Rory McIlroy caps another Match Play win with epic near ace on 18

AUSTIN, Texas — Rory McIlroy had every reason to love the long ball Thursday.

Taken to the 18th hole in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy unleashed the shot of the tournament. He smashed a drive on the 375-yard closing hole so magnificently that it pitched on the green and rolled out to just inside 4 feet.

That all but clinched his 2-up victory over Denny McCarthy as McIlroy led a parade of top seeds into the final round of group play at Austin Country Club.

«It was good,» McIlroy said with a smile, which was like saying Michelangelo did a good job on the Sistine Chapel.

One of the greatest drives you will EVER see