Rory McIlroy wins Tour Championship to take third PGA playoff title
FirstpostRory McIlroy fired a four-under-par 66 to finish on 21-under 263 at East Lake in Atlanta to win the Tour Championship. Rory McIlroy rallied from six strokes down starting the final round to overtake top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and win his record third FedEx Cup title on Sunday by capturing the PGA’s Tour Championship. “To do something no one else has done… and playing the golf when you needed to to get the job done – incredibly satisfying.” Scheffler, who began the week on 10-under thanks to the season points lead and a staggered scoring system, lost out because McIlroy fired the week’s best 72-hole score, 17-under. “But my good play and Scottie’s not-so-great play and it was a ball game going into the back nine.” McIlroy sank a stunning birdie putt at the par-3 15th from just inside 32 feet, the ball breaking to the left and dropping into the hole, to match Scheffler for the lead on 21-under. “I’ve had a really great year and I wanted to finish it off with a win here and unfortunately I wasn’t able to do that.” Scheffler birdied four of his last six holes Sunday morning to finish the lightning-halted third round and stretch his lead from one stroke to six.