“Conversations With Champions presented by Sentry” is a weekly series of Golfweek. This week, we look at Rory McIlroy enjoying the glory of the 2022 Tour Championship.
It’s always a good idea to do it again.
Rory McIlroy won his third FedEx Cup title at East Lake Golf Club, becoming the first PGA Tour player ever to do so.
He did so in stellar comeback fashion. Due to the Staggered Strokes format, McIlroy started the week six shots behind Scottie Scheffler. McIlroy soon found himself 10 shots behind the leader after a slow start. McIlroy put his head down, and he got to work. He posted scores of 67-67-63-6-66 to end at 21 under. He had the best week in terms of raw numbers, finishing at 17 under.
His Sunday highlight was when he shot a 30-footer to make birdie on the 16th green.
McIlroy celebrated his victory by making the rounds after his round. McIlroy was quick to congratulate Scheffler’s families.
McIlroy took a friendly dig at Tiger Woods during a post-round gathering. Tiger Woods has twice won the FedEx Cup.
McIlroy also congratulated Harry Diamond on a job well performed.
McIlroy posted Monday’s message about his win. He gave credit to Scheffler and reaffirmed his connection with the PGA Tour.
What’s the next step?
McIlroy suggested having a delayed celebration along with one of his close friends and some good wine.
McIlroy spoke of his little daughter, saying that he had spoken to Shane Lowry yesterday. “It’s Poppy’s birthday on Wednesday. His kids are going around our house for Poppy’s birthday.” He said, “I’ll be seeing you next week and I can celebrate with the FedEx Cup.” I was eight at the time. I was like, “Yeah, we’ll just see each other next week.”
“Lo and behold! We might find some really nice red wines tomorrow night in my wine cellar. Let’s open them and have a great time!”
By: Todd Kelly
Title: Rory McIlroy on celebrating his third FedEx Cup: ‘We might find a few really nice bottles of red wine’
Sourced From: golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/08/29/rory-mcilroy-celebrating-third-fedex-cup-bottles-red-wine/
Published Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:47:02 +0000
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