PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – He’s still shy of his 30th birthday, but Rory McIlroy has come a long way in his Players Championship career.
McIlroy outlasted the strongest field of the year to win the PGA Tour’s flagship event, shooting a final-round 70 to edge Jim Furyk by a shot. It was his first win in more than a year and continued a run of six straight top-6 finishes.
But McIlroy and the Stadium Course haven’t always gotten along. He missed the cut in each of his first three trips here, even skipping the event back in 2011 to focus his efforts in Europe.