Rory McIlroy says he’s ‘capable of being the best the player in the world’ after winning 20th PGA Tour title
The Northern Irishman will now earn lifetime membership on the PGA Tour — once he’s played 15 seasons which will be at the start of the 2023-24 season — something he called “pretty significant.”
“When you look to the bigger things in life, getting to that level, I can pick and choose where I play nowadays anyway, but that makes it even better and less of a burden.”
McIlroy was in tears after beating Xander Schauffele in their singles match, saying he “should have done more.”
“No matter what happens after this, I’m proud of every one of our players this week. I’m proud of our captain, our vice-captains, and I just wish I could have done a little more for the team. It’s been a tough week.”
But he rebounded in style over the weekend.
He trailed by nine shots after 36 holes, but hit a fabulous 62 in his third round on Saturday to move himself near the top of the leaderboard.
Starting the final round two shots behind Rickie Fowler, McIlroy made five birdies and an eagle to hold off Morikawa, who shot a 62 to put pressure on the Northern Irishman.
After a relatively disappointing 2021 season, McIlroy hopes his CJ Cup success is a sign of better things to come.
“I didn’t know if it was going to be this week, but I knew if I just kept my head down and kept playing well and doing the right things, eventually I’d get there.
“I’ve been close to starting my season with a win before, I think I finished second or third like eight times, so to get a win, it’s great. It feels really good, some validation of what I’ve done the last few weeks and just keep moving forward … I still want to get back to that point where I’m knocking off three, four, five wins a year.”
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