World No.1 Scottie Scheffler held a comfortable six-shot lead and was cruising towards the biggest prize in golf - a $26 MILLION cheque. Then everything went wrong.
Six shots behind before the Tour Championship started, 10 shots back after two holes, McIlroy rallied from a six-shot deficit in the final round against the current No.1 player in the world and closed with a 4-under 66 to become the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup.
But then Scheffler never regained his groove, missing fairways and greens and par putts. He made only one birdie in a closing round of 73 and tied the PGA Tour record for losing a six-shot lead in the final round. “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," he said.
After he flew the green by some 20 yards on the 16th, his pitch was running fast and headed off the front of the green when it hit the pin and settled seven feet away. He saved par. Scheffler blasted out of a bunker to just inside 10 feet and missed, making bogey that put him behind for the first time all week.
McIlroy won the FedEx Cup in 2016 in a playoff. He won the FedEx Cup again in 2019, the first year of a staggered start. “I think when you believe that what you’re saying is the right things, you’re happy to stick your neck out on the line.”
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