WATCH: Rory McIlroy hits huge drive at a course 6200 above sea level
After the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Rory McIlroy is in fifth place in the FedEx standings. Finishing inside the top 50 in the FedEx Standings, he has confirmed his spot at the BMW Championship. The BMW Championship will take place at Castle Pines Golf Club from August 22 to 25.
Before the tournament began, Rory McIlroy reached the venue and had a few practice rounds. On Tuesday, McIlroy shot one of the longest drives with an elevation of 6400 feet. The TaylorMade driver used for the shot was Qi10Driver. The clip of the shot was posted by TaylorMade’s X account, with the caption:
“@McIlroyRory at 6,400 feet of elevation is a sight to behold. 🔥Check out his longest drives of the day at Castle Pines. #Qi10Driver,” the poster wrote.
Before the BMW Championship, Rory McIlroy played at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing T68 on the leaderboard. Max Homa was the only golfer under him on the leaderboard. In the opening round, McIlroy dropped an eagle on the third hole and had two birdies on holes 16 and 18. He also had two bogeys to finish up at 68.
In the second round, Rory McIlroy birdied the fifth and sixth holes and had bogeys on seventh, eighth, and sixteenth. He had a double bogey on the third to land at 73. McIlroy shot three birdies on the front nine and two bogeys in the third round. He also shot one bogey and two double bogeys on the back nine to end up at 74. He birdied the first hole, followed by a bogey on the fifth in the last round. Rory McIlroy had another bogey and one double bogey on the back nine to land at 74.
Besides Rory McIlroy, what were other golfers’ standings on the FedEx St. Jude Championship leaderboard?
While Rory McIlroy finished second last, Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx St. Jude Championship with 17-under. Xander Schauffele secured second place with 15-under, while Scottie Scheffler landed in fourth place with 14 under. Wyndham Clark was in seventh place with 12-under.
Here's the entire list of standings for the FedEx St. Jude Championship:
- 1 Hideki Matsuyama -17
- T2 Xander Schauffele -15
- T2 Viktor Hovland -15
- 4 Scottie Scheffler -14
- T5 Sam Burns -13
- T5 Nick Dunlap -13
- T7 Wyndham Clark -12
- T7 Robert MacIntyre -12
- 9 Denny McCarthy -11
- T10 Séamus Power -10
- T10 Billy Horschel -10
- T12 Maverick McNealy -9
- T12 Patrick Cantlay -9
- T12 Akshay Bhatia -9
- T12 Will Zalatoris -9
- T16 Aaron Rai -8
- T16 Tony Finau -8
- T18 Eric Cole -7
- T18 Austin Eckroat -7
- T18 Adam Scott -7
- T18 Matt Fitzpatrick -7
- T22 Min Woo Lee -6
- T22 Collin Morikawa -6
- T22 Taylor Pendrith -6
- T22 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -6
- T22 Jason Day -6
- T22 Tommy Fleetwood -6
- T22 Brendon Todd -6
- T22 Justin Rose -6
- T30 Russell Henley -5
- T30 Justin Thomas -5
- T30 Alex Noren -5
- T33 Max Greyserman -4
- T33 Davis Thompson -4
- T33 Patrick Rodgers -4
- T33 Emiliano Grillo -4
- T33 Byeong Hun An -4
- T33 J.T. Poston -4
- T33 Erik van Rooyen -4
- T40 Cam Davis -3
- T40 Ludvig Åberg -3
- T40 Sungjae Im -3
- T40 Jhonattan Vegas -3
- T40 Stephan Jaeger -3
- T40 Victor Perez -3
- T46 Thomas Detry -2
- T46 Tom Hoge -2
- T46 Matthieu Pavon -2
- T46 Sahith Theegala -2
- T50 Si Woo Kim -1
- T50 Brian Harman -1
- T50 Adam Hadwin -1
- T50 Corey Conners -1
- T50 Shane Lowry -1
- T50 Tom Kim -1
- T50 Ben Griffin -1
- T50 Chris Kirk -1
- 58 Mackenzie Hughes E
- T59 Keegan Bradley +1
- T59 Peter Malnati +1
- T61 Cameron Young +2
- T61 Mark Hubbard +2
- T61 Sepp Straka +2
- T61 Harris English +2
- 65 Nick Taylor +3
- 66 Taylor Moore +4
- 67 Jake Knapp +6
- T68 Jordan Spieth +9
- T68 Rory McIlroy +9
- 70 Max Homa +11