THE GAME Mciiroy surges back into winners’ circle

Congratulations for winning the Wells Fargo Championship. Is the feeling more satisfaction or relief?

I think a combination of both – relief that I’ve won again and satisfaction at the journey that I’m on and the process I’ve been going through to try to get back to this point. There’s been a lot of hard work and for a couple of months there, it seemed like it wasn’t really getting me anywhere. It’s hard to win. I certainly felt it there on the back nine.

And you almost didn’t play?

I knew my game was pretty good coming in here and then my neck completely locked up on me on the range on Wednesday afternoon, so I didn’t even think I was going to play on Thursday. Now I’m sitting here on Sunday night with the trophy.

What was it like playing in front of a big gallery again?

I’m certainly glad the crowds are back and I’m glad I was able to get the job done in an atmosphere like that. And I’m excited going forward now we get to play in front of crowds like that. It was an awesome experience to feel that again over the weekend.

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