Rory McIlroy has gained the Genesis Scottish Open by a slim margain following a play-off victory in opposition to Robert MacIntyre. The Northern Irishman noticed off World number one Scottie Scheffler, England's Tommy Fleetwood and Ireland's Shane Lowry to assert a twenty fourth PGA Tour win, giving him the best-possible preparation for The Open.

Despite the win, McIlroy stays a staggering distance behind shut buddy and {golfing} icon Tiger Woods, although nonetheless a way forward of the remainder of the pack, in a single explicit statistic. 47-year-old Woods is tied alongside the late Sam Snead with 82 PGA Tour wins to him identify, however that is not the one spectacular stat that has caught the attention of golf followers.

Twitter person JustinRayGolf discovered an astonishing statistic that reveals simply how dominant Woods has been in golf since turning skilled again in 1996. When it involves changing 54-hole leads and co-leads, the Tour's common is a lowly 35.1 per cent over the past 15 years, with 52 gamers holding onto greater than ten 54-hole leads or co-leads worldwide since 2006, in response to Ray.

Rory, nonetheless, is streaks forward with a whopping 55.6 per cent transformed, that means over half of his leads have seen the 34-year-old declare the win. But it is Tiger's document that blows this out of the water.

Woods boasts an unbelievable 93.2 per cent in changing 54-hole leads and co-leads on the PGA Tour. A quantity that can certainly by no means be crushed.

Rory's document implies that he ought to have held onto his lead on the Genesis Scottish Open and gained by a clearer margain. But that wasn't to be the case.

McIlroy as an alternative completed on 265 factors following a birdie putt on 18 to win the event. The win noticed Robert MacIntyre end second simply behind South Korea's Tom Kim and England's Tommy Fleetwood.

The consequence comes simply days after a brand new collection of paperwork had been realsed revealing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's proposed roles amid the LIV Golf and PGA Tour merger. Released as previous of a US Senate listening to, the stories had been revealed after the controversial merger between the 2 excursions.

The paperwork present that the pair have been provided the chance to personal a LIV Golf group. The duo would even be invited to participate in ten LIV Golf occasions.

The stories come as a shock to golf gamers and followers with Woods and McIlroy being two of golfs most outspoken gamers in opposition to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.