A first for Rory on PGA Tour, defends title at Canadian Open

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Rory McIlroy earned his 21st PGA TOUR title in his 214th career start, moving into a tie for 31st on the PGA TOUR wins list. Photo: sportsnet.ca

Rory McIlroy (-19) successfully defended his title at the RBC Canadian Open, carding a final-round 62 to win by two strokes.

McIlroy became the sixth player this season with multiple victories and fourth to successfully defend a title on PGA Tour.

 

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Corey Conners (solo-6th) received the Rivermead Cup as the low Canadian professional.

Keith Mitchell and Wyndham Clark (both T7) earned spots in The Open Championship via the Open Qualifying Series.

 

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Rory earned his 21st PGA TOUR title in his 214th career start, moving into a tie for 31st on the PGA TOUR wins list.

He carded a final-round 62 to win by two strokes, tying Sungjae Im (Shriners Children’s Open) for low finish by a winner on TOUR this season.

Successfully defended a PGA TOUR title for the first time (was 0-for-14 entering the week; three top-fives in those 14 starts, including a solo-5th at the Wells Fargo Championship in May).

became the fourth player to successfully defend a title this season; most in a season since 2016-17 (4)

Justin Rose tied his career-low score on the PGA TOUR (second instance; first: R1, 2006 FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort).

 

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Tied low score on the PGA TOUR this season (fourth instance; most recent: Sebastian Munoz, R1, AT&T Byron Nelson).

Is the first player on record (1983-present) to shoot 60 or better with three or more bogeys (Nos. 9, 16, 18). Made a career-best three eagles (Nos. 1, 11, 15).

Second player with three or more eagles in a round this season (first: Maverick McNealy, 3, R2, AT&T Byron Nelson).

54-hole co-leader Tony Finau carded a final-round 64 to finish solo-second, earning his 10th career runner-up on TOUR and 50th top-10.

 

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Finau has three top-fives in his last five starts on TOUR (T2/Mexico Open at Vidanta, T4/Charles Schwab Challenge, 2nd/RBC Canadian Open); falls to 0-for-5 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead.

Justin Thomas (solo-3rd) tied his career-high birdie streak with six in a row at Nos. 6-11 and moved to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings.

 

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World No. 1 and FedExCup leader Scottie Scheffler finishes T18, his 10th finish of T20 or better in his last 12 PGA TOUR starts