On This Day in 2010: Rory McIlroy wins first PGA Tour title
The Northern Irishman has since won four majors.
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Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won his first PGA Tour title at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte on May 2, 2010.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at his maiden title in America.
The new boy
McIlory had only been playing on the PGA tour for six weeks and had started 2010 playing on the European Tour, earning two top-10 finishes, but he could not convert his form in America as he missed the cut at the Houston Open and the Masters. They came ahead of what became the biggest win of his early career as McIlroy, a professional for just three years, proved the doubters wrong.
