INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), Sept 10: Rory McIlroy fired a five-under par 67 on Sunday to win the BMW Championship, holding off an elite field to win a second straight title in the US PGA Tour’s playoff series.

McIlroy, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship last week by one stroke, finished with a 20-under par total of 268, two shots in front of Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.

After claiming the second major title of his career at the PGA Championship last month, the world number one nabbed his fourth US tour title of the season and the sixth of his career.

England’s Westwood carded a 3-under 69 at Crooked Stick, while Mickelson posted a 70 for 270.

McIlroy had six birdies on the day, breaking out of a four-way tie for the lead with birdies at nine and 10. Two more birdies at 15 and 16 gave him enough of a cushion to make his bogey at 18 irrelevant.

Woods, never a serious threat to the lead, finished three off the pace after a 68 for 271. He was tied for fourth with Robert Garrigus (69).

Scores:

268 — Rory McIlroy (NIR) 64-68-69-67 270 — Phil Mickelson 69-67-64-70, Lee Westwood (ENG) 68-65-68-69 271 — Robert Garrigus 67-69-66-69, Tiger Woods 65-67-71-68 272 — Dustin Johnson 68-67-67-70, Adam Scott (AUS) 68-68-66-70 273 — Vijay Singh (FIJ) 65-66-69-73 274 — Jim Furyk 69-70-67-68 275 — Ryan Moore 66-66-73-70, Bo Van Pelt 64-69-71-71 276 — Zach Johnson 67-69-68-72, Chris Kirk 68-68-69-71, Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-68-69-71, Bubba Watson 69-71-71-65 278 — Greg Chalmers (AUS) 74-70-68-66, Tom Gillis 69-67-73-69, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-65-70-73, John Huh 70-66-73-69, Troy Matteson 70-66-71-71, Seung-Yul Noh (KOR) 68-66-73-71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-69-68-73, Justin Rose (ENG) 67-70-70-71 279 — Ben Curtis 70-69-68-72, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 69-69-71-70 280 — Kevin Na 72-71-68-69, Steve Stricker 68-73-68-71 281 — Luke Donald (ENG) 66-72-72-71, Jason Dufner 72-67-73-69, Ernie Els (RSA) 68-71-69-73, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 68-71-74-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 69-68-72-72, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 71-66-71-73. —AFP