Rory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship by seven strokes, setting a new tournament record score of 267.
The Northern Irish world number one, 26, finished on 21 under par with a final round 69 in North Carolina to earn his second win at Quail Hollow.
America’s Patrick Rodgers and Webb Simpson tied for second on 14 under.
“Everything is firing on all cylinders for me,” said McIlroy. “I’m a more controlled player these days. I’ve learned how to finish things off.”May 28-31, sees the upcoming Irish Open golf championship at Royal County Down.
McIlroy’s win was also a repeat in that the now 26-year-old’s first PGA victory was in the same tournament at the same venue in 2010.
The Irish Open is to be played at the fabled Royal County Down course and so will be as near a home game for McIlroy as his possible.
There will be an array of players who will include Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, and Ernie Els, who has four golf Majors to match Rory’s total to date. Also in the field will be the other members of the Irish Majors club, Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington, a winner once again on the PGA tour this year.
Others making tracks for the first tee at Royal County Down include defending champion Mikko Ilonen of Finland, and former world number one, Lee Westwood.
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