Rory McIlroy, three times a Champion at Wells Fargo

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Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow, Charlotte, NC:  6-9 May 2021

Rory McIlroy, Three times a Champion at Wells Fargo

From the Daily Wrap-up:

Only after he hung on for a one-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship, his first title in 18 months, did he reveal his neck locked up during his final practice session and if not for a late tee time Thursday, he would have had to withdraw.

And when he seized control Sunday afternoon with back-to-back birdies from the bunker down the stretch, he started to get ahead of himself thinking how cool it would be to see his wife and 8-month-old daughter waiting to celebrate with him on their first Mother's Day.

The finishing stretch at Quail Hollow snapped him back to reality. He hit a 7-iron safely over the water on the 17th, and caddie Harry Diamond wisely talked him into taking a penalty drop from a dangerous lie in a hazard on the closing hole. He two-putted from 45 feet for bogey, a 3-under 68 and a one-shot victory.  Read more

From the Irish Examiner:

McIlroy closed with a 3-under 68 and made it tough on himself at the end Sunday, driving into the hazard left of the 18th fairway and needing two putts from 45 feet for a one-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship.

What mattered was ending 18 months since his last victory in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, along with finding a strong semblance of his game as he prepares to return to Kiawah Island for the PGA Championship...  Read more

From Independent.ie:

Rory McIlroy looks like a serious contender for next week’s PGA Championship after he claimed his third Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow to end his 18-month victory drought.

Just a month after starting work with new coach Pete Cowen, the world No 15 combined some vintage tee to green play with stellar putting, carding a three-under 68 to win his 19th PGA Tour title on 10-under par, one stroke ahead of Abraham Ancer.  Read more

From the Charlotte Observer:

You wouldn’t necessarily think that Northern Ireland and Charlotte would have a lot in common.

They do share one thing, though — an affection for golfer Rory McIlroy, who came from the first of those places and has risen to greatness partly due to his dominance in the other.

McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship for the third time Sunday, edging Abraham Ancer by a single stroke on a sunny Mother’s Day in Charlotte as chants of “Rory! Rory!” reverberated around the course.

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