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Summary Rory McIlroy sounds like he's ready to turn his U.S. PGA Tour season into a script.
The opening chapter set the tone for a great year. He played three rounds in Abu Dhabi with Tiger Woods and held his own, and then held off Woods in the Honda Classic to win the tournament and go to No. 1 in the world. The middle section was the struggle, when he blew up on the weekend at the Masters, lost in a playoff at Quail Hollow and then missed the cut four times in five tournaments, including a major.And then finished it off really well, McIlroy said on Wednesday at the Tour Championship. The final chapter began with his eight-shot victory at the U.S. PGA Championship the second straight year he has won a major by that margin and led to consecutive wins in FedEx Cup playoff events in Boston and Indianapolis. It was the first time a player has won two straight tournaments with Woods in the field since Phil Mickelson captured the Tour Championship and HSBC Champions in 2009.The script is almost complete, and McIlroy is starting with an empty page. Even though he is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup, No. 1 in the world ranking and No. 1 on the U.S. tour money list all of them by wide margins he is not assured of claiming the FedEx Cup title unless he wins the Tour Championship.
