MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It was another emotional week for Rory McIlroy for all the wrong reasons.
After missing the cut at last week’s Open Championship in Northern Ireland, McIlroy arrived at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational reinvigorated, and following a third-round 62 he headed out in the day’s final group Sunday with a one-stroke lead.
Things unraveled from the start for McIlroy on Sunday. He missed a 19-footer for birdie at the first, 16-footer for birdie at the second and a 4-footer for birdie at the third. By the time he reached the sixth green he was one stroke behind Brooks Koepka, and by the turn he was two shots back.