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Rory McIlroy claimed the twenty seventh PGA Tour title of his profession with a powerful victory within the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am.
McIlroy made an eagle and 5 birdies in an outstanding ultimate spherical of 66 to complete 21 beneath par, a shot outdoors the match file set by Brandt Snedeker in 2015.
Enjoying accomplice Shane Lowry birdied the 18th to safe outright second on 19 beneath, with Justin Rose made an eagle on the identical gap to share third place with American Lucas Glover.
“Some folks would argue the golf programs I’ve received on are less than a Pebble Seaside or an Augusta, however to win at one of many cathedrals of golf is actually, actually cool,” McIlroy instructed CBS.
“I knew at the moment was going to be robust, it was going to be thrilling, there have been so many guys across the lead and I assume with it being Pebble Seaside I needed to put that to the again of my thoughts and go on the market and attempt to shoot a rating, which I used to be in a position to.
“Actually cool to have that stroll up 18 and take all of it in. I mentioned to Harry (Diamond, his caddie) strolling up the final, begin as you imply to go on.
“I’m simply as decided this 12 months in any of the years I’ve been out right here on the PGA Tour and to get this win this early it means a fantastic deal and hopefully simply preserve the momentum going into Torrey Pines in a few weeks’ time.”
Beginning the day a shot behind Ryder Cup teammate Sepp Straka, McIlroy birdied the second and seventh to take the outright lead, however bogeyed the following to fall again right into a three-way tie on 16 beneath par.
A birdie on the tenth edged McIlroy again in entrance and he doubled his lead with one other on the twelfth earlier than putting the decisive blow on the par-five 14th.
McIlroy took an aggressive line over the nook of the dogleg and adopted a 339-yard drive with a mid-iron on to the inexperienced, earlier than holing from 25 ft for eagle.
“I’ve hit three actually good tee pictures up 14, the earlier two instances this week I didn’t reap the benefits of them and I used to be decided to take benefit at the moment,” McIlroy added.
“I hit an ideal seven iron after that drive and to gap a putt like that throughout the inexperienced is a little bit of a bonus, nevertheless it actually gave me a cushion to play the final 4 holes.
“I used to be actually happy with myself, I made that bogey on the eighth gap and to play the following few the way in which I did that gave me the cushion for it to be fairly comfy coming down the previous couple of.”
In a single day chief Straka, who received the American Specific on his final begin, may solely card a closing 72 to complete in a tie for seventh.
