PGA Tour Brunch | Rory McIlroy Wins
@PGATourBrunch on the 2022 TOUR Championship | Final Edition of '22
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ATLANTA - Rory McIlroy wins AGAIN!
McIlroy became the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times as he took the 2022 TOUR Championship for his 22nd career title. Amazingly, McIlroy began the day six strokes back and stormed back on his final 18 holes which marked the largest final-round comeback in TOUR Championship history.
No. 1 seed Scottie Scheffler tied a TOUR record for largest lead lost with 18 holes left to play (6) and became only the second No. 1 seed not to go on to win the FedEx Cup (in fourth year of Starting Strokes format), the other being Justin Thomas in 2019.
South Korea’s Sungjae Im (T-2) recorded the best finish in FedEx Cup history by a player from Asia.
Max Homa (T-5) recorded the best finish among nine first-time participants in the field.
TOUR Championship | Final Leaderboard
Rory Mcllroy -4 67-67-63-66 (-17) -21
Sungjae Im -4 67-65-66-66 (-16) -20
Scottie Scheffler -10 65-66-66-73 (-10) -20
Xander Schauffele -6 66-63-70-69 (-12) -18
Max Homa -2 71-62-66-66 (-15) -17
Justin Thomas -3 67-68-63-68 (-14) -17
Tournament, Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Rory Rebounds from Tough Start to Win FedEx Cup (PGATourCom)
With FedEx Cup Win, PGA Tour Caps Summer of Rory (ESPNCom)
Scheffler’s Heartbreaking Finish (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Final Standings (PGATourCom)
What Was in Rory’s Golf Bag? (PGATourCom)
Who Made What Money? (PGATourCom)
LIV is Heading to Boston (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
August 29, 1991 - John Brodie, a quarterback in the National Football League with the San Francisco 49ers for 16 years, won his first and only title on the PGA Champions Tour, making birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat George Archer and ChiChi Rodriguez for the title at the Security Pacific Senior Classic. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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