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2022 PGA Championship
US PGA Tour
Southern Hills Country Club
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
19 - 22 May 2022
Rory McIlroy will be keen to carry his impressive form from the 2022 Masters Tournament into this year's 2022
PGA Championship.
The Northern Irish superstar is coming into this year at Southern Hills Country Club off a career-best round at the Masters and with plenty of major mojo.
McIlroy, who won the PGA Tournament in 2012 and 2014, shot a Sunday 64 at the Masters, tying for the lowest final-round in the history of the event at Augusta National.
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The 8-under effort was punctuated by a nifty bunker shot on the 72nd hole that found the bottom of the cup as the 33-year-old looked to win the Masters for the first time in his career.
It is a feat matched by 2022 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa, who was playing with McIlroy that day and the European golf icon secured a runner-up result at the Augusta National.
So far McIlroy has missed just one cut this season and notched a victory in the fall at the CJ Cup - this being his 20th PGA Tour victory, gaining him life membership.
If McIlroy were to win this year’s PGA Championship he would join Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead as the only three-time winners of the Wanamaker Trophy.
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“I think that’s always there, that’s always been there, but I got a lot of confidence from that round on Sunday,” said McIlroy as he reflected on his performance at the Masters.
“I did a lot of great things. It’s something to definitely build on over the next few weeks.
“I just sort of thought to myself, ‘You know, what the hell, let's just give it a go here’ and I started off really well with a birdie on 1 and then just tried to keep the foot down. And I played a really, really good round of golf.”
American legend Walter Hagen won the PGA Championship a record five times (all in match play), while his compatriot Jack Nicklaus won a record five titles in the stroke-play era.
Last five PGA Championship winners
2017 - Justin Thomas - USA
2018 - Brooks Koepka - USA
2019 - Brooks Koepka - USA
2020 - Collin Morikawa - USA
2021 - Phil Mickelson - USA
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