� winner;rory mcilroy
shot 69 sunday to hold off a
furious rally by tiger woods
and win the honda classic
and move atop the world
ranking. mcilroy beat woods
and tom gillis by two, and
his 12-under 268 was the
second-lowest score at the
honda since the event moved
to pga national in 2007.
�key;hole the par- 4 13th
hole. Just moments after
woods eagled the 18th hole
to cut the lead to one, mcilroy made an 8½-foot birdie
putt on 13 to double his
leading margin. it was his
second—and last—birdie
of the day, and it came one
hole after he made his only
bogey of the final round.
�noteworthy;mcilroy
replaced luke donald, who
had been no. 1 on the world
ranking for nine months. …
woods made eagle on both
of pga national’s par 5s
sunday, to finish with a 62,
his best final-round score on
the pga tour. … gillis made
a 17-foot birdie putt on the
final hole to tie woods. it
solid;mcilroy;holds;on;at;honda
pga;tour;// honda;classic
was the best career finish
for gillis, who had made
just one cut in five previous starts this year. … dicky
pride, who finished t- 5 in
the mayakoba golf classic
to earn a berth in the honda,
had his second straight top-
10 with a t- 7 finish. pride
is playing 2012 on a past-champions exemption.
�top;five;pga;national;resort;&;spa,;Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
1. Rory McIlroy 66-67-66-69—268 $1,026,000
2. Tiger Woods 71-68-69-62—270 501,600
Tom Gillis 68-64-69-69—270 501,600
4. Lee Westwood 70-69-70-63—272 273,600
5. Charl Schwartzel 71-66-67-69—273 216,600
JustinRose 66-66-71-70—273 216,600
Click here for the complete scoreboard
� quotable
“it;was;tough;today,;especially;seeing;tiger
make;a;charge.”;—RoRy McIlRoy
mike ehrmann/getty images
cover // contents // 10 things // pga tour //equipment // tim rosaforte
