Rory McIlroy became the first three-time winner in FedExCup history after coming through a final-round tussle with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler to claim a ...
"I got a little lucky with Scottie (Scheffler) not playing his best golf today, and I took advantage of that with my good play. McIlroy hit the pin with a chip from the back of the 16th green and poured in from eight feet to save par, which was enough for the solo lead when Scheffler did not get up and down from the sand, while Im recovered from a double-bogey at the 14th to birdie the 15th and 17th to get within one. A close-range birdie at the eighth was enough for Scheffler to edge back ahead until McIlroy rolled in from eight feet at the 12th to get to 20 under, with Im a shot off the pace after cancelling out a bogey at the eighth by picking up a shot at the par-three next and birdieing the 12th.
Rory McIlroy won the TOUR Championship and became the first player to win three FedExCup trophies. Here's a look inside his bag.
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees @17.55) 3-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (15 degrees) Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (9 degrees)
ATLANTA – Rory McIlroy pulled off an improbable comeback, rallying from six strokes back to knock off World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler with a final round ...
“It’s hard to watch this happen to a guy of this pedigree, this caliber. McIlroy coolly canned the par putt to stay 21 under and Scheffler missed from 9 feet. This was always going to be a hard day for him, a hard weekend, and he’s really feeling the heat now.” McIlroy made birdie one hole later to tie for the lead. Trying for his fifth win of the season, Scheffler struggled to three bogeys in his first six holes. “I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post. It’s only after the fact that it’s fun.” He got the Masters and I got this.” The Northern Irishman spotted Scheffler six strokes in the staggered-start scoring system implemented at the Tour Championship. He chipped away at Scheffler’s lead with another 67 on Friday and then made his move on Saturday. 1 Scottie Scheffler with a final-round 4-under 66 at East Lake Golf Club to win the Tour Championship. McIlroy became the first player to win the FedEx Cup, the PGA Tour’s season-long competition, three times.
The PGA Tour star - who's made it very clear that he's committed to the PGA Tour while LIV Golf continues to pluck players - has taken the lead on Sunday.
Erica, a New York native, met her now-husband through work in 2012. Rory McIlroy is putting on a show on Sunday afternoon. McIlroy is on fire with his putter.
A record-setting year on the PGA Tour ended in record fashion with the largest prize pool in league history up for grabs Sunday at the 2022 Tour ...
The reigning Masters champion, Scheffler earned roughly $4 million more than the Australian throughout the 2021-22 season. The entirety of the purse is enough to weigh on players' minds, but the grand prize alone creates some unease on the back nine Sunday given it surpasses every prize pool this season apart from the Players Championship. Between deferral payments and bonuses, a total of $75 million was at stake for the best players on the PGA Tour with
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup with a sterling comeback in Sunday's final round of the Tour ...
Most of that fell to Scheffler, who looked like a different player when he returned Sunday morning and after a two-hour break before the final round. And at the end, the tour's biggest voice had its biggest trophy. [Sungjae Im](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11382/sungjae-im) fell back with a double bogey on the 14th hole and still managed a 66 to tie for second with Scheffler. Scheffler badly misread a 10-foot birdie chance on the 17th to tie, sending the Tour Championship to the final hole with $18 million on the line. Scheffler fought back, showing amazing grit without the game to go with it. 7 that led to pockets of cheers from corporate hospitality tents across the course. McIlroy holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th hole to tie for the lead. "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.'' [sources confirmed his expected move to ESPN](/golf/story/_/id/34471522/sources-open-champion-cameron-smith-marc-leishman-harold-varner-iii-expected-join-liv-golf-tour). The last one to do that was 1 seed, who began with a 2-shot lead and never trailed until the 70th hole. Scheffler was hoping to cap off the best year in golf with the FedEx Cup title.
Rory McIlroy became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup with a sterling comeback over No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in the Tour Championship.
Scheffler had a chance to regain a share of the lead, but failed to connect on a 9-foot birdie putt on No. His only birdie in the final round came on the par-4 eighth hole. Scheffler took a bogey on the hole after hitting out of a greenside bunker.
