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January 29-February 1, 2009
RORY McILROY registers his first victory on Tour, 16 months after turning professional following the 2007 Walker Cup at Royal Co Down. Six-up with six to play, the 19-year-old has to make a nerve-jangling up-and-down from a back bunker at 18 on the Majlis Course at the Emirates Club to stay one ahead of hard-charging Justin Rose.
Scores: 64 68 67 70 (-19)
Cheque: €323,515
2 quail hollow championship
April 29-May 2, 2010
ANY doubt that McIlroy had the game and charisma for superstardom are dispelled on an unforgettable weekend in North Carolina as he rips to shreds a classic course with Major championship potential on the eve of his 21st birthday. After scraping through the cut on the mark, he shoots 66 on Saturday, followed by a stunning 62 to beat Phil Mickelson by four.
Scores: 72 73 66 62 (-16)
Cheque: US$1,170,000
3 US open championship
June 16-19, 2011
JUST 70 days after his US Masters meltdown, McIlroy, his confidence in his putting refreshed by Dave Stockton, leads from start to finish as he rewrote the record books on his way to an eight-stroke triumph at Congressional. Aged 22, he's the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923 and youngest victor at the Majors since Tiger won the 1997 Masters.
Scores: 65 66 68 69 (-16)
Cheque: US$1,440,000
4 shanghai masters
October 27-30, 2011
NINE days after leaving International Sports Management, McIlroy wins the biggest first prize in pro golf, US$2m. Three ahead going into the final round of this unsanctioned event, he's caught by Anthony Kim but beats the American in extra-time at Lake Malaren. This win gets McIlroy's association with Dublin firm Horizon off to a winning start.
Scores: 64 69 65 72 (-18)
Cheque: US$2,000,000
5 UBs hong kong open
December 1-4, 2011
TOUR officials are among those praying for a McIlroy win at Fanling as it keeps the Race to Dubai alive until the season finale. Victory is brilliantly sealed when McIlroy (22) chips in from a greenside bunker at 18, making up for his sudden-death defeat here in 2008.
Yet, McIlroy's too drained by Dengue Fever to deny Luke Donald at Jumeirah Golf Estates the next week.
Scores: 64 69 70 65 (-12)
Cheque: €341,724
6 Honda classic
March 1-4, 2012
IRISH golf toasts it's first world No 1 as McIlroy defies Tiger Woods at PGA National. Woods finishes birdie-eagle for a 62, the lowest final round of his career, to move within one of the lead. McIlroy keeps his cool, grinding out a win that briefly knocks Donald off the top of the world.
Scores: 66 67 66 69 (-12)
Cheque: US$1,026,000
7 us pga championship
August 9-12, 2012
A mini-crisis in early summer, in which McIlroy misses four cuts in five events, clearly dents his morale, yet the cloud lifts after a pep-talk from Stockton at Firestone in August and he produces the performance of his young life at Kiawah. Once again, McIlroy finishes eight clear, a PGA record, as he becomes the youngest multiple Major winner since Seve.
Scores: 67 75 67 66 (-13)
Cheque: US$1,445,000
8 deutsche bank championship
August 31-September 3, 2012
BURSTING out of the blocks, McIlroy erases a three-shot deficit in just five holes but staggers down the stretch on Labour Day at the TPC of Boston. Three ahead with six to play, he holds out to beat Louis Oosthuizen by one as he leapfrogs to the top of the FedEx Cup charts. It wasn't pretty but, crucially, McIlroy's learning how to win ugly.
Scores: 65 65 67 67 (-20)
Cheque: US$1,440,000
9 bmw championship
September 6-9
THERE'S no stopping McIlroy as he completes back-to-back victories at Crooked Stick in Indiana, securing a two-stroke win over Mickelson and Lee Westwood with a final-round 67. He leads into the Tour Championship but is pipped in the FedEx race by East Lake winner Brandt Snedeker. Yet four wins in the US secures top spot on the money list.
Scores: 64 68 69 67 (-20)
Cheque: US$1,440,000
10 dp world tour championship
November 22-25, 2012
IN a neat twist, McIlroy clinches his 10th win in Dubai, a few miles from where he celebrated his first and by holding off Justin Rose on Sunday. This time, however, he responds to the Englishman's final-round 62 at the Earth Course with a staggering five-birdie finish and wins by two. As leading money winner in Europe and the US in 2012, McIlroy earns a whopping €11,904,126 worldwide, boosting his career prizemoney to €26.28m.
Scores: 66 67 66 66 (-23)
Cheque: €1,041,429
