McIlroy blazes to record victory

Mon., May 18, 2015

Associated Press

Rory McIlroy became the first two-time winner in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a seven-shot victory Sunday over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers.

The top-ranked McIlory closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 21-under 267 and break the tournament record by five strokes. He entered the day with a four-stroke lead after a course-record 61 on Saturday.

Rodgers, playing on a sponsor exemption, was the only player to mount a serious challenge, getting within three shots after a birdie at No. 15. He finished with a 68, and Simpson shot a 72.

McIlroy also won a Match Play Championship two weeks ago in San Francisco and has 11 PGA Tour titles. He has six top-10 finishes in his last eight PGA Tour starts.

McIlroy won at Quail Hollow in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title, shooting 15 under. Anthony Kim set the previous tournament record of 16 under in 2008.

Champions Tour

Jeff Maggert won the Regions Tradition for his first Champions Tour major title, beating Kevin Sutherland with a 3-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sutherland two-putted for bogey to set up Maggert for the winning par on the 18th hole at Shoal Creek.

Maggert closed with an even-par 72 to match Sutherland at 14-under 274. Sutherland had a 71.

Maggert’s only previous Champions Tour win came in Mississippi last year in his first start on the 50-and-over tour. He won three times on the PGA Tour, the last in the 2006 St. Jude Classic.

Jeff Hart and Gene Sauers shot 69 to tie for third at 11 under. Michael Allen (68), Bernhard Langer (70), two-time winner Tom Lehman (69) and 2014 champion Kenny Perry (70) were 9 under.

Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett shot a 76 and finished at 3-over 291.

LPGA

Minjee Lee played a five-hole stretch in 5 under to open a four-stroke lead when final-round play was suspended because of darkness in the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Play resumes this morning at Kingsmill Resort.

After making an eagle on the par-5 15th to cap the five-hole run, the Australian teen was on the par-4 16th when the horn sounded. Lee was 7 under in a 10-hole stretch after a 2-hour rain delay to reach 16 under.

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McIlroy blazes to record victory

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