One could not discuss the future of the PGA Tour this season without Rory McIlroy's name being on their lips. On Sunday at the 2022 Tour Championship, ...
Beginning the week in the second position at 8 under, the Californian was a mainstay on the first page of the leaderboard despite some struggles on the greens. The self-belief king should only continue this trajectory heading into next year as he has added two victories, a top-five finish at the Tour Championship and (more than likely) an appearance for the United States in the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow -- the site of his first PGA Tour win -- to his playing résumé. One of only four players to not break par in the third round, Schauffele wasn't able to keep up with his playing competitor, Scheffler, and eventually the rest of the field. Playing his final 56 holes in 18 under, Homa was able to climb from the depths of the leaderboard and into a seven-figure paycheck. He had gotten within one stroke of the lead on multiple occasions, but it was a double bogey on the par-4 14th that ultimately took his name out of FedEx Cup contention. That was a spectacle out there today -- two of the best players in the world going head-to-head for the biggest prize on the PGA Tour -- and I hope everyone at home enjoyed that." The adopted son of Atlanta, Im was casually going about his business and tried his damnedest to recover from a major blunder on his back nine Sunday. While the bounces went the way of the 26-year-old at the year's first major championship (and for much of the year), on Sunday, the golf gods willed the man from Northern Ireland to victory, making amends for a season that featured four top-10 finishes in the major championships including a heartbreaker (in The Open Championship at St. With a win, Scheffler would have secured the richest season in the history of the PGA Tour and only the fifth five-win season of the last decade, joining Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. Starting the week with a two-stroke lead, building it to as many as seven and beginning the final round with a six-stroke edge, Scheffler simply let the FedEx Cup slip through his fingers. However, it was the third-round back nine that he concluded early Sunday that made him a true contender as Rory birdied three of his last six holes to card a 63 and claim his spot alongside Scheffler in the final pairing as he put pressure on the 54-hole leader despite a six-stroke deficit. McIlroy later mentioned the "battle of Georgia" between the two titans of the game as Scheffler got the better of McIlroy at the 2022 Masters at Augusta National in April.
McIlroy edged out Scottie Scheffler, who had held the lead in Atlanta for almost the entire tournament. Sungjae Im and Scheffler finished tied for second, ...
Then it swung toward the hole, McIlroy stepping back — and willing, praying, something — a few steps before it rolled into the cup. Scheffler finished in a tie for second with Sungjae Im, one of golf’s most promising young players. By the final holes on Sunday evening, the tour’s worries about crowning a champion who might soon defect to LIV Golf, the new series that has challenged generations of golf orthodoxy and attracted some of the game’s finest players and biggest brands, had faded. McIlroy’s fourth round began with a bogey, but he made birdie on No. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world. Sungjae Im and Scheffler finished tied for second, a stroke behind.
Rory McIlroy, who trailed by six shots entering the final round, won the 2022 PGA Tour Championship on Sunday, claiming his third FedEx Cup.
He got the masters and I got this." "I fell sort of bad that I pipped him to the post. 1 Scottie Scheffler to win the FedEx Cup and earn an $18 million first-place prize. It was an honor and a privilege to battle with him today. "What a week, what a day. I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this today," McIlroy said.
ATLANTA — Whether you believe in the golf gods or not, something certainly set up the end of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season in the most compelling way possible ...
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But money has triumphed over all this year, with LIV Golf dominating tournament play, big-name players defecting from the PGA Tour to sign lucrative guaranteed ...
