
Wells Fargo Championship 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Sunday
Rory McIlroy essentially lapped the competition en route to a victory in the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Sunday. He shot a three-under 69 in the final round, which was more than enough to secure the title. McIlroy finished seven strokes ahead of Patrick Rodgers and Webb Simpson.
You can find the tournament leaderboard below.
McIlroy did most of his heavy lifting Saturday. His 11-under 61 in the third round was a course record at Quail Hollow. After the round, he sounded almost disappointed that he failed to card a 59, the gold standard in terms of single-round scoring.
"I was thinking about 59 from the 14th teebox," the four-time major champion said, per BBC Sport. "I feel like it's one of these courses I can get on a roll with."
Ultimately, he lost out on that honor, but a Wells Fargo win is a pretty solid consolation prize. In addition, his overall performance was still incredible in its own respect, per Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman:
After McIlroy picked up a par and bogey on the first two holes of his final round, Simpson, Rodgers, Phil Mickelson and Robert Streb, among others, likely felt the door open slightly on their title hopes. But McIlroy only picked up one more bogey the rest of the round. He avoided any critical mistakes and added just enough birdies along the way to keep his opposition at bay.
It would've taken a collapse of epic proportions for McIlroy to surrender the lead. His third-round score alone would've been good enough for him to tie for seventh, just to put his whole tournament in perspective.
McIlroy's massive drives, including this bomb on No. 16, were a big part of why he was so successful Sunday:
According to ESPN Stats & Info, he outdrove the tournament average on par fours and par fives by nearly 22 yards:
Those otherworldly drives helped McIlroy reach 14 of the 18 greens in regulation despite only hitting seven of the 14 fairways, according to PGATour.com. He also gained 4.822 strokes from the tee to the green.
It's a lot easier to recover from a poor drive when you're closer to the hole.
The Wells Fargo Championship was truly the Rory McIlroy show, but Simpson and Rodgers did their best to make it interesting on the final day.
Simpson had arguably the best shot from Sunday, finding the bottom of the cup from 32 feet:
Not to be outdone, Rodgers found just the right touch on this downhill putt to card an eagle on No. 10:
Ultimately, Simpson's and Rodgers' enjoyment was just fleeting. They were up against the best golfer in the world, and he was in full seek-and-destroy mode. There's no question that McIlroy is the hottest star in the world on the links right now. ESPN.com's Jason Sobel and CBS Sports' Kyle Porter provided the numbers and results from his recent run:
The 2015 U.S. Open tees off at Chambers Bay on June 18, and McIlroy will enter as the prohibitive favorite. Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth will be among his toughest resistance, but neither can measure up to McIlroy when he's at the peak of his powers.
Spieth, Fowler and the rest of the PGA Tour can only hope that McIlroy left his best stuff at Quail Hollow.

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