Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won his first PGA Tour title at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte on May 2, 2010.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at his maiden title in America.
The new boy
Almost missing the cut
Making up ground
The final round
.@McIlroyRory won for the first time on TOUR in 2010 with an exclamation point on 18.#TOURVault pic.twitter.com/ccfRdLHyTJ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 2, 2018
McIlroy started the final round four behind leader Mayfair and ended the day 10 ahead of the American. He began with three pars before a birdie at the par-four fourth and stormed through the field, racing back to the clubhouse in just 30 – sinking a 43-foot putt on the 18th to seal victory in a course-record 62. The Northern Irishman secured a four-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson as, two weeks before his 21st birthday, he became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods won in Las Vegas in 1996 aged 20 years and 10 months.
Legacy
It’s been a fun 10 years. I think the best is yet to come…. pic.twitter.com/m36ZfXXdaO
— Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) December 5, 2019
McIlroy has since won the 2011 US Open, the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014 and the 2014 Open. The Masters has eluded him, with his best finish coming in 2015 when he placed fourth. He has also helped Europe win four Ryder Cups while picking up the FedEx Cup and two Race to Dubai titles and is currently ranked number one in the world.
