'Welcome to the big time!' Can McIlroy enjoy more Wells Fargo success?

Rory McIlroy returns to action for the first time since The Masters this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, live on Sky Sports, a tournament where he has enjoyed more success than any other.

The four-time major champion has taken four weeks off since his runner-up finish at Augusta National, where a superb final-round 64 helped him produce his best result of the year and get within three strokes of champion Scottie Scheffler.

McIlroy's appearance in North Carolina comes at the event where he has registered three of his 20 PGA Tour titles, the only 72-hole tournament he has won more than twice, with the 32-year-old arriving as one of the pre-tournament favourites as he chases a first victory of the year.

The former world No 1 secured his maiden PGA Tour title in the 2010 contest and won by a record-breaking margin in 2015, before ending an 18-month trophy drought with a dramatic success in last year's contest.

Ahead of McIlroy's title defence at TPC Potomac, being used while Quail Hollow - the tournament's usual home - prepares to host the Presidents Cup later in the year, we look back at his three Wells Fargo Championship victories…

McIlroy claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory in record-breaking fashion at Quail Hollow, with the then 20-year-old finishing four clear of the chasing pack after a remarkable weekend display.

The Northern Irishman converted an eagle late into his second round just to make the cut on the number, nine strokes off the pace, before a six-under 66 on Saturday saw McIlroy go into the final round four behind.

Few could have predicted the outcome after McIlroy played the first six holes in one under, only for him to close out a front-nine 32 with three straight birdies from the seventh and pick up