He admitted that his loss at the Open last month—where he hit all 18 greens in regulation in the final round and still came up two shots short of Smith—stung. Throw in his European Tour success and it’s easy why there’s no reason to get nervous over a payday. 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. As it turned out, he would have been tied for 13th in the field if you simply went by raw 72-hole scores. “Even the guys that have went to LIV have had to deal with a lot. Over the course of the remaining 12 holes, it was certainly fair to wonder if dollar signs ever crept into their minds. Two birdies to end his third round Sunday morning helped get him in the final group with Scheffler—but still six behind. He bogeyed three of the first six holes, and it was game on. Then he opened the tournament on Thursday with a triple bogey, followed by a bogey. And the PGA Tour has had to dig deep, coming up with nearly $200 million or so to enhance the lives of many who are already wealthy beyond belief. For Rory McIlroy, it was never seemingly about the riches. It’s been a tumultuous time for the game, no matter what you think of LIV Golf, which exists because of, well, the money.
The prince of the PGA Tour won't EVER let LIV Golf lawyers live down the hackneyed way they described the FedEx Cup in court earlier this month.
McIlroy also got another dig in on LIV Golf during the presser when he noted that it wasn't until the 70th hole of the tournament that he actually was leading for the first time all week. All kidding aside, there was a point during his Tour Championship press conference where McIlroy started to express true frustration about the LIV situation. In turn, golf Twitter had a field day with what was characterized as an out-of-touch description of the postseason by the attorneys that also wasn’t convincing to the U.S. Well, in case you don’t remember, Robert Walters, a lawyer who represented LIV golfers Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones in their court hearing earlier this month seeking an injunction to gain access to the PGA Tour’s playoff events, had described the FedEx Cup as “the Super Bowl of golf" and the hardest trophy to win. On Sunday at East Lake, McIlroy enjoyed another gratuitous moment at the expense of LIV Golf. I feel sort of bad I pipped him to the post.
McIlroy put together a fantastic finish at the Tour Championship and made FedEx Cup history. The Sporting News digs into the numbers behind his victory.
It was the best round of the day and tied Justin Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama for low round of the tournament. McIlroy's $18 million prize eclipses the entire purses of events such as the Masters, PGA Championship, Open Championship and U.S. And before his tournament even started, he was four strokes behind the leader, Scheffler, because of the Tour Championship's handicap scoring. McIlroy faced adversity at the start and end of this weekend's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Indeed, none of the other golfers in the field even bogeyed both of their first two holes. McIlroy found himself six strokes behind Scheffler to start the fourth round.
He's been the de facto face of the PGA Tour during its tumultuous summer fending off LIV Golf. It's only appropriate that he claimed the tour's season-long ...
“I have a whopping one week off coming up and then I go to Europe for three out of four weeks,” joked McIlroy, who will play the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, in England and head back to St. A backdoor second at the Masters—thanks to a closing 64—was followed by a solo eighth at the PGA and a T-5 at the U.S. “As much as I’m a willing participant in all of this, I sometimes do need to reboot myself for the sake of my golf game.” He pocketed $5.75 million for his share of second, to go with the $14 million he amassed from four PGA Tour titles this year, which included the Masters. “Every chance I get, I’m trying to defend what I feel is the best place to play elite professional golf in the world,” McIlroy said. It doesn’t make it that much easier to get over, but it’s great to end the season on a high note like this. McIlroy still got himself into a share of the 54-hole lead with Viktor Hovland, but faded to third place, his putter betraying him once more. The tour’s top players will play in the same events, and more of them, starting in 2023, while being rewarded for their efforts. “When I get inside the ropes, no one can get to me.” For his 22nd PGA Tour victory, McIlroy shot a final-round 66 to finish at 21 under par. ATLANTA — For Rory McIlroy, playing golf has been the easiest part of a truly tumultuous 2022. Being the standard bearer for the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf has been the challenge.
In an unprecedented year in professional golf, Rory McIlroy has taken an even more unusual path. He has become the rarest of all titans, somebody who is just as ...
