Starting with two strokes behind Rickie Fowler for this last round of the CJ Cup, Rory McIlroy signed a 66 (-6) this Sunday and won his second victory of the year.

McIlroy and The CJ Cup Trophy @Summit

McIlroy lifting The CJ Cup trophy @Summit - via twitter @PGATOUR

Winner of the Wells Fargo Championship earlier in the season, Rory McIlroy had some good results in this year 2021, including a seventh place at the US Open. He still missed 4 cuts this year, he had not missed any in 2020. In difficulty during the last Ryder Cup, the northern Irishman said he wanted to regain his place as world number 1. 

This week, the PGA Tour was stopping over in Las Vegas on the Summit Golf Club, for The CJ Cup @Summit.

After two cards of 68 and 67 and a total of -9, the quadruple winner in major Rory McIlroy, really found himself in the race for the victory of the CJ Cup with an explosive 62 (-10) during the moving day: eight birdies and an eagle on hole number 18.

He finds himself in the last game of the CJ Cup @Summit on Sunday alongside Rickie Fowler. This Saturday, the winner of the Players 2015 makes a card of 63 (-9), with an impressive statistic of 18 greens in regulation. The American who received an invitation thanked the sponsors in the most beautiful way by hoisting himself to the top of the leaderboard. 

However, Fowler was quickly caught after a double bogey on the par 5 of hole number 6. At the same time, Rory birdie on the 6 to tie at -21, then sign another birdie on the 8 for take sole control of the tournament. A new birdie from McIlroy on the 12th and then an eagle on the 14th hole, thanks to a putt put in from outside the green, put Rickie Fowler away with three strokes.

It is finally Collin Morikawa who will have to push the Irish north to tighten the play. Author of eight birdies then of an eagle on hole 18, the young American makes a card of 62 (-10) and settles as provisional leader. at the clubhouse at -24, one shot behind McIlroy.

However, the already 19-time PGA Tour winner keeps his lead thanks to four pars on his last holes and wins the CJ Cup @Summit, the 20th victory of his career on the PGA Tour.

Rickie Fowler finished third alongside Keith Mitchell.

Asked after his victory, the native of Hollywood (Northern Ireland) said: “I just need to be myself. I think in the last few months maybe I tried to be someone else to try to be better. I feel like I realized that just being myself is enough and that I can do things like that. ".

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We hope that this victory is only the beginning of his quest to regain the top of the world rankings and the summits in majors. Thanks to this victory of the CJ Cup @Summit, McIlroy returns to the world top 10: he goes from 14th place to 8th place.

By Baptiste Laurensou.

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