Bogeys on the final two holds dropped Rory McIlroy out of the top 10 but the teenager will take plenty of positives from his debut on the US PGA tour. YE Yang, on eight-under, claimed the Honda Classic title with McIlroy in a tie for 13th on two-under.
South Korea’s Yang, who held a one-shot lead going into the final day, hit a 68
to win by one shot from John Rollins.Rollins’ 67 was good enough for second with Ben Crane third and Jeff Klauk fourth.
McIlroy, who closed with a 69, will collect a cheque for over US$90,000 and confirmed once more that he is more than ready to contend on the biggest of stages.
Only one player had more birdies over the week than the young Holywood star but ultimately too many dropped shots cost McIlroy a chance of the title.
Collated final round scores & totals
(USA unless stated, par 70)
271Y. E Yang (Kor) 68 65 70 68
272John Rollins 69 68 68 67
274Ben Crane 70 65 71 68
275Jeff Klauk 69 68 67 71
276Will MacKenzie 67 67 72 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 67 67 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 66 68 72 70, Scott Piercy 72 66 73 65
277Charlie Wi (Kor) 67 73 65 72, D.A. Points 69 69 74 65, Jeff Overton 67 67 70 73, Jason Dufner 72 66 68 71
278Davis Love III 73 69 69 67, Harrison Frazar 72 65 71 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 72 69 71 66, Alex Cejka (Ger) 71 66 70 71, Kevin Streelman 70 68 70 70, Rory McIlroy(NIrl) 70 68 71 69, Brett Quigley 71 67 67 73, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 72 71 68, Scott Verplank 73 70 69 66
279Mark Calcavecchia 74 67 65 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 70 70 66, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 73 64 71 71, Brandt Jobe 70 70 70 69, James Nitties (Aus) 70 67 70 72
280Spencer Levin 72 68 70 70, Michael Allen 69 71 69 71, John Merrick 69 69 70 72, John Senden (Aus) 69 73 71 67, David Mathis 68 68 73 71
281Brad Adamonis 70 73 70 68, Steve Marino 69 70 71 71, George McNeill 71 72 70 68, Tim Herron 72 69 74 66, Brendon Todd 74 69 66 72, Casey Wittenberg 71 72 67 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 75 71 68
282Kent Jones 68 71 70 73, Lucas Glover 71 70 72 69, Matt Kuchar 71 70 68 73, Todd Hamilton 72 70 71 69, Briny Baird 72 69 71 70, 283 Brendon De Jonge 72 70 72 69, Scott McCarron 72 71 70 70, Erik Compton 69 69 73 72, Chris DiMarco 72 70 73 68, Woody Austin 70 73 67 73, Darren Clarke(NIrl) 70 71 68 74, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 69 69 72, Jeff Maggert 70 70 69 74
284Tadd Fujikawa 71 71 73 69, Justin Leonard 70 73 70 71, Chris Riley 68 75 73 68, Robert Garrigus 72 70 68 74, Brian Gay 72 69 72 71, Ryan Palmer 73 66 74 71, Shaun Micheel 70 71 73 70, Stewart Cink 67 71 72 74, John Mallinger 69 74 69 72,
285Leif Olson 73 70 69 73, Nicholas Thompson 69 71 74 71
286David Berganio Jnr. 71 69 70 76
287Michael Letzig 70 71 75 71, Chris Stroud 69 72 69 77, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 73 70 74, Johnson Wagner 71 71 74 71, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 71 73 72
288Boo Weekley 72 71 72 73
289Marc Leishman (Aus) 73 70 71 75
291Bart Bryant 70 73 73 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 69 73 77
