Rory McIlroy wins Wells Fargo Championship
The 32-year-old was clearly out of sorts at TPC Sawgrass and missed the halfway cut by 10 shots before revealing he was battling swing problems caused by "speed training", admitting his quest for extra speed and distance had been influenced by the manner of Bryson DeChambeau's victory at the US Open in September.McIlroy arrived at Quail Hollow with limited expectations, having missed the cut in his previous two stroke-play starts at The Players Championship and the Masters. At the same time, he also failed to progress from the group stages at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
McIlroy then announced he had linked up with renowned swing coach Pete Cowen while retaining the services of long-time advisor Michael Bannon. His hard work on the practice range has been rewarded sooner than expected following his one-shot win at Quail Hollow - his first victory in 18 months. There’s a relief that I've won again, relief that my season is back on track, and more just satisfaction at the journey that I'm on and the process that I've been going through to try to get back to this point," said McIlroy, who entered the week as world No 15, his lowest ranking since 2009.
"There's been a lot of hard work, but I've put my head down, and I haven't really looked too much in either direction; I've just tried to do what I need to do. For a couple of months there, all that hard work seemed like it was not really getting anywhere; it wasn't providing me with much. But then, knowing that my game was pretty good coming in here and then have my neck completely lock up on me on the range on Wednesday afternoon, not even thinking I was going to play on Thursday, and then I'm sitting here on Sunday night with a trophy.
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