Rory McIlroy powered to victory at the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow on Sunday with a final round six-under 65.
Rory McIlroy lines up a putt during the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club over the weekend. Picture: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFPMcIlroy had begun the day a shot behind Xander Schauffele and trailed him by two strokes after the American made an eagle on the seventh.was sensational as he left Schauffele in his trail, playing the next eight holes at eight-under, including a pair of eagles.
“But I’ve got a lot of golf to play and a lot of great players to try to beat next week but I’m going into the next major of the year feeling really good about myself,” he added.He had begun his round with a birdie on the opening hole and followed it up with another on the fourth but there was little sign of what was to come.
McIlroy birdied the next two holes, while Schauffele could only make par and then on the tenth the Northern Irishman’s brilliant 34-foot putt earned him an eagle.
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