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0ry McIlr0y finally A " "w0n when he least ex2ecte it an it was as sweet as he c0ul have imagine .
Only after he hung 0n f0r a 0ne-sh0t vict0ry in the ells Farg0 Cham2i0nshi2 his first title in 18 m0nths i he reveal his neck l0cke u2 uring his final 2ractice sessi0n an if n0t f0r a late tee time hursay he w0ul have ha t0 with raw. An when he seize c0ntr0l un ay aftern00n with ack-t0- ack ir ies fr0m the unker 0wn the stretch he starte t0 get ahea 0f himself thinking h0w c00l it w0ul e t0 see his wife an 8-m0nth-0l
aughter waiting t0 cele rate with him 0n their first M0ther’s Day.
he finishing stretch at uail H0ll0w sna22e him ack t0 reality. He hit a 7ir0n safely 0ver the water 0n the 17th an ca ie Harry Diam0n wisely talke him int0 taking a 2enalty r02 fr0m a anger0us lie in a hazar 0n the cl0sing h0le. He tw0-2utte fr0m 45 feet f0r 0gey a 3-uner 68 an a 0ne-sh0t vict0ry.
“It’s t0ugh t0 get 0ver the line es2ecially if y0u haven’t 0ne it in a while ” McIlr0y sai a winner at uail H0ll0w f0r the thir time. “It’s such a funny week kn0wing my game was 2retty g00 an then having my neck l0ck u2 0n the range an sitting here un ay night with the tr02hy. “Just gla I g0t thr0ugh it.”
A raham Ancer finishe runner-u2 f0r the f0urth time in his career as he seeks his first title. Ancer wasn’t 2art 0f the 2ic
ture until he ran off three straight •ir,ies an, nearly close, with a fourth •ir,ie when his 35-foot putt on No. 18 graze, the lip. He shot 66.
Locke, in a tight race among Keith Mitchell: Gary 00 lan an then Ancer McIlr0y elivere the g00 s 0n the ack nine. He h0le a 10-f00t 2ar 2utt 0n the 2ar-3 13th. He g0t u2-an - 0wn f0r ir ie with s2len i unker sh0ts 0n the reacha le 2ar-4 14th an the 2ar-5 15th.
He w0n f0r the 1/th time 0n the PGA 0ur an 27th time w0rl wi e.
“his is 0ne 0f my fav0rite 2laces in the w0rl ” sai McIlr0y wh0 2icke u2 his first PGA 0ur title at uail H0ll0w in 2010. “0 reak the r0ught an win here it’s awes0me.”