Rory McIlroy

McIlroy won $18 million in the season finale, shooting a final-round 66 while Scottie Scheffler stumbled to a 73 after leading by six shots.

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.

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 held off a challenge from Scottie Scheffler to win the Tour Championship on Sunday, claiming his third FedEx Cup title in the process.

And it was McIlroy who joined Tiger Woods in leading a momentous player-only meeting last week that led to significant changes ahead for the tour. Most of that fell to Scheffler, who looked like different players when he returned Sunday morning and after a two-hour break before the final round. McIlroy won the FedEx Cup in 2016 in a playoff. And at the end, the tour's biggest voice had its biggest trophy. 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. McIlroy holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th hole to tie for the lead. He won the FedEx Cup again in 2019, the first year of a staggered start. “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 was hoping to cap off the best year in golf with the FedEx Cup title. The last one to do that was Dustin Johnson in 2017 at the HSBC Champions. 1 seed, who began with a two-shot lead and never trailed until the 70th hole. McIlroy won $18 million, pushing his PGA Tour earnings to over $26 million for the season.

Rory McIlroy is the first player ever to win the FedEx Cup three times after winning by a shot in Atlanta following a tantalising finale.

McIlroy had 11 PGA Tour wins to his name when trailing at the start of the final round. At the 18th, McIlroy saw out the victory. Starting the final round on 23-under, McIlroy and Xander Schauffele were Scheffler's closest challengers on 17-under. Yesterday's season finale concluded a noisy year in which golf was rocked by its rebellious breakaway league. It was particularly impressive given how he opened the week with a triple bogey amid an awkward start in Atlanta. Scheffler enjoyed a standout season and, though his Devon Loch-like collapse at East Lake will draw attention, McIlroy's revival deserves appreciation.

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 a qualifié la ronde finale du tournoi de «spectacle» et ce n'est pas seulement parce que la foule, pro-McIlroy, a scandé son nom dans les derniers trous ...

Je crois aux joueurs de ce circuit, a dit McIlroy lors de la présentation du trophée. Au 18e trou, une normale-5, Scheffler a envoyé son approche dans la fosse de sable et il a frappé sa sortie par-dessus le vert. Sa victoire en 2022 pourrait être sa plus savoureuse, alors que le circuit de la PGA est impliqué dans une bataille publique contre le circuit LIV, soutenu par des fonds saoudiens. McIlroy a réussi un oiselet d'une distance de 30 pieds lors de la normale-3 au 15e trou, créant l'égalité en tête. Il a remporté la Coupe FedEx une deuxième fois, en 2019, soit la première année que les écarts au début du tournoi ont été instaurés. Il a conclu le tournoi avec une ronde de 66 (moins-4) pour montrer un pointage cumulatif de moins-21.

Rory McIlroy started the final round six shots behind Scottie Scheffler, but walks away with the $18 million first-place prize.

On Sunday evening, McIlroy surely had nothing to regret about the path he has chosen. McIlroy looked poised to take control on the long par-4 14th after a perfect, 346-yard drive, one of his many 330-yard bombs for the week, but blocked his second shot and short-sided himself. He seemed to like his approach, even twirling his club, but the ball sailed long into the gallery behind the green, leaving a difficult third shot from the trampled down rough with the green running away from him. However, Sunday afternoon, Scheffler looked far from the player who dominated much of the Spring and had earned a two-stroke advantage to start the tournament in the staggered-start format. But McIlroy found himself as one of LIV’s most outspoken critics and, along with Tiger Woods, led some of the player effort to make wholesale changes to the PGA Tour. He caught another break with the ball ricocheting back into to play. Just this week, McIlroy announced the creation of It’s got the best players. [Scottie Scheffler](https://golf.com/news/scottie-scheffler-hurt-awkward-spot-describes-it/) in the first seven holes to tie for the lead during Sunday’s Tour Championship final round, but had made bogey on 14 after a perfect tee shot. His approach came up short, coming to rest nestled in the Bermuda rough. But, you know, I went up against the best player in the world today and I took him down, and that’s got to mean something.” I got a little lucky with Scottie not playing his best golf today, and I took advantage of that with my good play.

Qui d'autre ? Au terme de cette saison qui a été la plus controversée de l'histoire du golf, personne n'aurait pu assurer une victoire aussi significative ...

Cependant, il a tiré son épingle du jeu lorsque ça comptait le plus et c’est de cette manière qu’il s’est démarqué. Lui il a eu le tournoi des Maîtres et moi, j’ai eu celui-ci. Il a échappé le tournoi des Maîtres et l’Omnium britannique plus tôt cette saison, alors il était affamé. Il aurait été difficile de parier sur McIlroy, qui occupait le septième rang au début de la semaine. Cette saison, c’est au Club de golf d’East Lake, à Atlanta, qu’a été couronné le champion de la saison. Parmi tous les joueurs du plus important circuit au monde, c’est lui qui aura campé le rôle de capitaine et qui aura défendu son équipage contre vents et marées au cours des derniers mois.

