Rory McIlroy reveals he was left in tears during Tour Championship PGA Tour season finale – ‘They made me cry again’
GRAND SLAM champions Rory McIlroy has revealed he was left in tears during the PGA Tour season final at East Lake.
The Holywood hotshot had an average week at the Tour Championship, finishing 23rd alongside Maverick McNealy from the 30-strong field.
He scooped McIlroy pocketed $395,000 for his efforts during the lucrative tournament in Georgia.
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Tommy Fleetwood FINALLY won on the PGA Tour – the weekend’s Tour Championship was the Englishman’s 164th effort stateside with the serial runner-up managing to hold his nerve and finish top the leaderboard.
Speaking after the final event of the tour’s season, McIlroy paid homage to Ryder Cup pal Fleetwood – but did shed light into some other happenings earlier in the week.
World number two McIlroy revealed he had a number of remote duties to complete for Masters chairman Fred Ridley.
The Down ace admitted the demands of being Masters champion are never far away after a reminder at East Lake brought him back to his emotional triumph Augusta.
Speaking after his second round at the Tour Championship, McIlroy revealed he had to fulfil commitments for Augusta National earlier in the week – including slipping on the green jacket once again.
And it brought him to tears, once again.
Speak to the media at East Lake, he said: “I did, I actually did a couple of things for Augusta National this week. I didn’t go there, but there’s a couple of things I had to do.
“I had the green jacket on for a few hours on Wednesday doing something. So it was nice to reminisce. They made me cry again.”
McIlroy, who completed the career Grand Slam at Augusta back in April, has banked an eye-watering $16,992,418 (€15.8m) from just 16 events on tour this season.
He claimed three wins and eight top-10 finishes, underlining his class as one of the game’s most consistent performers.
The Down ace also missed just one cut all season – and his season is far from over with the DP World Tour’s end-of-season run-in – and the Ryder Cup on the horizon.
