McIlroy Wins Bridgestone, Woodland Finishes in Tie for 19th Rory McIlroy rallied from a three-shot deficit to win the Bridgestone Invitational and return to No. 1 in the world. In his first start since a wire-to-wire win in the British Open, McIlroy picked up his first World Golf Championship title at Firestone. And just like Royal Liverpool, the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland made it look easy. Sergio Garcia had a three-shot lead going into the final round. McIlroy opened with three straight birdies to take a one-shot lead. He never trailed the rest of the way, taking the lead for good with an 8-foot birdie on the 11th hole. Tiger Woods withdrew after eight holes with back pain from jumping hard into a bunker on the second hole. It was only his third event since returning from back surgery. Topeka native Gary Woodland finished the final round in even par 70 and ended the tournament four under par. Woodland tied for 19th place. Woodland had climbed his way up to eighth place but three bogeys on the back nine dropped him on the leaderboard. Woodland is currently 29th in the FedEx Cup point standings and is 29th in the money list this year making just over 2.2 million. Woodland [...] newsinkansas/mcilroy-wins-bridgestone-woodland-finishes-in-tie-for-19th-8/
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 05:51:18 +0000
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