The 27th win of Rory Mcilroy’s career placed it in an exclusive list of golf legends.
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Java belonged to Rory Mcilroy at Pebble Beach.
On the first weekend without football since August, PGA Tour needed the second signing event of the season, AT&T Pebble Beach pro-amto offer a table filled with an iconic course.
As always, the eyes turned to Mcilroy – and the scheffler scheffler scheffler – to provide the necessary tournament weekend.
Mcilroy has a lukewarm history in Pebble Beach, but this week was a different story.
Helped bya new mentality and game planMcilroy softened one of the golf cathedrals along the way for a two -stroke win On Shane Lowry and his 27th PGA Tour’s career victory.
With the victory, Mcilroy became the first player since Phil Mickelson to win 27 times in PGA Tour. He also became the third player in the last 30 years he had 27 PGA Tour and four or more degrees, joining Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
“Arriving in that number is really cute,” Mcilroy said after his Sunday victory. “I think to me it is even more significant that I really don’t play a full, full schedule in PGA Tour. I spend my time between here and the world tour of the DP. I think I’m over 40 or 40 wins all over the world, which is a very delightful number. to go from there. ”
For Mcilroy, finally throwing his name in history at one of the Golf Cathedrals made victory no. 27 all the most special.
“There are some places in our game which means a little more than others, and this is likely to do with the history and people they have won in those courses and what those people have thought of in the Golf game,” Mcilroy said. “I’ve had some narrow calls in St. Andrews, which is one of those important places in our game. Augusta National being another. So be able to win a victory in one of those iconic countries is wonderful. “
Mcilroy leaves Pebble Beach with another trophy and a significant victory in one of the hollow bases of the game.
He also goes ahead with a plan to ensure that his victory along Carmel’s picturesque coast is just the beginning.
“I said (Caddy Harry Diamond) to come last. Begin how it means to continue,” Mcilroy Amanda Ballionis told CBS after his victory.
No one knows what the future holds for Mcilroy, but neither he nor the tour could have predicted a better start.
