PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Rory McIlroy is halfway toward solving the TPC Sawgrass riddle.
The back nine of the Stadium Course, complete with its challenging finishing stretch framed around the infamous 17th hole? That’s been no issue for the Ulsterman, who has played the inward half in 36 under since 2013.
It’s been the front nine that has proved troublesome for McIlroy, who is 12 over on that side across the last three years. The splits were never more evident than the third round in 2015, when he went out in 42 and back in 32.