Holywood man returns to PGA Tour after opening the year with DP World Tour win in Dubai
Rory McIlroy and former Arizona Cardinals NFL player Larry Fitzgerald Jr talk on the second green prior to the WM Phoenix Open. Photograph: Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesWith a succinct one word answer, Rory McIlroy let it be known where he stands. “Technically you’re world number one, do you feel like you’re the best player in the world right now?” he was asked. “Yes,” came the unequivocal response from, well, the world number one.
McIlroy returned to the peak of the world rankings last October and has remained there ever since, his appearance in the WM Phoenix Open however marking his first outing of the year on the PGA Tour during which time Jon Rahm has been making hay in the absence of the Northern Irishman.
The Phoenix Open is the best attended golf tournament anywhere – and it’s timing in the same week as Superbowl in the Arizona city – has brought the promise of an even wilder atmosphere in the coming days, along with the fact that it is the first of the PGA Tour’s designated elevated tournaments with a purse of $20 million.
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