Rory McIlroy
| Team: | PGA Golfer |
| Age / DOB: | (28) / 5/4/1989 |
| Ht / Wt: | 5'10 / 160 |
Rory McIlroy scraped a second round 1-over-par 35-37-72 to post a 36-hole total of 2-over 144 in the PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club, good for the weekend and T32 in live scoring, but fully ten swings back of the clubhouse leader Kevin Kisner.
The Northern Irishman’s back nine (his first) was a solid affair, including eight pars and a birdie made from a greenside bunker at the par-5 15th. But the front nine turned into a nightmare. He failed to save par from the intermediate grass on No. 2 and missed a 4’0" par-saver at the next. A three-putt from 85’9" followed at the fifth and then another par-saver refused to drop, this time from 5’11", at No. 6. He was looking a spare weekend in the face only to bounce back in style. At the par-5 seventh he got up-and-down from the intermediate for birdie and then a 321-yard drive set up a 37-yard approach which he knocked to 4’9" and drained. His record at Quail Hollow is superb and in his six cuts made at the course he has always ranked 26th or better for Greens in Regulation (four times top six). This week, with the new Bermuda grass across the course, he currently ranks T51. He is also just 132nd for SG Putting. Aug 11 - 2:27 PM
Past champ and World No. 4 Rory McIlroy patched together a 1-under-par 33-36=69 in the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to finish up on 7-under 273, currently T5 with play winding down.
After opening in 67-69-68, the 2014 winner began T5 on 6-under, three adrift of 54-hole co-leaders Zach Johnson and Thomas Pieters. He found seven (of 14) fairways and 12 greens in regulation, losing 1.419 strokes approaching-the-green and 0.097 tee-to-green. The 28-year-old squared holes 9, 14 and 15 (failed scrambles), slightly outpaced by four birdies at 2, 4, 6 and 18, three from between 20 and 38 feet, registering 1.667 putts per GIR and 0.541 SG: Putting. This was his seventh Bridgestone, fifth top 25 and fifth top 10. Overall, it was McIlroy's 31st WGC event and 20th top 10. Aug 6 - 5:26 PM
Past champ and World No. 4 Rory McIlroy turned in a 2-under-par 34-34=68 after the third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational for a 54-hole total of 6-under 204, down two spots to T5, three shy of co-leaders Zach Johnson and Thomas Pieters.
After kicking off in 67-69, the 2014 winner began T3, three adrift of 36-hole leader Jimmy Walker. Playing out of the penultimate twosome with ZJ, who shot 65, he landed eight (of 14) fairways and 14 greens in regulation, gaining 2.302 strokes off-the-tee, No. 1 in SG: OTT with a cumulative 4.952. The 28-year-old offset bogey-5s at Nos. 6 and 10 (failed scrambles) with three conventional circles at 2, 9 and 11 (all from inside of 10 feet), adding a pitch-in 2 at the par-3 12th from 23'7" away that completed his scoring. He registered a commercial 1.857 putts per GIR and -0.992 SG: Putting, needing 31 total putts. Aug 5 - 7:32 PM
Rory McIlroy settled for a 1-under-par 35-34=69 during the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, keeping his position on the leaderboard (T3) with a two-day score of 4-under 136.
McIlroy landed the same number of greens in R1 and R2 (11 on each day) but couldn't get the putter working today. Part of that is the lack of proximity on his approaches, setting up just two birdie looks from inside 11 feet. After a lot of mid-range birdie misses, McIlroy finally hit the highlight reel with a 41'7" chip-in birdie at the par-5 16th. Playing his first week with good friend, Harry Diamond, on the bag, it's been a tale of two rounds. McIlroy was stellar off-the-tee and putting in round one while struggling on approach and around-the-green. It was the exact opposite today. If he can sync up the two rounds, he'll be tough to catch over the weekend. He is currently three strokes off the pacesetter Jimmy Walker. Aug 4 - 7:02 PM