Rory McIlroy made it three PGA Tour wins in five weeks with a near-flawless final round that secured victory in the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana.
The world No 1, winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston last Monday, closed with a five-under-par 67 to finish two shots clear of Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson.
US PGA champion McIlroy sank six birdies and a bogey on the final hole was the only blemish on his card as he climbed from joint third overnight to claim the title on 20 under.
“I came here with the mindset from Boston that I just wanted to keep going on this roll,” said the 23-year-old, whose previous triumph had lifted him to No 1 in the FedEx Cup standings and ensured he will have a shot at the $10million prize at the Tour Championship in Atlanta later this month.
“Some suggested I could have taken a week off and still could have been in the top five in the FedEx Cup standings going into Atlanta, but I felt like I was playing really well and didn't want to stop that run.
“I sort of picked up where I left off in Boston, shot 64 the first day here and I’m just playing with a lot of confidence right now.
“I'm confident in my ability, confident with the shots I'm hitting and confident on the greens. I'm making the right decisions on the course and everything is really just going to plan at the minute.
“It's a nice run to be on and I want to try to keep it going for as long as possible.”
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Mickelson, who had held a share of the lead with Vijay Singh after a stunning round of 64 on Saturday, carded a final-round 70 and had to settle for joint second alongside Westwood (69).
Tiger Woods (68) and Robert Garrigus (69) were a further stroke adrift on a congested leaderboard.
Woods was four under through his final 11 holes but could not get himself into contention after a slow start.
“It was going to take about a 63 or 64 today to give myself a chance and that proved to be the number,” the 36-year-old 14-time Major winner said.
“With the pins, it could have been done. The greens were so soft and if you take care of the par fives and throw in a couple more, all of a sudden you have your number.”
Collated final round scores and totals in the BMW Championship (USA unless stated, par 72):
268 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 64 68 69 67
270 Phil Mickelson 69 67 64 70, Lee Westwood (Eng) 68 65 68 69
271 Tiger Woods 65 67 71 68, Robert Garrigus 67 69 66 69
272 Dustin Johnson 68 67 67 70, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 68 66 70
273 Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 66 69 73
274 Jim Furyk 69 70 67 68
275 Bo Van Pelt 64 69 71 71, Ryan Moore 66 66 73 70
276 Chris Kirk 68 68 69 71, Zach Johnson 67 69 68 72, Ian Poulter (Eng) 68 68 69 71, Bubba Watson 69 71 71 65
278 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 68 66 73 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 74 70 68 66, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 68 69 68 73, Justin Rose (Eng) 67 70 70 71, Tom Gillis 69 67 73 69, John Huh (Kor) 70 66 73 69, Troy Matteson 70 66 71 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 65 70 73
279 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 69 71 70, Ben Curtis 70 69 68 72
280 Steve Stricker 68 73 68 71, Kevin Na 72 71 68 69
281 Brendon De Jonge 71 66 71 73, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 68 72 72, Jason Dufner 72 67 73 69, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 71 69 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 66 72 72 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 71 74 68
282 J.B. Holmes 70 74 67 71, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 68 67 69 78, Kyle Stanley 68 70 69 75
283 Bob Estes 71 69 71 72, Scott Piercy 72 71 72 68, Graham Delaet (Can) 64 70 74 75, Brandt Snedeker 69 69 71 74
284 Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 72 72 70, Ben Crane 67 71 74 72, Brian Harman 73 69 70 72, Rickie Fowler 67 70 73 74
285 Nick Watney 70 69 72 74, Pat Perez 72 72 67 74, Kevin Stadler 69 73 73 70, Bill Haas 71 64 72 78, Ryan Palmer 66 73 73 73, Johnson Wagner 70 71 72 72
286 Jeff Overton 74 72 67 73, Matthew Every 68 71 71 76, Webb Simpson 64 75 73 74
287 Charley Hoffman 75 72 69 71, Matt Kuchar 69 73 72 73
288 D.A. Points 74 71 68 75, Bud Cauley 69 72 74 73, John Senden (Aus) 70 69 76 73
289 Keegan Bradley 71 70 75 73, Dicky Pride 76 71 71 71, Tim Clark (Rsa) 71 71 73 74
290 Martin Laird (Sco) 69 68 72 81, Mark Wilson 72 76 70 72
291 Jimmy Walker 67 76 72 76
292 Marc Leishman (Aus) 75 73 71 73, David Hearn (Can) 69 70 77 76
294 Bryce Molder 77 72 70 75
295 William McGirt 77 72 72 74
296 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 75 72 70 79
300 Hunter Mahan 70 73 80 77