If he wasn't one of the 25 best golfers of all time, it's easy to see him commenting and bantering about all of this, just like you and I. McIlroy has clearly been the right man to meet this moment. This came to a head last week during the BMW Championship when a Player Advisory Council meeting (McIlroy is the president) was followed by aforementioned McIlroy- and Woods-led players-only meeting. TMRW could go anywhere and be successful, and the duo collectively could have cashed in with LIV Golf to the tune of somewhere around $1 billion. His partnership with Woods in TMRW Sports, an organization that will host simulated competitions in affiliation with the PGA Tour, stands to make both men a lot of money. It's in some ways fitting that I was able to get this done today to sort of round off a year that has been very, very challenging and different." Rory has been adamant, both publicly and privately in 2022, that LIV Golf is not good for the sport. On Sunday, perhaps the best player in the world defeated the same number of people on the course at East Lake Golf Club as he has off the course this year: all of them. He has become the rarest of all titans, somebody who is just as talented and influential behind the scenes as he is in front of the camera. Then he buried that 31-foot birdie putt, a nod to what has easily been the best putting year of his career. McIlroy's momentum halted immediately with a bogey at the first Sunday, but he plastered the field for the remainder of the day, playing the next 17 holes in 5 under. Some players move on to become coaches and others join the media as analysts, but there's a select few who move into roles as primary decision-makers of their leagues or the teams within.
Rory McIlroy won his third FedEx Cup title Sunday, rallying from a six-shot deficit to win the Tour Championship.
I believe in the players on this tour,” McIlroy said in the trophy presentation. McIlroy won in 2016 in a playoff. McIlroy holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th hole to tie for the lead. McIlroy went left against the grandstand, took relief and got onto the green for an easy par. McIlroy won $18 million, pushing his PGA Tour earnings to over $26 million for the season. 1 seed, who began with a two-shot lead and never trailed until the 70th hole.
Moments after winning the Tour Championship, Rory McIlroy encountered Scottie Scheffler's father. Awkward? Nope, more like heartwarming.
As McIlroy himself said after his win Sunday: “It’s been a tumultuous time for the world of men’s professional golf. I’ve been right in the middle of it. [Scheffler could not rise to the moment](https://golf.com/news/tournaments/scottie-scheffler-blown-lead-tour-championship/). “So proud of you,” she said. If he’s not singing the Tour’s praises, he’s needling its upstart competitor. He and McIlroy dueled through the middle portion of the round but when Scheffler failed to get up and down on 16, McIlroy took the outright lead and [never relinquished it](https://golf.com/news/tournaments/rory-mcilroy-scottie-scheffler-win-tour-championship-fedex-cup/).
The PGA Tour's rocky season amid the LIV Golf threat ended on a high note with McIlroy bringing home the $18 million prize.
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. I play to win tournaments, and I play to have fun and do my best and see where the game can take me. The fourth round began two hours after the third round ended, and the tilt began moments after the fourth round began. Then had come a break before the fourth round, so Scheffler and McIlroy and Jon Rahm and others had lunched together. But at the end of the day, it’s such a gift to be out here playing golf for money, and I can’t — I’m just so thankful to be out here.” With that said, the weekend could turn to the weekdays and the LIV plays — the presumed resumption of who might defect next to the exhibition-style series, which already had snared 10 of the current top 50, albeit zero of the top 10. I believe in the players on this tour. I believe in this tour, in particular. Soon McIlroy said to the bunched-in crowd: “I believe in the game of golf. Smith, 29, headlined that list, and he played through the 87-degree swelter here, finishing 20th of the 29 contestants. The golf stirred as McIlroy gobbled up a six-shot deficit to No. [the PGA Tour’s loudest voice all through the slog](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/10/rory-mcilroy-liv-golf-lawsuit/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10), and so he said: “It’s going to be hard for me to stomach going into Wentworth [in England] in a couple of weeks time and seeing 18 [LIV players at the DP World Tour’s flagship event].
LIV Golf's attorney called the FedEx Cup playoffs the 'Super Bowl of Golf,' which McIlroy cited among other digs at the competing tour after his win.
“I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. A four-time major champion, McIlroy won three times this season to increase his PGA Tour victory total to 23. “So yeah, I feel strongly. He’s taken a lead role in answering questions from the media. “Or the 52nd hole if you play somewhere else.’’ I really do,’’ he said.
Rory McIlroy, the Tour's biggest star, won its biggest event, the Tour Championship. In the fight against LIV Golf, he knows the symbolism.
