The enigma showcased itself once again. If his opening salvo of this 104th US PGA Championship – a stunning 65 in the first round – had proved to be yet another false dawn, with the light disappearing in the subsequent two rounds as he played his way out of the title race, there was an early final-round charge from Rory McIlroy that had briefly hinted at some miracle comeback.
Although 10 shots behind 54-hole leader Mito Pereira at the start of the final day’s play, McIlroy put on a swashbuckling display in his opening run of holes with four straight birdies from the second to the fifth that had the roars of the fans at Southern Hills sounding around the course as to heral …
- May 23, 2022
