PGA TOUR 2022, RBC Canadian Open, St Georges, Toronto, CA, 9-12 June
Rory McIlroy delivers title defence, 21st win, "just when we need it the most"
From PGA TOUR News, by Adam Stanley:
McIlroy wins 21st TOUR event, says: 'Three of the best players in the world going at it down the stretch, trying to win in front of those crowds and that atmosphere … it doesn’t get much better than that.'
TORONTO, Ont. – At the RBC Canadian Open media day in May, tournament organizers said their only wish for the event’s first playing since 2019 was for Mother Nature to cooperate.
They got that – Sunday’s predicted storms blew through with minimal impact – and lots more. Read more
From Belfast Telegraph, by Adam McKendry:
We got it all from Rory McIlroy in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, from the sublime to the hide-behind-the-sofa short missed putts.
But with McIlroy you know it can be a rollercoaster ride and this week we were rewarded at St George’s Golf and Country Club with his first ever successful title defence as McIlroy closed out a two-shot win over playing partner Tony Finau for his 21st PGA Tour victory, and his first since October. Read more
From CP24, Canadian Press, by John Chidley-Hill:
“Super happy to defend, even though it doesn't feel like a defence because it's been so long,” said McIlroy. “And then just to play in a final group like that with that atmosphere all day. I mean the fans here this week have just been absolutely unbelievable.”
Fans rushed the fairway at St. George's Golf and Country Club after McIlroy, Finau, and Thomas got on the 18th green. Security guards and police officers had to restrain the crowd as McIlroy sank a four-foot putt for birdie to seal the win. Read more
From Yahoo!Sports, USA Today, by Steve DiMeglio:
“It’s incredible,” McIlroy said. “Playing with Tony and JT, and all of us playing the way we did, I think the worst round was 6 under, this is a day I will always remember. My 21st PGA Tour win, one more than somebody else, that gave me a little extra incentive today and I’m happy to get it done.” Read more
From SportsNet, by Kristina Rutherford:
TORONTO — As Rory McIlroy was about to knock in a four-foot putt to defend his Canadian Open title, hundreds of fans who’d rushed as close as security would let them get to the 18th green — some fans stood in bunkers, and one declared, beer-in-hand: “I love you so much, Rory!” — waited for the champ to make it official.
McIlroy rolled in that four-footer and the thousands of onlookers who’d been asked to stay “quiet, please” immediately erupted, chanting “Rory! Rory! Rory!” for hardly the first time on Sunday at St. George’s G&CC. Read more
From Calgary Herald, by Jon McCarthy:
The biggest week in Canadian golf began with a sense that the return of our national open was being hijacked by the debut of Greg Norman’s LIV Golf series in England, but it didn’t end that way for the RBC Canadian Open.
Playing in a superstar final group on Sunday at St. George’s in Toronto, Rory McIlroy shot an eight-under 62 to outduel Justin Thomas and Tony Finau and win back-to-back Canadian Opens. It’s the first title defence of McIlroy’s PGA Tour career, and his 21st victory. Read more
From Golf Monthly, by Matt Cradock:
On the final day of the RBC Canadian Open, fans were treated to an epic spectacle as players shot incredible rounds on the St. George's Golf Course layout. However, thanks to an eight-under-par round of 62, it was Rory McIlroy who rose to the top, with the 33-year-old picking up his 21st PGA Tour title. Read more
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