CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All the buzz about Rory McIlroy came to life Sunday at the Quail Hollow Championship with one dazzling shot after another in a record round that made him the PGA Tour’s youngest winner since Tiger Woods.
Explosive as ever, the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland was 5-under-par over the final five holes to set the course record at 10-under 62 and win by four shots over Masters champion Phil Mickelson.
McIlroy finished in style, rolling in a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole.
“I suppose I got into the zone,” said McIlroy, who celebrates his 21st birthday Tuesday. “I hadn’t realized I was going in 9-, 10-under. I just know I got my nose in front and I was just trying to stay there.”
Woods was 20 years and 10 months when he won his first PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in 1996.
McIlroy finished at 15-under 273. Mickelson was in the hunt until he had to play a right- handed shot from the woods on the 10th hole and made bogey. He closed with a 68.
Miyazato wins LPGA event
MORELIA, Mexico — Ai Miyazato shot a 6-under 67 to win the Tres Marias Championship for her third title on the LPGA Tour this season.
The Japanese star finished with a 19-under 273 for the tournament, one better than Stacy Lewis (66) and two in front of Michelle Wie (68).
Eger edges Armour
SAUCIER, Miss. — David Eger won the inaugural Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic for his first Champions Tour title since 2005, closing with a 3-under 69 and an 11-under 205 total for a one-stroke victory.
Tommy Armour III shot a 67 to finish second. He three-putted from 60 feet for a bogey on the par-3 17th.
Footnotes.
Ryo Ishikawa shot a 12-under 58 — the lowest score ever on a major tour — to win The Crowns in Tojo, Japan. On the PGA Tour, Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval share the record at 59. Annika Sorenstam also had a 59 on the LPGA Tour.
• Alvaro Quiros became the first Spanish winner of the Spanish Open in eight years, beating England’s James Morrison with a par on the first hole of a playoff in Seville.
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