Rory McIlroy storms to five-shot victory at Wells Fargo Championship

The sector quantity two, who claimed the Zurich Vintage along Shane Lowry a fortnight in the past, began the overall spherical one in the back of Schauffele however romped house with an inward 32 to win in taste.

A six-under 65 noticed McIlroy end 17 below as he triumphed at Quail Hole for a fourth date and supplied the very best tune-up for later day’s US PGA Championship at Valhalla – the scene of his most up-to-date primary victory in 2014.

McIlroy advised Sky Sports activities: “Coming into this week, at a golf course I am comfortable with, my golf swing feels more comfortable than it has done.

“Going to a venue next week where I have won, it feels like the stars are aligning a little bit. But I have a lot of golf to play and a lot of great players to try to beat.

“I am going into the next major of the year feeling really good about myself.”

Schauffele completed 5 in the back of in 2nd later stumbling to a 71, with South Korea’s An Byeong-hun 3rd on 9 below later a 66.

McIlroy birdied the primary later a high-quality technique to within 5 toes. Alternatively, he passed the shot again on the fourth later failing to arise and indisposed from a greenside bunker.

Schauffele’s run of pars ended with a three-putt bogey at the 6th however he bounced again in taste on the later, firing his technique to the par 5 to twelve toes and holing for eagle.

McIlroy discovered himself two photographs again when he made par at the similar gap later three-putting.

Alternatively, the Northern Irishman stormed again with birdies on the 8th and 9th ahead of generating an eagle of his personal from 34 toes on the tenth.

Schauffele was once just one below for a similar three-hole stretch to shed the four-time primary winner one forward.

McIlroy discovered himself two in entrance as Schauffele dropped a shot at the twelfth and ramped up the force on his taking part in spouse with a birdie from 13 toes on the shorten later.

Schauffele failed to avoid wasting par later hitting his tee shot into tough in the back of the fairway at the thirteenth to shed McIlroy 4 sunlit.

McIlroy were given up and indisposed from a greenside bunker for any other achieve on the driveable 14th, with Schauffele lacking from 5 toes to shed his rival 5 sunlit.

An eagle from a greenside bunker at the fifteenth eradicated any probability of a nervy end for McIlroy and the 35-year-old parred the sixteenth and seventeenth ahead of shedding two photographs at the extreme later hitting his way within the aqua.