McIlroy sets sights on Memorial Tournament title


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2021 Memorial Tournament 

US PGA Tour  

Muirfield Village Golf Club 
Dublin, Ohio, USA 
3-6 June 2021 
 
Rory McIlroy will be looking to win the Memorial Tournament trophy for the first time when he competes in Dublin, Ohio, USA. 
 
The Northern Irish superstar is currently ranked eighth in the Official World Golf Ranking and he is a former world number one. 
 
McIlroy, who also competes in the European Tour, has won 19 competitions in the PGA Tour including four major championships.
 
Looking at McIlroy's performance in this year's tournament, he held the 54-hole lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in January 2021.
 
A final round 72 saw the man nicknamed Rors finish in third place, five shots behind eventual winner Tyrrell Hatton.

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McIlroy then won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina by one stroke earlier this month.
 
The 32-year-old golfer clinched the tournament for the third time in his career and it was his 19th PGA Tour victory.
 
McIlroy feels he still has much work ahead of him to regain his best form despite having won the Wells Fargo Championship.
 
"I still have a way to go with everything. I just need to figure out a driver, as well," McIlroy said. 
 
"I just haven't driven the ball as well as I know that I can for a long time, and that's really the foundation of my game. Once I'm driving it well, everything becomes so much easier."
 
Tiger Woods is the most decorated player in the history of the Memorial Tournament having won five titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009 and 2012. 
 

Last five Memorial Tournament winners

 
2016 - William McGirt - USA 
2017 - Jason Dufner - USA 
2018 - Bryson DeChambeau - USA 
2019 - Patrick Cantlay - USA 
2020 - Jon Rahm - Spain 
 

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Published: 06/01/2021