The final hole was ugly, but in the end, Rory McIlroy signed for a Sunday round of 65 to claim a five-shot victory at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
The 35-year-old Northern Irishman highlighted his final day at Quail Hollow with five birdies and a pair of eagles on the par 5s coming home. A meaningless double bogey on 18 saw McIlroy post 65 to reach 17-under 267, five clear of Xander Schauffele (71).
For his second win of the 2024 season, McIlroy earned $3,600,000 and 700 FedEx Cup points. He will move to No. 5 on the PGA Tour’s money list and fourth in the FedEx Cup standings. He also picked up 60 Official World Golf Ranking points to remain locked in at No. 2.
PGA Tour Pro-File
Full Name: Rory McIlroy
Nationality Northern Ireland
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 180 lb
Birthdate: May 4, 1989 (age 35)
Native: Holywood, County Down, N.I.
Resides: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Turned Pro: 2007
PGA Tour Rookie: 2009
Highest World Rank: 1st
Wells Fargo Championship: Top Performers
Top-5 Scores
Pos-Name-Score (Rd 4)
1. Rory McIlroy -17 (-6)
2. Xander Schauffele -12 (E)
3. Byeong Hun An -9 (-5)
4. Jason Day -6 (-1)
4. Sungjae Im -6 (+2)
6. Mackenzie Hughes -5 (-5)
6. Denny McCarthy -5 (-2)
8. Max Homa -4 (-2)
8. Sepp Straka -4 (+3)
10. Russell Henley -3 (-4)
10. Grayson Murray -3 (-1)
10. Taylor Pendrith -3 (+1)
Top-5 Check Cashers
Pos-Name (Money)
1. Rory McIlroy ($3.6m)
2. Xander Schauffele ($2.16m)
3. Byeong Hun An ($1.36m)
4. Jason Day ($880k)
4. Sungjae Im ($880k)
Rory McIlroy’s Winning Numbers
Topline Stats
Driving: 337 yards (1st)
Fairways: 29/56, 51.79% (59th)
Greens: 49/72, 68.06% (T2)
Putts/GIR: 1.63 (4th)
Birdies: 18 (T4)
Strokes Gained: Total: 19.926 (1st)
Scoring
Round-By Round
Rd 1: 67/-4 (-4, T2)
Rd 2: 68/-3 (-7, T2)
Rd 3: 67/-4 (-11, 2nd)
Rd 4: 65/-6 (-17, 1st)
Hole Scoring
Par-3: -2
Par-4: -6
Par-5: -9
Rory McIlroy’s 2024 PGA Tour Season
Starts: 10
Cuts Made: 10
Wins: 2 (Zurich, Wells Fargo)
Additional Top 10: 1
Earnings: $6,600,722 (5th)
FedExCup Pts: 1,675 (4th)
World Rank Before/After: 2/2
McIlroy’s Career Victories
PGA Tour: 26
2024 Wells Fargo Championship (4)
2024 Zurich Classic
2023 Genesis Scottish Open
2022 CJ Cup (2)
2022 Tour Championship
2022 RBC Canadian Open (2)
2021 CJ Cup
2021 Wells Fargo Championship (3)
2019 WGC-HSBC Champions
2019 TOUR Championship
2019 RBC Canadian Open
2019 PLAYERS Championship
2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational
2016 Tour Championship
2016 Deutsche Bank Championship (2)
2015 Wells Fargo Championship (2)
2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play
2014 PGA Championship (2)
2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
2014 The Open Championship
2012 BMW Championship
2012 Deutsche Bank Championship
2012 PGA Championship
2012 The Honda Classic
2011 U.S. Open
2010 Quail Hollow Championship
European Tour (Pure): 9
2024 Hero Dubai Desert Classic (4)
2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic (3)
2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
2015 Omega Dubai Desert Classic (2)
2015 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
2014 BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
2012 DP World Tour Championship
2011 UBS Hong Kong Open
2009 Dubai Desert Classic
Quotable: Rory McIlroy
Q. Rory, congratulations on your fourth win at the Wells Fargo Championship and your 26th on the PGA Tour. If we could just get an opening comment on what this one means to you.
RORY McILROY: Yeah, I don’t know what’s more unbelievable, winning a PGA Tour event for the fourth time or getting my 26th. Whenever I sort of hit some of these milestones or do these things, I always think back to, for example, like 20-year-old me playing in this tournament for the first time. If I had known back then that this is the way everything was going to pan out, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
Yeah, anytime things like this happen I feel incredibly lucky and grateful that I have the opportunity to do what I do. I was able to play good enough golf today to take advantage of that opportunity.
WITB: Rory McIlroy
The 35-year-old Northern Ireland native won his 26th PGA Tour title playing a full TaylorMade bag, from driver (Qi10) to golf ball (Tp5x).
Rory McIlroy’s Winning Bag
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9˚)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15˚)
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18˚)
Iron: TaylorMade Proto (4)
Irons: TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Pitch: TaylorMade MG4 (46°)
Gap: TaylorMade MG4 (50°)
Sand: TaylorMade MG4 (54˚)
Lob: Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58˚)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x (2024)
Source: GolfWRX.com
Credits: Getty Images, PGA Tour Media
