The 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship victor claimed his second career victory at TPC Boston thanks to going 19-under for the rest of his time in Norton, Mass., including an impressive 6-under-par 65 in extremely windy conditions during Monday’s final round to finish at 15-under.
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Rory McIlroy’s thrilling last-day charge to win at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Sunday gives him a real shot at securing golf’s most lucrative prize before leading Europe’s Ryder Cup defence later this month.
Finally. Rory McIlroy, equipped with something resembling his former putting stroke, has returned to the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour.
In a tense final round battle, he fended off the challenge of England’s Paul Casey, who ended up two shots behind on 13-under.
The weather has thrown a spanner in the works for Monday’s final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship and the pressure will be on Casey to complete the job.
NORTON, Mass. (AP) – A new putting coach.
Rory McIlroy reckons he is back to his best after curing his putting woes. “Things can turn around really quickly in this game and they did this week”.
Casey struggled to fend off the surging McIlroy and his closing 73 saw him finish two shots adrift of McIlroy in outright second.
Somehow, he would fight to even par by the end of the first round, despite that big blow.
While McIlroy enjoyed a dream final round, it was more of a nightmare for Casey.
McIlroy – a four-time major victor – scored five birdies, three of which were hit consecutively, on the front nine before adding another on the 12th. He birdied that same hole on Monday, sinking a 22-foot-5-inch putt to first reach 15 under.
“It is one of the last things I would like on my golf CV – to win the FedEx Cup”, said the four-time Major victor.
All three players have to push in order to make one of the 70 spots available for the BMW Championship this week, but expect the Canadian to hold his nerve. Hearn closed with a 70 and tied for eighth.
5 in the World Golf Rankings, finished at 15-under 269 to join Fiji’s Vijay Singh as the only two-time Deutsche Bank winners (2004, 2008).
The win completed a remarkable turnaround for McIlroy, who had got off to a disastrous start in his opening round on Friday to be four over par after his first three holes. The man who couldn’t hole a putt to save his life in missing the halfway cut at the USPGA last month has got his confidence back on the greens thanks to some sage advice from putting guru, Phil Kenyon.
Regardless, it was also a monumental week for McIlroy with the putter.
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He didn’t need to make everything in the final round, with his driving and short game setting up three early birdies.
