Rory McIlroy had to hang on and take what the golf course presented to him at the Houston Open as has ground to make up entering the second round.

Rory McIlroy needed to work on a few more things before the Masters, and a late run of birdies at Memorial Park will let him do just that.

Rory McIlroy is in good form ahead of the Masters, with the Northern Irishman recording a fifth-placed finish at the Houston Open after winning the Players Championship at Sawgrass

Rory McIlroy rallied to tie for fifth at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and in doing so crossed a PGA Tour milestone that previously belonged only to Tiger Woods: The $100 million man. McIlroy earned $337,844 in the Houston Open, taking his career earnings to $100,046,906.

Houston Open saw its the field cut after the second round finished Saturday. See which golfers made and missed the cut.

RORY McILROY pocketed a cool six-figure sum after his late surge at the Houston Open. The Northern Irishman produced a stirring final round to finish fifth in Texas, boosting his confidence

Scheffler tied his own course record to leap into the solo lead after a tremendous second round of scoring at Memorial Park

Lee held off Gary Woodland and Scottie Scheffler by a single shot in the final round, shooting a 67 to bag the $1.71m prize from the overall $9.5m purse. McIlroy was among four golfers who finished on -15 at Memorial Park Golf Course, sharing the leaderboard with Alejandro Tosti, Taylor Pendrith and Wyndham Clark.

Rory McIlroy acknowledged he is dealing with an elbow injury as he prepares to head to Augusta for next week's Masters.