05 May,2015 07:18 AM IST | | AFP
World No 1 Rory McIlroy added the WGC World Match Play Championship to his four majors with a 4&2 victory over US journeyman Gary Woodland in Sunday's final
Rory McIlroy lifts the Walter Hagen Cup at TPC Harding Park on Sunday
San Francisco: World No 1 Rory McIlroy added the WGC World Match Play Championship to his four majors with a 4&2 victory over US journeyman Gary Woodland in Sunday's final.
Rory McIlroy lifts the Walter Hagen Cup at TPC Harding Park on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Northern Irishman McIlroy, who turned 26 yesterday, was playing in his second WGC Match Play final, having lost to Hunter Mahan in the 2012 championship contest.
McIlroy was a perfect 7-0 in the first year of the event's new format featuring three rounds of pool play, followed by knockout rounds.
But he had to rally for several of those victories - including a comeback from 2-down with two to play to fend off elimination on Friday - and late rallies in both the quarter- and semi-finals.
