McIlroy become the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1996

McIlroy become the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1996

McIlory had the second-lowest final-round score by a winner in 2010. After making the cut on the number, McIlroy went 16-under par on the weekend.McIlroy closed with a Quail Hollow course-record, 10-under 62 to come from behind and win the title. The 62 broke the course record by two strokes.He became the first player to make the cut on the number then go on to win the tournament since Chris Couch did so at the 2006 Zurich The Golf Tips To Pitch Closer Classic of New Orleans.McIlroy was 20 at the time of the victory and he became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods earned his second title in 1996, also at the age of 20.Phil Mickelson closed with a 68 to take second place at minus-11.The story could have been much different if the third-round leader held on for the victory. Billy Mayfair was on top after 54 holes and was looking for his first win since 1998.

However, he struggled to a 76 to fall into a tie for 14th at five-under 283.Last year was the eighth playing of the tournament and McIlroy joined Vijay Singh as the only two non-American winners.Golf Channel and CBS will have the broadcast this week.The PGA Tour returns to Florida next week for The Players Championship, where Tim Clark closed with a 67 last year to beat Robert Allenby by a single shot.REGIONS TRADITION - Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, Alabama - A new date and a new location mark the first major for the Champions Tour.The Tradition, formerly sponsored by JELD-WEN and now by Regions, shifts from August to May this year, and also from Oregon to Alabama.Fred Funk posted three rounds in the 60s last year to hold off Michael Allen and Chien Soon Lu by a single stroke. For Funk, it marked the second time that he won the Tradition. Along with the 2009 U.S. Senior Open, Funk now owns three major championship titles on the Champions Tour.Fred Couples, Tom Lehman and John Cook will headline the field this week as Bernhard Langer continues to recover from a thumb injur Couples, the Champions Tour Rookie of the Year in 2010, will be making just his third Champions Tour start of the year. He shared 16th at the Mitsubishi and tied for fifth at the Toshiba Classic.Lehman and Cook are one-two on the money list and in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.This week's host course, Shoal Creek, hosted the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships, then didn't have another major golf event until hosting the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur.Golf Channel has the coverage of all four rounds.