{"id":7896,"date":"2019-06-09T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T22:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2019-06-11T07:30:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T11:30:30","slug":"mcilroy-wins-canadian-open-by-seven-strokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy Wins Canadian Open by Seven Strokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mcIlroy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mcIlroy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mcIlroy-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Ahead of the US Open which gets underway on Thursday, Rory McIlroy sent a message to the world of golf as the Ulster man romped home, claiming the Canadian Open title winning by seven strokes.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy shot an exceptional final round 61 to claim the title as he looked in dominant form ahead of the next week&#8217;s Major at Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy had a chance for a historic 59 &#8211; an eagle on 17 meaning a birdie on the last would have made him the tenth player to post a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Lowry finished tied for second after hitting 66 and 67 in the weekend rounds. He shared the runner-up spot with Webb Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>It was also a successful week for Graeme McDowell who finished tied for eighth on -10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7896\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7896\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7896\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7896\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the US Open which gets underway on Thursday, Rory McIlroy sent a message to the world of golf as the Ulster man romped home, claiming the Canadian Open title winning by seven strokes. 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