Rory McIlroy beat the strongest leaderboard in golf this year Sunday in the BMW Championship and joined some elite company.
McIlroy made back-toback birdies around the turn to emerge from a fourway tie and seize control at Crooked Stick. He closed with a 5-under 67, making his only bogey on the final hole when it no longer mattered, for a two-shot victory over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.
Everyone knew Boy Wonder was a special player when he won the U.S. Open last summer with a record score. The last month has established him as the dominant player in golf, with three wins in four tournaments loaded with the best players - the PGA Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events.
McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour, and with his sixth career win, he joined Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win at least six times at age 23.
"I didn't think everything would happen so quickly, but I'm on a good run and I want to keep it going as long as I can," McIlroy said.
SHIN WINS MARATHON LPGA PLAYOFF
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Jiyai Shin needed only 20 minutes Monday to do what she couldn't in eight hours a day earlier.
The South Korean made a two-putt par on the ninth playoff hole, beating Paula Creamer to win the Kingsmill Championship and end the longest playoff between two players in LPGA Tour history.
Shin and Creamer played the 18th hole eight times Sunday in an attempt to break the tie before darkness forced a suspension.
