Rory McIlroy Wins 2014 BMW PGA Championship

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Published: May 25, 2014

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Rory McIlroy has been in constant contention at stroke play events as of late, but before the 2014 BMW PGA Championship, he had failed to convert those opportunities into wins.

That changed Sunday in Surrey, England, when McIlroy finished 14 under par at the Wentworth Club to claim victory by one stroke over his closest challenger, Shane Lowry, as announced by Sky Sports News:



PGA Tour equipment writer Jonathan Wall weighed in on McIlroy's victory:



This marks the first professional win for the Northern Irish sensation since coming out on top in a duel last December with Adam Scott at the Australian Open. Although he hasn't won on the PGA Tour since his back-to-back wins at the Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship during the 2012 FedEx Cup playoffs, McIlroy beat out a spectacular field this week that featured 16 golfers in the top 50 of the world rankings.

McIlroy also had to weather the adversity of calling off his engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. Dealing with those circumstances and golfing the way he did shows how tough McIlroy can be.

Wentworth hasn't fit McIlroy's eye, as he'd missed the cut in his past two BMW PGA Championship starts. But something clicked this time around. McIlroy entered this event in fine form with four top 10s in as many starts and led the Players Championship field with 25 birdies.

However, he wasn't totally satisfied with taking home a hefty paycheck and not a trophy after a tie for sixth at TPC Sawgrass, as he implied via Twitter:



McIlroy displayed excellent tee-to-green prowess at Wentworth, with an improved short game and putting to complement it.

PGA Tour rankings of 123rd in strokes gained putting and 176th in scrambling show that McIlroy has been rather poor by his standards around the greens this season. Better numbers in those categories would almost guarantee more...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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