Any notions that Rory McIlroy might be complacent following his dominant victory at the British Open were dispelled quickly at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as the 25-year-old Northern Irishman threw his game into gear on the weekend and cruised to a two-shot victory over the same man he battled hardest at Hoylake, Sergio Garcia.  McIlroy stood five shots off Marc Leishman’s lead after an opening round 69, then posted a 64 that might well have given him the halfway lead under normal circumstances.  On this occasion, however, it would only be good enough to trail by four as Garcia uncorked a stunning Friday 61 – a truly remarkable round in that he turned in one-under-par 34, then birdied the 10th and parred the 11th before charging home with seven straight birdies to become the ninth man in PGA Tour history to card a 27 on a par-35-or-greater nine.  It also set up what appeared to be a two-man battle on the weekend between Garcia and McIlroy, and that storyline grew as both men turned in 32 on Saturday before Garcia’s lead expanded to five prior to rain causing a three-hour delay in play.  Uponing returning to the course, however, McIlroy birdied both the 17th and 18th to cut the margin to three after 54 holes.  But as it turned out, the prospect of a serious head-to-head battled faded quickly on Sunday as McIlroy – who predicted he’d need a 63 to win – birdied four of his first five holes which, combined with Garcia playing the same stretch one over, moved him into the lead for good.  McIlroy then played even-par golf thereafter and, with nobody mounting a serious charge, marched methodically home to victory.  The win lifted him back into the number one spot in the OWR for the first time since March of 2013, a re-ascendency which few in the golf world could reasonably dispute……………… In danger of losing his PGA Tour card for the first time in his long and successful career, 37-year-old Australian Geoff Ogilvy instead righted his ship in comprehensive fashion by claiming is eighth PGA Tour title at the newly renamed Barracuda Championship, in Reno.  In the Tour’s only event to be contested using the modified Stableford scoring system, the 2006 U.S. Open champion played solid golf throughout the week, racking up point totals of 16, 7, 12 and 14 over four days of play to salvage his season, gain entrance to the upcoming PGA Championship and guarantee his exempt status on Tour through 2016.  Ogilvy was chased down the stretch by Justin Hicks who, while looking for his first PGA Tour victory, led the entire field on Sunday by carding 18 points.  But as Hicks drew close early in the final nine, Ogilvy responded by grabbing five points with an eagle at the 518-yard 13th, then added birdies at the 367-yard 14th and the 616-yard finisher to ultimately stretch his margin of victory to five.  Though he’d only previously logged two top-25 finishes in 2014, Ogilvy’s form had been on the upswing since before the U.S. Open, and he acknowledged improved putting as reason he was able to convert this into a long-awaited victory.  Despite not winning, Hicks held his game together down the stretch to finish a career-best second while John Huh and another player returning from a papable dip in form, Jonathan Byrd, shared third...............Twenty-four-year-old Satoshi Kodaira landed his second career Japan Tour victory at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open, closing with a workmanlike 68 to overcome a three-shot 54-hole deficit and claim the title.  The winner of the 2013 Japan Tour Championship, Kodaira began his week disappointingly, trailing by eight after an opening-round 72.  A second round 68 still left him trailing a trio of halfway leaders by six before Kodaira lifted himself back into the mix on Saturday with a stellar 64, a round which included seven birdies, one bogey and an eagle at the 526-yard par-5 7th.  Now standing three back of Ryutaro Nagano and Thailand's Thanyakon Khrongpha, Kodaira methodically posted three front nine birdies to turn in 33 on Sunday, allowing him to catch Khrongpha and pull within one of Nagano.  A birdie at the par 5 13th then got him to 16 under par, a number which, after Kodaira closed with five straight routine pars, proved enough to win by two.................. Forty-two-year-old veteran Keith Horne won for the sixth time on the Sunshine Tour by cruising to a three-shot victory at the 54-hole Vodacom Origins of Golf event at St. Francis Bay.  Horne took control of the tournament early by opening with a course record-setting 65 over the Jack Nicklaus-designed St. Francis Links, a flawless round which included seven birdies and no bogies, and which staked him to a two-shot lead over Titch Moore.  A second round 71 was a bit uneven, however, leaving Horne tied with 24-year-old second-year player Erik van Rooyen, who had posted a pair of fine 68s that included an eagle at the 443-yard 18th hole in round one.  Remarkably, the players' 136 total stood them five shots clear of the field, setting up a two-man battle in Friday's finale.  Under windy and rainy conditions, Horne bolted out of the gate quickly, recording birdies at the first three holes, then adding another at the 5th before eventually turning with a four-shot cushion over the far less-experienced van Rooyen.  The much tougher back nine would extract four bogeys (against a single birdie) from Horne but under difficult conditions, van Rooyen could only manage to do one stroke better, allowing Horne to cruise home to a relatively easy victory.