This is not the biggest win of Rory McIlroy’s career but it is without question among the most significant. Victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, McIlroy’s first tournament success for 18 months, transpired after the kind of rocket-fuelled Sunday which sceptics suggested the Northern Irishman could no longer produce. Yet this was McIlroy’s day. Celebrations of his last win, at the Tour Championship in September 2016, were cut short as news circulated of Palmer’s death. I played a perfect round of golf.”The trigger for McIlroy’s triumph came with a run of four birdies from the 13th.

Source: The Guardian March 18, 2018 23:05 UTC