Rory McIlroy produced a fantastic back-ni scoring Burst to start a winning start to his PGA Tour season with an impressive two-shot victory on AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
McIlroy went into the last round a shot behind Ryder Cup teammate Sepp Straka and was tied to the lead by turns, only to pull free of an overloaded leaderboard with a fantastic start to the back nine.
The Northern Irish played a six-hole stretch in five under-inclusive a brilliant eagle on par-five 14-to open a four-stroke advantage, then closed a six under 66 to finish 21 under and demand a 27. PGA Tour Victory.
McIlroy’s winning margin was reduced by Shane Lowry’s fast finish, with five birdies in the last eight holes that helped him solo the other, while Justin Rose’s amazing final-hole Eagle lifted him to tie thirds with Lucas Glover.
Tom Kim – who held part of the lead for a large part of the last day – fell back into the bound seventh with Straka, with the world # 1 Scottie Scheffler, who marked his return from damage by demanding a proportion of ninth place.
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McIlroy beats Ryder Cup teammates for PGA Tour victory
Straka immediately lost his advantage over the night as he failed to get up and down to save pairs from the sand in the first thing, with the Austrian fell behind his playing partners as McIlroy and Lowry both birdie the pair-five seconds.
McIlroy briefly held the solo lead as the Lowry three-pitched from long reach to bogey the third, only for lowry to answer with a birdie and also rose to pick up a shot on the fourth to make it a three-way draw of 16 under .
Rory McIlroy played with Shane Lowry in the final round of PGA Tours Signature Event
A McIlroy three-pair pair on par-five sixth was canceled by a 12-foot birdie on the iconic couple-three next, temporarily restored his one-shot advantage, only for him to bogey the next and see him reach turn Tied with Lowry and Straka.
McIlroy angled back in front by converting from 18 meters at the tenth and responding to miss a birdie-chance at the next by having an eight-foot birdie by the 12th and doubled his advantage before jumping further on pairs Five 14 ..
Rory McIlroy ended the week at 21 below after a six under 66
He reached a couple-five green in two and drained the 25-foot putt to Eagle, with a tight-handed birdie at par-four next extension of his lead to four strokes and moved him with a shot of Brandt Snedeker’s 72-hole tournament recording.
Lowry posted three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 11th and made another from nine meters at the 16th, only to miss.
McIlroy chose to put up on par-five last and two-pitched from 30 meters to confirm tournament victory, his first on the PGA Tour since May’s Wells Fargo Championship, while Lowry Fugled on 18th to finish solo number two ahead of Glover.
Glover missed a series of birdie options on the back nine of his final round 67 and ended at 18 during with Rose, mixing four birdies and two bogeys with an incredible final hole eagle, while Russell Henley and Cam Davis rounded from the top -fem .
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Justin Rose ended his last round of Pebble Beach with this monster putt with a three-tree that secured an unlikely eagle
McIlroy proud of victory in the historic place
McIlroy’s Victory is his first in California since the WGC game game in 2015, with the 35-year-old now having at least one PGA Tour victory in each of the last eight seasons.
“Some people would argue that the golf courses I’ve won on are not up to a pebble beach or an Augusta, but winning at one of the golf cathedrals is really, really cool,” McIlroy told CBS.
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Rory McIlroy hopes to take off from his victory in the early season into the rest of the year after a two-shot victory on Pebble Beach
“I knew that today was going to be tough, it would be exciting, there were so many guys around the lead, and I guess it was Pebble Beach, I had to put it on the back of my mind and Go out there and try to shoot a score that I was able to.
“I said to Harry (Diamond, Hans Caddy) who went up the last, start that you mean to continue. I’m just as defining this year in one of the years I’ve been here on the PGA tour and for Getting this victory so early means a lot and hopefully just keeping the momentum in Torrey Pines in a few weeks.
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Rory McIlroy Tells Sky Sports’ Nick Doughergy that he is doing well on the golf course and is close to being on his best
What is the next?
PGA Tour moves to Arizona for the WM Phoenix Open, where World No 1 Scottie Scheffler – a two -gang winner of the event – headlines and Nick Taylor return as defense champion after last year’s play -off victory. Early coverage begins Thursday from 14.15 on Sky Sports Golf in front of full coverage from 21:00.
McIlroy will be back in TGL action for Boston Common Wednesday Morning (02.00 Start in the UK), Live on Sky SportsBefore presenting the PGA Tour on Genesis Invitational from 13 to 16 February. Get Sky Sports or Stream without contract on now.