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PGA champ McIlroy follows major victory with win in Deutsche Bank Championship

Rory McIlroy needed three weeks to catch his breath after his first major victory, and it took him until the end of last year before he was back in the form that would eventually make him the No. 1 golfer in the world.The hangover was much shorter after he picked up his second major last month.In his second tournament since winning at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by eight strokes, McIlroy shot a final-round 67 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday. McIlroy finished at 20-under-par, one stroke ahead of Luis Oosthuizen and two in front of Tiger Woods, to earn his third victory of the year, move to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and establish himself as the favorite for the PGA's player of the year."He's not No. 1 in the world for nothing," said Oosthuizen, who led by three strokes heading into the day but fell to second with a double bogey on No. 5. "He's a great young talent, (with) a lot of majors left for him to win. He's such a cool kid on the course. It's grea...

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