On 2 June, McIlroy played in the Memorial Skins Game at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. A second place at the BMW Masters was followed by a third place at the Barclays Singapore Open to wrap up the title with two events remaining.

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His first season went well, and he scored particularly highly at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. On 2 May, McIlroy recorded his first PGA Tour win after shooting 62 in the final round of the Quail Hollow Championship. A range of emotions will have coursed through Rory McIlroy after learning about the PGA Tour’s merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). McIlroy would win by eight strokes, setting a margin-of-victory record for the PGA Championship with a birdie on the final hole. DP World Tour Championship: Jon Rahm earns impressive win in Dubai as Rory McIlroy ends season No 1".He carries a British passport, [174] although he usually is reluctant to discuss his nationality at length. In November, McIlroy held the 54-hole lead at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, looking to become the first player to win the event for a third time. The victory lifted McIlroy's position in the Official World Golf Ranking to a then career high of number four. The former world No 1’s chip was travelling at speed when it clattered into the pin and, after Scheffler made bogey from a greenside bunker, McIlroy holed from seven feet to take the lead for the first time. At the final event of the PGA Tour season, the 2016 Tour Championship, McIlroy overcame a two-shot deficit after the third round to force a playoff with Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell, winning the competition at the fourth playoff hole with a birdie 3 on the par 4 16th.

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The PGA Tour's season-ending tournament uses a stroke-based bonus system, which gives golfers different scores to start their opening round. Following Europe's victory in the Ryder Cup, McIlroy turned his attention to winning the Race to Dubai. On 25 August 2019, McIlroy clinched his second season-long FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.The duo were said to be cordial towards each other after the meeting, as Wes Bryan insisted players left the discussions with no hard feelings.