The CJ Cup @ Summit R4

CJ Cup 2021 R4
October 14-17
The Summit Club, Las Vegas, Nevada
$9,750,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

Rory McIlroy seized the lead with a 35-foot eagle putt at the 14th and held on to it to win his twentieth PGA Tour title at the CJ Cup @ Summit.

CJ Cup 2021 R4

“It’s quite an achievement. I still need a couple more years on Tour to get that lifetime exemption, but at least I’ve got the wins. I was asked that question at the start of the week and it is a pretty big carrot. I think to get to 20 wins out here is a big achievement. Yeah, I mean, I didn’t know if it was going to be this week, but I knew if I just kept my head down and kept playing well and doing the right things, eventually I’d get there. I’ve been close to starting my season with a win before, I think I finished second or third like eight times, so to get a win, yeah, it’s great. It feels really good, some validation of what I’ve done the last few weeks and just keep moving forward.”

The Northern Irishman is the 39th player to win at least twenty times on Tour and has now won at least once for five consecutive seasons.

CJ Cup 2021 R4

McIlroy started the day at 19-under, two shots behind overnight leader Rickie Fowler, and produced the eagle, five birdies and a single bogey to close with a 66 and finish at 25-under with a total of 263.

“It’s one of those days you know you’re going to get chances, you know you ‘re going to have birdie putts, maybe a couple eagle looks on the par-5s, and it’s just a day to stay patient.”

CJ Cup 2021 R4

“I played really well this week, highlighted by the 10-under yesterday, but to follow that up with a really solid round today. I made one bogey today on the par-4 fourth hole, just actually wasn’t a bad putt. I three-putted, but the second putt, it was more of a misread than a bad putt. Apart from that, just played really solid golf, just kept giving myself birdie looks and thankfully made enough of t hem to get the job done.”

The major threat to his victory came from American Collin Morikawa who started the day in a tie for 14th at 14-under and made the turn in 29 having shot seven birdies, he made one more at the 11th before closing with an eagle at the par-5 18th for a 62 to finish second second at 24-under.

CJ Cup 2021 R4

“I knew I needed a good start,” said Morikawa. “After my second shot on 1, I left it like 20 feet short, so not the chip shot I wanted, but made the putt. Just kind of built momentum. I felt really good over the putter and that’s kind of some of those days where you’re going to hit it good, putt it good and be able to make a few birdies.

“The back nine didn’t go as planned. I think if I had a half foot of more speed on a lot of putts on that back nine we could have had a few more birdies, but you know what, an eagle at my home course, Summit, it’s been an awesome four days to start the season and just look forward to the rest of the season.”

CJ Cup 2021 R4

Fowler (71) and fellow American Keith Mitchell (67) finished third at 22-under followed by a group of four players in fifth place at 21-under.

“I just had a couple swings that got me out of position,” said Fowler. ” One, I had to take an unplayable lie, which I was really just trying to hit it up the left part of the green there, just got a touch left of my line. And then a couple three-putts. Struggled a bit on the greens just with feel and speed. So really, all in all, you factor that in, miss a couple opportunities coming down the last couple, we’re only three shots back of Rory. So a lot of good stuff. Obviously disappointed, but this is a big step in the right direction with where we’ve been in the last two years.

“It felt good to finally hit the golf ball properly, at least most of the time, for 72 holes. A lot of quality shots, a lot of good swings this week. Drove the ball well, which set me up to play golf a round this place. That’s the first key is, one, staying out of the desert and driving it in the fairway. We did a really good job.”

