Max Homa takes Wells Fargo victory, Rory McIlroy back in fifth

Max Homa claimed his second PGA Tour title of the season as he finished two shots clear of the field to win the Wells Fargo Championship, with defending champion Rory McIlroy having to settle for fifth.

McIlroy carded a successive round of 68, a score that saw him finish four-under par, four shots behind the winner. Birdies on five, eight, ten and 14 had the Co Down competitor well placed, within two shots of the lead at one stage, but bogeys at 11 and the last marred an otherwise steady round.

Homa, 31, began the final round in second place but overhauled a two-shot deficit with a two-under 68 as overnight leader Keegan Bradley finished the round on two-over.

Matt Fitzpatrick's three-under final-round 67 at the TPC Potomac in Maryland was not enough to catch Homa, but he finished tied for second alongside Bradley and Cameron Young, who fired a 66.

Homa made birdies at the first and fifth holes and although he bogeyed the seventh, back-to-back birdies at the ninth and 10th put him into the lead.

Another birdie at the 15th was sandwiched by two more bogeys at the 13th and 16th, but he held on to clinch his fourth career PGA Tour title and first since the Fortinet Championship at Napa last September.

Bradley's final round included two double bogeys, at the second and 11th holes, three bogeys and five birdies.

Fitzpatrick made birdies at the fifth, 12th and 18th in a bogey-free round.