"Two Eagles" McIlroy, Riding High with 2 Consecutive Wins... An Byeonghun in 3rd Place

Wells Fargo Championship FR 6-Under Surge
5-Stroke Victory, 2nd Win of the Season and 26th Career Win
Shoply 2nd, Im Seongjae and Day Tied 4th

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) has returned to his former form.

Rory McIlroy is cheering after making an eagle with a bunker shot on the 15th hole of the 4th round at the Wells Fargo Championship.
[Charlotte (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]

On the 12th (local time), at the Quail Hollow Club (par 71, 7,558 yards) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, McIlroy shot a 6-under 65 in the final round of the PGA Tour's "premier event" Wells Fargo Championship (total prize money $20 million), securing a commanding 5-shot victory (17-under 267). This marks his second consecutive win following his victory two weeks ago at the Zurich Classic, a two-man team event. It is his second win of the season and 26th career victory, earning a winner's prize of $3.6 million (approximately 4.9 billion KRW).

Starting the round one shot behind in second place, McIlroy recorded two eagles and five birdies (with one bogey and one double bogey). He pulled away from his competitors with a 10-meter long putt eagle on the 10th hole and a bunker shot eagle on the 15th hole (both par 5s). Although he double-bogeyed the final 18th hole (par 4) after his second shot landed in the water, it did not affect his victory. Prior to this, he had only made one top-10 finish in his last eight tournaments, showing a period of poor form. After winning the Zurich Classic last month with Shane Lowry (Ireland), he secured this tournament's title on his own merit.

Ahn Byung-hoon is teeing off at the 4th hole of the 4th round of the Wells Fargo Championship. [Charlotte (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]

Xander Schauffele (USA), who had led for three consecutive days, failed to improve his score with one eagle, two birdies, and four bogeys, finishing in second place (12-under 272). Among Korean players, An Byeong-hun, who has been in the best recent form, shot 5-under to jump to third place (9-under 275). This marks his second consecutive top-5 finish following a tie for fourth at last week's The CJ Byron Nelson.

Im Sung-jae, who was in third place, four shots behind and hoping for a come-from-behind victory, lost two strokes and dropped to a tie for fourth (6-under 278). Jason Day (Australia) also joined this group. Korea's Kim Si-woo finished tied for 16th (1-under 283), and Kim Joo-hyung ended the tournament tied for 47th (7-over 291).

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