Rory McIlroy carded a closing round of 66 to stun the odds-on favourite Scottie Scheffler and become the first player to win three Tour Championships.

It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. I told him we’re one-all in Georgia this year; he got the Masters, I got this. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post.

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.

Undesirable, yes. Impossible, no. Rory McIlroy started the final round of the Tour Championship trailing Scottie Scheffler by six strokes. It was a position ...

After Scheffler was unable to chip in for birdie, McIlroy just needed to two-putt for par to secure victory. But my good play and Scottie's not-so-great play, and it was a ballgame going into the back nine." Both McIlroy and Scheffler bogeyed the first hole in the final round, but while Scheffler continued to slip, McIlroy steadily rose. Hitting first, Scheffler found a bunker short and right of the green. With one hole to play – and an $11.5 million difference between first and solo-second place – McIlroy maintained the slight edge. He got within a shot of the lead before a double bogey at the par-4 14th. Im was also in contention through much of the final round. The Northern Irishman made four birdies over the remainder of his opening nine to turn in 3-under 32. For good measure – and good memories – he was five back to start the 2019 edition, which he eventually won for his second career FedExCup title. I guess it just shows you anything's possible, even when you're a few behind or a few in front in the tournament," McIlroy said. "Six behind on the first tee on Thursday and I was 10 behind on the third tee. Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, in the final group and separated by one shot, were in the 13th fairway when play resumed.

Rory McIlroy a comblé un déficit de six coups sur Scottie Scheffler, dimanche, pour gagner le Championnat du circuit, le dernier tournoi des séries de la ...

Cependant, il a tiré son épingle du jeu lorsque ça comptait le plus et c’est de cette manière qu’il s’est démarqué. Lui il a eu le tournoi des Maîtres et moi, j’ai eu celui-ci. Il a échappé le tournoi des Maîtres et l’Omnium britannique plus tôt cette saison, alors il était affamé. Il aurait été difficile de parier sur McIlroy, qui occupait le septième rang au début de la semaine. Cette saison, c’est au Club de golf d’East Lake, à Atlanta, qu’a été couronné le champion de la saison. Parmi tous les joueurs du plus important circuit au monde, c’est lui qui aura campé le rôle de capitaine et qui aura défendu son équipage contre vents et marées au cours des derniers mois.

Rory McIlroy a effacé un retard de six coups pour remporter le Championnat du circuit de la PGA, gagnant au passage la Coupe FedEx pour une troisième fois ...

Je crois aux joueurs de ce circuit, a dit McIlroy lors de la présentation du trophée. Sa victoire en 2022 pourrait être sa plus savoureuse, alors que le circuit de la PGA est impliqué dans une bataille publique contre le circuit LIV, soutenu par des fonds saoudiens. Au 18e trou, une normale-5, Scheffler a envoyé son approche dans la fosse de sable et il a frappé sa sortie par-dessus le vert. Je voulais gagner le titre de la saison, a insisté Scheffler. McIlroy a réussi un oiselet d'une distance de 30 pieds lors de la normale-3 au 15e trou, créant l'égalité en tête. Il a conclu le tournoi avec une ronde de 66 (moins-4) pour montrer un pointage cumulatif de moins-21.

Après un duel incroyable lors du dernier tour face à Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy devient le premier homme de l'histoire à remporter trois fois la FedEx ...

ou vers le LIV qui va tenter de conserver les grands absents du Tour Championship. En manque de réussite au putting, Xander Schauffele termine au pied du podium de la saison, devant le surprenant Max Homa et Justin Thomas. Ses deux chips manqués de suite au 14 pour un double-bogey resteront en travers de la gorge du Sud-Coréen qui termine à une brillantissime deuxième place inespérée. C’est un grand moment pour moi et aussi pour le PGA Tour. Le duel en dernière partie entre les deux hommes était exceptionnel dès le trou numéro 2 et le quadruple vainqueur en Majeur aligné trois birdies d’affilée (5, 6 et 7) pour recoller au leader à -20. Mais Rory McIlroy est un immense champion qui a déjà marqué l’histoire du golf et qui continue à se forger une place au panthéon au fur et à mesure de ses victoires.

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.

Starting triple bogey-bogey, Rory McIlroy more-or-less started 10 shots back of the leaders after just two holes on Thursday. Four days later, the four-time ...

