With a goal of making less mistakes and carding fewer bogeys, McIlroy dropped just one shot over the final round rounds. Compare that with five from Shane Lowry and eight from Sepp Straka and you can see how McIlroy was able to stay the course and clinch his 27th Tour title.

Rory McIlroy claimed a two-shot victory at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday, a course he referred to as a “cathedral of golf.”