Name: Rory McIlroy hits wedge closest to the pin and wins Capital One’s The Match
Uploaded: 2024-02-27T04:09:09.000Z
Duration: 30 s
Description: In the 2024 Capital One’s The Match, Rory McIlroy hits his wedge to 4 feet in the sudden-death, closest-to-the-pin contest. With Max Homa and Lexi Thompson outside of McIlroy’s ball, Rose Zhang takes her shot and just hits it outside of McIlroy’s ball, thus making McIlroy the winner of the final $1.6 million skin and The Match.

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