On the 70th hole is a nice time to take the lead of a golf tournament. “I’ve had to learn that the hard way over the years, too, but I’ve had a lot of experience, and this is my 15th year on Tour. But just sort of the grain held it and it hit the pin, and it obviously ended up being closer than it would have. “I did want to ask you about that chip on 16, if you don’t mind,” the reporter asked. “With whatever way the green was, it was obviously very lucky to hit the pin, but I thought for — I was certain it was going to miss the hole on the left-hand side. before we go out to play, I can leave it there and go and just try to focus on the task at hand. From there, he parred, Scheffler bogeyed, and McIlroy was the leader for the first time. This week, McIlroy watched from the back of the room as Tour commissioner [Jay Monahan described a swath of changes](https://golf.com/news/pga-tour-structure-changes-10/), most of which were presumably birthed in the meeting. It’s in some ways fitting that I was able to get this done today to sort of round off a year that has been very, very challenging and different.” And Sunday, the PGA Tour’s biggest star and its biggest proponent [won its biggest event, the Tour Championship](https://golf.com/news/tournaments/rory-mcilroy-scottie-scheffler-win-tour-championship-fedex-cup/), in a big way, rallying from six down to start the final round. “I guess every chance I get, I’m trying to defend what I feel is the best place to play elite professional golf in the world. [McIlroy’s universe now](https://golf.com/news/rory-mcilroy-opens-up-liv-conflict-us-open/), and he seemingly likes the fit.
"What it's done to the world of men's professional golf is ripped it apart, which is unfortunate," four-time major winner Rory McIlroy told CNN Sport's Patrick Snell following his extraordinary Tour Championship victory on Sunday.
"I want to support [Luke Donald] as a captain. And it's a shame that it's come to this point." "But there's certain times where things just need to be done and you have to put yourself out there to stand up for what you believe in. "I don't like that, that's not something that I really want to be any part of, but for me, just as committed as I am to the PGA Tour, I want to make that commitment to the DP World Tour as well." "It's a hard one for me to stomach the fact that I go over to play an event and 18 of those guys are going to be playing in the same field," McIlroy said. "Being right in the middle of things has been tough at times and it's probably taken time away from the two things that are most important to me which are family and golf," McIlroy admitted of his role as unofficial spokesperson for the PGA Tour players.
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Rory McIlroy became the first golfer to lift the FedEx Cup three times, after completing a sensational comeback victory at the PGA Tour Championship on ...
But at the end of the day, it's such a gift to be out here playing golf for money, and I'm just so thankful to be out here." He made some key putts there at the end, and he definitely deserved to win," he said. It would have been fitting for him to end his breakout season with a FedEx Cup title," McIlroy said. He didn't have his best stuff today, and I played well and took advantage of that. 1 Scheffler suffered a joint-round worst three-over 73, McIlroy carded a 66 to edge the American and South Korean Im Sung-jae by a single stroke at 21-under. Nowhere was this form more evident than at the majors, where McIlroy finished no worse than eighth across the four events.
In the months since the establishment of the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, men's golf has divided itself into two rival camps ...
"I want to support [Luke Donald] as a captain. And it's a shame that it's come to this point." "But there's certain times where things just need to be done and you have to put yourself out there to stand up for what you believe in. "I don't like that, that's not something that I really want to be any part of, but for me, just as committed as I am to the PGA Tour, I want to make that commitment to the DP World Tour as well." "It's a hard one for me to stomach the fact that I go over to play an event and 18 of those guys are going to be playing in the same field," McIlroy said. "Being right in the middle of things has been tough at times and it's probably taken time away from the two things that are most important to me which are family and golf," McIlroy admitted of his role as unofficial spokesperson for the PGA Tour players.
His victory drought in majors continues, and he won't win the PGA Tour player of the year award, but Rory McIlroy's omnipresence in 2022 has seemingly made ...
