out a six-under 66 to complete on 21 underneath and declare a twenty seventh PGA Tour victory.
McIlroy’s profitable margin was lowered by Shane Lowry’s quick end, with 5 birdies within the final eight holes serving to him to solo second, whereas Justin Rose’s beautiful final-hole eagle lifted him to tied-third alongside Lucas Glover.
Tom Kim – who held a share of the lead for a big chunk of the ultimate day – dropped again into tied-seventh with Straka, with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler marking his return from harm by claiming a share of ninth place.
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The PGA Tour strikes to Arizona for the WM Phoenix Open, the place world No 1 Scottie Scheffler – a two-time winner of the occasion – headlines and Nick Taylor returns as defending champion after final yr’s play-off victory.
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