McIlroy turns the corner: "The mental side of it is probably the biggest barrier between me being good and being great"
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry might not add to their major haul this year, but they showed in Pebble Beach on Sunday that they’ve learned from their past mistakes under pressure and now have the maturity and the skills to make even more history in the game.
Masterful McIlroy holds off Lowry to win Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two
Rory McIlroy claimed his 27th PGA Tour win and his 37th as a professional when he put on a masterclass on the back nine and closed with a six-under 66 to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two shots from Shane Lowry on 21-under-par.
Lowry ready to duel McIlroy for Pebble Beach glory: “Let's hope one of us does the business”
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry played like men with three West of Irelands and two Claret Jugs on their CVs and fired best-of-the-day 65s in brutal conditions to head into the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am just a shot behind Ryder Cup teammate Sepp Straka.
McIlroy calls for PGA Tour to scale back — "47 or 50 tournaments a year is definitely too many”
Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour has been “diminished” by over-saturation and reckons it might not be a bad thing to “scale it back” by reducing the number of events to leave “fatigued” fans wanting more.