It's both a miracle and a relief that he came through in Atlanta; to have won only a Canadian Open and a CJ Cup in the fall, after a season like this, would be practically tragicomic. "It's going to be hard for me to stomach going to Wentworth in a couple of weeks' time and seeing 18 of them there," McIlroy said, referring to LIV golfers who are currently in the field at next week’s BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour, in which Rory is also competing. And, of course, there was the coup de grace, his wrenching fall from the lead on Sunday at St. If you want to know about that stuff, you know who of the two players you have to ask." There was the hovering at the U.S. There was his surge on Sunday at Augusta, capped by the hole-out on 18 for a closing 64 to finish (albeit a distant) second. So thorough was his influence (and perhaps his control) that Jon Rahm, when asked about potential changes to the new format, laughed and said, "You're asking the wrong guy. Time and time again all year, the now 21-time tour winner has been vocal in his opposition to the Saudi-funded upstarts. The fact that there's an excuse to cut him a massive check at the final hour must seem like history and fate aligning on the side of cosmic justice. Now that Rory McIlroy has won the FedEx Cup and its $18 million prize, what stands out in the aftermath is his own Zelig-esque ubiquity in this strangest of years. Speaking of Scheffler, there was an interesting moment following a post-round interview at the year's first playoff event, in Memphis, earlier this month. On the course and off, no matter what story took prominence, McIlroy was there, the PGA Tour's universal soldier, turning up to win and lose in the most dramatic fashion imaginable.
Although they came out 1 and 2 in the season-long FedEx Cup standings, from an equipment standpoint Rory and Scottie are polar opposites.
[Rory swapped 3-woods halfway through the event](https://golf.com/gear/fairway-woods/rory-mcilroy-taylormade-3-woods-us-open/), going from his SIM TI to the fixed hosel version of the Stealth for added spin and workability off the tee. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-custom-fairway-wood?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 9X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) shaft), 19 degrees With a more rounded profile and camber, the sole of his MG3 offers more versatility for partial shots, which is something Rory has been putting a lot of work into. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-custom-driver?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 6X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) shaft), 9 degrees After the holiday break, Rory came back in January with new Stealth Plus 3 and 5 woods to build out the top end of his bag, and although the 5 wood has stayed put, he went back to the SIM Ti at the Players. We should note this was before the Stealth line was available, but the SIM2 had been out for the season and Rory never made a full-time switch to the club. Considering Scheffler’s Texas upbringing, it should be no surprise the Dallas native (Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, N.J., but his family moved to Texas in 1999 when he was 3) was linked to Nike Golf headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, early in his playing days. Considering his strengths in these areas it should be no surprise he hasn’t messed with these clubs too much, but after that is where it gets really interesting. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-driver?variant=41073535811770¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&src=google&kwd=&utm_campaign=10690327842&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=452622514010&utm_term=&adgroupid=109172459167&gclid=CjwKCAiA1JGRBhBSEiwAxXblwRhQaKK1EJ1d6pjqu8dKOUO3zRt5Q1bEkLoUq_O2aJtkBlxVqXTQ2hoCx94QAvD_BwE) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 7X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft) shaft), 8 degrees Up until that point, Scottie had been playing mostly a mixed bag which included an 11-year-old Nike VR Pro Limited 3-wood, which is a club he had used dating all the way back to high school. Ultimately, it was McIlroy who took home the FedEx Cup and the $18 million prize after shooting a four-under 66 to Scheffler’s 73 and co-runner up Sungjae Im’s 66. After a full season of golf, the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup came down to an 18-hole shootout at East Lake between Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.
Rory McIlroy captured his third FedEx Cup title at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, becoming the first PGA Tour player to win it three times. He did so in stellar ...
“He said, ‘I’ll see you next week and we can celebrate with the FedEx Cup.’ I was like, ‘yeah, whatever.’ I was eight back at the time. But then he put his head down and went to work, posting scores of 67-67-63-66 to finish at 21 under. “Conversations with Champions presented by Sentry” is a weekly series from Golfweek.
After beating Scottie Scheffler in a record comeback, Rory McIlroy was quick to praise his competitor, including to Scheffler's family.
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