Sports Illustrated's Best Images of 2012
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Rory McIlroy hit an approach shot on Saturday during the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in late February. McIlroy went on to lose in Sunday's championship match to Hunter Mahan -- but McIlroy would go on to win five times around the world in 2012 and earn PGA Tour Player of the Year honors.
