With his win Sunday at The Honda Classic, Rory McIlroy:
● Earns his third victory on the PGA TOUR in his 40th
start at the age of 22 years, 10 months.
● Moves to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings, 120 points
behind leader Kyle Stanley.
● Will move to No. 1 in the Official World Golf
Ranking, taking over the top spot from Luke Donald. Since the OWGR
began in April of 1986, McIlroy (22 years, 10 months) becomes the
second youngest player to achieve the top spot. Only Tiger Woods
was younger, moving into the No. 1 position on June 15, 1997, at
the age of 21 years, 24 weeks.
● PGA TOUR victories (3): 2010 Quail Hollow
Championship, 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 The Honda Classic
● Becomes the youngest winner in Honda Classic history
at 22 years, 10 months. The youngest previous winner was Matt
Kuchar at 23 years, 8 months, 20 days.
● Becomes the fifth consecutive international winner of
this event, joining Ernie Els (2008), Y.E. Yang (2009), Camilo
Villegas (2010) and Rory Sabbatini (2011). He is also the seventh
in the last eight years. The only U.S. winner during that span was
Mark Wilson in 2007.
● Is one of nine players 22-years-old and under with
multiple wins with at least one of the wins being a major. The
others are Tiger Woods, Gene Sarazen, Young Tom Morris, Jack
Nicklaus, Tom Creavy, Johnny McDermott, Seve Ballesteros and Jerry
Pate.