In the PGA Tour’s restart after a three-month pause, the world’s top-ranked golfer played three solid rounds and went to the final day three off the lead with a chance to win.McIlroy posted a four-over 74 to drop into a tie for 32nd spot. It was the third time in his last four starts that he’d been over par in the final round. But as far as he’s concerned, it’s was just a bad start to his day that led to a bad round.
McIlroy’s scoring average by round shows just how troublesome Sunday’s have been. He is first in first-round scores, 19th in the second round, third in the third round but 79th in final-round average. Still, overall, he has the best scoring average on the PGA Tour with a mark of 68.437.“It's not like I've necessarily shot bad scores on Sundays,” he stated. “I got off to a couple of bad starts in some final groups, but I still was able to come back and shoot scores in the 60s.
Still, the reason the Sunday thing is a thing at all is because McIlroy continues to put himself in contention to win so often. His scores get noticed because he’s continually up near the top.“There's a lot of randomness to winning a golf tournament,” said McIlroy. “It's not just about –like there's other things that happen, and you looked at what happened on Sunday. There's so many guys in contention. Putts lip in. Putts lip out. Like, there's so much stuff that happens.