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@PGATourBrunch Looks Back at Rory McIlroy's Win in South Carolina
By TERRY LYONS
RIDGEWOOD (SC) - Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy defeated Kurt Kitayama by one stroke to win The CJ CUP in South Carolina and with the win, McIlroy reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He picked up his 23rd PGA Tour title (28th on the all-time PGA Tour wins list) and joined Tiger Woods as the only reigning FedExCup champion to win his season debut
McIlroy successfully defended a title on Tour for the second time in his career, with both coming in 2022 (RBC Canadian Open).
Final Leaderboard
Rory McIlroy 66-67-67-67—267 (-17)
Kurt Kitayama 66-65-70-67—268 (-16)
K.H. Lee 68-67-66-68—269 (-15)
Tommy Fleetwood 73-66-66-65—270 (-14)
Jon Rahm 69-62-70-69—270 (-14)
Final Full Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
McIlroy Wins CJ Cup, Becomes World No. 1 (PGATourcom)
Payouts at The CJ Cup (PGATourcom)
First Look at Bermuda Championship (PGATourcom)
Golf Industry, Sporting Goods and Fantasy/Gambling News
What’s In Rory McIlroy’s Golf Bag? (PGATourcom)
A Look at the State of the PGA Tour (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
October 24, 2010 - In one of the craziest finishes in the history of the PGA Tour, Jonathan Byrd made a hole-in-one on the fourth playoff hole, in fading daylight, to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open at TPC Summerlin near Las Vegas. The shot marked the first time in PGA Tour history a tournament ended with a hole-in-one. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
From the Champions Tour
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