Clark holds off McIlroy fightback to win BMW Championship
Wyndham Clark survives a Rory Mc Ilroy fightback to win the BMW Championship in Missouri. -16 W Clark (US); -14 P Cantlay (US); -13 R Mc Ilroy (NI); -12 G Woodland (US), C Gotterup (US), C Morikawa (US); -10 R Mac Intyre (Sco), M Mc Nealy (US); -9 J Bridgeman (US); -8 S J Im (Kor), M Brennan (US). Selected others: -7 S Scheffler (US), A Bhatia (US); -6 A Rai (Eng); -5 J Rose (Eng); -3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); +2 T Fleetwood (Eng). Wyndham Clark said he is "one of the best players in the world" after he survived a fightback from Rory Mc Ilroy to win the BMW Championship in Missouri. Clark held a five-shot lead going into the final day, but saw his advantage evaporate as Mc Ilroy drew level with seven holes left to play. But Northern Ireland's Mc Ilroy could not take several opportunities to move ahead, and successive Clark birdies enabled the American to post a fourth-round 71 and finish the week 17 under par.
After pushing Clark all the way, Mc Ilroy ended the day one under par to finish 13 under, four shots behind the winner. "It was weird - I wasn't nervous but I was kind of out of it, making double bogies, I can't believe I didn't make anything on the greens. But I kept trying to get myself going," Clark told CBS Sports. "I really started to swing free down the end. I was proud I didn't let it get away and was mentally strong. "I'm one of the best players in the world.
Everyone gives me a hard time and roots for other people, but I've come into my own. It's my best season yet coming off my worst year." After losing his first-day lead with a second-round 69, Mc Ilroy said he needed a "heroic effort" to catch Clark on the final day. The back-to-back Masters champion fought hard to gain two shots as Clark dropped three, but missed a putt on the 14th with the scores tied - and from there Clark recovered. "I can't be too disappointed, I'm not playing well enough to be too disappointed to no win," Mc Ilroy told CBS Sports. "I had my chances, but Wyndham stepped up. The way he played the last three holes, he showed a lot of character."
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