McIlroy sets course mark, wins by four

All the buzz about Rory McIlroy came to life at the Quail Hollow Championship with one dazzling shot after another in a record round that made him the PGA Tour's youngest winner since Tiger Woods.

Explosive as ever, the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland was 5 under over the final five holes to set the course record at 10-under 62 and win by 4 shots over Masters champion Phil Mickelson (68) at Charlotte, N.C.

McIlroy finished in style, rolling in a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole and thrusting his fist into the air.

"I suppose I got into the zone," said McIlroy, who celebrates his 21st birthday on Tuesday. "I hadn't realized I was going in 9, 10 under. I just know I got my nose in front and I was just trying to stay there."

With a 1-shot lead, McIlroy hit a 5-iron from 207 yards up the hill to 3 feet for eagle on the 15th. From a fairway bunker on the 16th, he hit 7-iron to 5 feet for another birdie. Then came the finish, when he knocked in the 40-foot putt. He finished at 15-under 273 and won $1.17 million.

Woods, who missed the cut this week, was 20 years, 10 months when he won his first PGA Tour title in Las Vegas in 1996.

Tres Marias Championship: Ai Miyazato won the Tres Marias Championship for her third LPGA Tour title of the season, sharing the spotlight with Lorena Ochoa in the Mexican star's final event before retiring. Miyazato, the 24-year-old Japanese star who swept the season-opening events in Thailand and Singapore after winning the Evian Masters last year in France for her first LPGA Tour title, shot a 6-under 67 to finish at 19-under 273 at Morelia, Mexico. Stacy Lewis (66) was a stroke back, and Michelle Wie (68) was third at 17 under. Ochoa, the winner three of the last four years, shot a 71 to finish sixth at 12 under.

Ochoa has held the No. 1 ranking since April 2007. LPGA projections show she will lose it when the rankings come out today, with Jiyai Shin taking over.

Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic: David Eger won the inaugural Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic for his first Champions Tour title since 2005, closing with a 3-under 69 in rainy, windy conditions for a 1-stroke victory at Saucier, Miss. Eger, the 58-year-old former USGA and PGA Tour executive who was a longtime amateur star, made a 3-foot birdie putt on No. 16 to take a 2-stroke lead, an extra stroke he needed after bogeying the 18th to finish at 11 under.

Spanish Open: Long-hitting Alvaro Quiros became the first Spanish winner in the Spanish Open in eight years, beating English rookie James Morrison with a par on the first hole of a playoff for his fourth European Tour victory. Quiros closed with a 2-under to match Morrison (67) at 11-under 277 at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla in Seville, Spain. Morrison hit his approach shot into the water in the playoff.