CJ Cup 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Rory McIlroy	-25	68	67	62	66	263
2	Collin Morikawa	-24	67	70	65	62	264
T3	Keith Mitchell	-22	62	64	73	67	266
T3	Rickie Fowler	-22	66	66	63	71	266
T5	Talor Gooch	-21	67	68	70	62	267
T5	Sam Burns	-21	67	68	66	66	267
T5	Aaron Wise	-21	66	67	68	66	267
T5	Adam Scott	-21	68	63	67	69	267
T9	Sungjae Im	-20	68	69	67	64	268
T9	Gary Woodland	-20	68	69	66	65	268
T9	Harry Higgs	-20	64	67	70	67	268
T9	Cameron Smith	-20	66	67	67	68	268
T9	Robert Streb	-20	61	72	65	70	268
T14	Webb Simpson	-19	69	69	66	65	269
T14	Jhonattan Vegas	-19	66	69	68	66	269
T14	Chris Kirk	-19	68	67	68	66	269
T14	Abraham Ancer	-19	70	65	63	71	269
T18	Emiliano Grillo	-18	72	68	69	61	270
T18	Xander Schauffele	-18	69	69	69	63	270
T18	Justin Thomas	-18	69	67	70	64	270
T18	Jordan Spieth	-18	66	65	72	67	270
T18	Viktor Hovland	-18	65	68	70	67	270
T18	Ian Poulter	-18	66	67	67	70	270
T18	Tyrrell Hatton	-18	67	65	67	71	270
T25	Sergio Garcia	-17	65	70	69	67	271
T25	K.H. Lee	-17	67	72	66	66	271
T25	Paul Casey	-17	68	65	70	68	271
T25	Mackenzie Hughes	-17	71	62	70	68	271
T25	Carlos Ortiz	-17	71	65	67	68	271
T25	Russell Henley	-17	68	69	65	69	271
T25	Erik van Rooyen	-17	67	66	68	70	271
T32	Tom Hoge	-16	71	68	68	65	272
T32	Keegan Bradley	-16	70	66	69	67	272
T32	Seonghyeon Kim	-16	68	63	72	69	272
T32	Hudson Swafford	-16	65	69	69	69	272
T32	Sung Kang	-16	71	64	67	70	272
T32	Harold Varner III	-16	67	70	66	69	272
T38	Marc Leishman	-15	70	69	70	64	273
T38	Scottie Scheffler	-15	66	71	71	65	273
T38	Louis Oosthuizen	-15	70	71	65	67	273
T38	Matt Jones	-15	70	69	66	68	273
T38	Brooks Koepka	-15	67	70	68	68	273
T38	Tommy Fleetwood	-15	68	72	64	69	273
T38	Maverick McNealy	-15	69	65	69	70	273
T45	Tony Finau	-14	68	71	70	65	274
T45	Dustin Johnson	-14	74	66	67	67	274
T45	Lucas Glover	-14	69	70	65	70	274
T45	Joaquin Niemann	-14	67	69	67	71	274
T49	Joohyung Kim	-13	68	73	68	66	275
T49	Sebastián Muñoz	-13	69	67	71	68	275
T49	Kevin Streelman	-13	75	70	63	67	275
T49	Kevin Na	-13	68	66	72	69	275
T49	Stewart Cink	-13	69	68	67	71	275
T54	Shane Lowry	-12	73	70	69	64	276
T54	Jason Kokrak	-12	77	66	65	68	276
T54	Kevin Kisner	-12	70	68	68	70	276
T57	Justin Rose	-11	75	65	69	68	277
T57	Minkyu Kim	-11	69	66	70	72	277
T59	Hideki Matsuyama	-10	66	70	74	68	278
T59	Cameron Tringale	-10	71	70	69	68	278
T59	Alex Noren	-10	72	69	67	70	278
T59	Byeong Hun An	-10	70	70	68	70	278
63	Rasmus Hojgaard	-9	69	71	69	70	279
T64	Jason Day	-8	73	70	72	65	280
T64	Cam Davis	-8	68	69	74	69	280
T64	Patton Kizzire	-8	71	71	70	68	280
T64	Sanghun Shin	-8	71	70	69	70	280
T68	Branden Grace	-7	72	72	71	66	281
T68	Patrick Reed	-7	71	66	73	71	281
T68	Jaekyeong Lee	-7	69	71	71	70	281
T68	Charley Hoffman	-7	72	70	68	71	281
T72	Yoseop Seo	-6	74	70	70	68	282
T72	Brian Harman	-6	67	69	73	73	282
T72	Max Homa	-6	67	70	70	75	282
75	Hanbyeol Kim	-4	74	69	71	70	284
76	Si Woo Kim	E	71	69	71	77	288
77	Charl Schwartzel	+7	72	72	76	75	295
WD	Harris English	E	73	68	68	32	241