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McIlroy heads to Wentworth on a high
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McIlroy heads to Wentworth on a high

Rory McIlroy warmed up for next week’s BMW PGA Championship by cantering to victory at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.

The Northern Irishman had already done the hard work already with his stunning third round 61.

After those 11 under par pyrotechnics on Saturday, a repeat was neither likely nor necessary and the World Number One could happily settle for a Sunday stroll to a three under 69 and a 21 under par total.

That was enough for a seven-stroke winning margin over playing partner Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers, who shared second on 14 under.

Rory McIlroy

It is McIlroy's second win at Quail Hollow, having triumphed in this tournament in 2010 when he finished with six successive threes in a final-round 62 - a course record until he bettered it this weekend.

The 26 year old said: "The golf course sets up perfectly for me.

"I had a goal today to birdie the par fives and the two drivable par fours, the eighth and the 14th. I felt if I made six birdies there was no chance of anybody catching me.

"I did what I wanted the last few weeks, got a couple of wins, got myself up the FedEx Cup standings and solidified my positions in the rankings."

An early dropped shot at the second was forgotten about by the time McIlroy reached the turn, having birdied the par-five fifth and seventh.

He hit a superb 132 yard approach to within two feet of the 12th pin and pitched to a similar distance at the 14th to set up a pair of tap-in birdies, adding another at 16.

That gave him a seven-shot lead heading down the last two holes and he could afford to bogey the par-three 17th and still maintain his lead.

McIlroy now heads to Wentworth Club to defend The European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship, which starts on Thursday.

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