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Rory McIlroy Wins PGA

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In record-setting final match.

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With the largest victory margin in PGA Championship history, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy took the trophy with eight strokes over David Lynn and nine strokes over four other competitors. McIlroy broke the current seven-stroke record from 1980 and is also the youngest champion, at just 23 years old. "I don't think I've let it sunk in yet ... I'm speechless," McIlroy said afterward. "I played solid the whole way through the week ... I thought my putting today was phenomenal." Tiger Woods didn't come out from his mediocre rut, and is still without a major win since 2008.

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