One year after winning the pro-am portion of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Rory McIlroy etched his name into the portion of the wall of champions reserved for individual winners at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach,

Toying with his opponents had come to an end. That seems an exaggeration of Rory McIlroy’s standing and prowess in professional golf, given the past few years have been noted not for what he has done so much as what almost was.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy shot a 6-under-par 66 on Sunday on the way to winning his first PGA Tour start of the year, capturing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.