Now a freelance writer for Golf Monthly and the PGA, he covers all aspects of the game, from Tour news to equipment testing and buyers’ guides. Chipping up, the four-time Major winner had two putts for the title and, after rolling a putt up to a matter of inches, the title was McIlroy's. I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this Tour, I believe in the players on this Tour and it's the greatest place to play golf and I've played all over the world. What transpired though was a battle for the ages, as both Scheffler and McIlroy duelled over the final nine holes. Two of the best players in the world going head-to-head and I hope all enjoyed that." "I've been in the final group here three of the last five years and I thought that six behind was going to be tough to make up.

Rory McIlroy carded a closing round of 66 to stun the odds-on favourite Scottie Scheffler and become the first player to win three Tour Championships.

It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. I told him we’re one-all in Georgia this year; he got the Masters, I got this. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post.

Rory McIlroy a eu le dernier mot en effaçant un retard de six coups pour remporter le Championnat du circuit de la PGA et du même coup la FedEx cup.

Il a conclu le tournoi avec une ronde de 66, 4 coups sous le par, pour un pointage cumulatif de -21. Au 18e trou, une normale 5, Scheffler a envoyé son approche dans la fosse de sable et il a frappé sa sortie par-dessus le vert. Saison tumultueuse non pas pour McIlrouy mais pour la PGA qui a vu un rival de taille s’élever comme circuit de golf professionnel avec le circuit LIV soutenu par des fonds saoudiens.

ATLANTA -- Rory McIlroy rallied from six shots behind world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to win the TOUR Championship and capture the FedExCup for the third ...

I believe in the players on this tour," McIlroy said in the trophy presentation. 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. "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." McIlroy holed a 31-foot birdie putt on the par-3 15th hole to tie for the lead. Scheffler, who birdied four of six holes Sunday morning to finish the third round and build a six-shot lead, lost it in the first seven holes. McIlroy won $18 million prize to go along with the trophy.

Rory McIlroy, the strongest voice for the PGA Tour in a tumultuous year, had the final say with his clubs when he rallied to win his third FedEx Cup title.

With all that speculation, the Tour Championship that looked to be a runaway turned into a dynamic show. Davies began the round tied for the lead with Alfredsson. McIlroy won the FedEx Cup in 2016 in a playoff. And it was McIlroy who joined Tiger Woods in leading a momentous player-only meeting last week that led to significant changes ahead for the tour. The 32-year-old Reto finished at 19-under 265 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after opening with a course-record 62. 1 player in the world and closed with a 4-under 66 to become the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup. He won the FedEx Cup again in 2019, the first year of a staggered start. Not even McIlroy, who birdied the last two holes in the morning to get into the final group, thought he had a great chance. 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. “I wanted to win the season-long title,” Scheffler said. “I’ve been in the thick of things. 1 in the world.

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.

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.

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.

Scottie Scheffler, le champion en titre du Tournoi des Maîtres et meneur après trois rondes, n'a réussi qu'un seul oiselet et il a glissé à égalité en deuxième ...

Je crois aux joueurs de ce circuit, a dit McIlroy lors de la présentation du trophée. Sa victoire en 2022 pourrait être sa plus savoureuse, alors que le circuit de la PGA est impliqué dans une bataille publique contre le circuit LIV, soutenu par des fonds saoudiens. Au 18e trou, une normale-5, Scheffler a envoyé son approche dans la fosse de sable et il a frappé sa sortie par-dessus le vert. Je voulais gagner le titre de la saison, a insisté Scheffler. McIlroy a réussi un oiselet d’une distance de 30 pieds lors de la normale-3 au 15e trou, créant l’égalité en tête. Il a conclu le tournoi avec une ronde de 66 (moins-4) pour montrer un pointage cumulatif de moins-21.

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/).

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.

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].

Le Nord-Irlandais de 33 ans Rory McIlroy s'est imposé lors du Tour Championship, ce dimanche à Atlanta, s'adjugeant ainsi la prestigieuse FexdEx Cup.

C'est un grand moment pour moi et aussi pour le PGA Tour. Mais alors qu'il semblait dans la bonne dynamique, le quadruple vainqueur en Majeur manquait son approche sur le green du 14, concédait un bogey et de nouveau un point de retard. Il a terminé l'aller en 37 (+2) et en l'espace de neuf trous, le leader a vu son avance fondre considérablement et passer à seulement un point.

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 hailed the PGA Tour as the "greatest place in the world" to play golf after making FedExCup history with a dramatic victory at the ...

"He played a really good round of golf. He played a great round of golf today and played good enough to win." I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post, but he's a hell of a competitor. Rory [McIlroy] just played a really good round of golf. "But outside of that, I really fought hard today. "It's the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I've played all over the world.

Happy Monday, everyone! It's Zach Pereles back and ready to go. With the college football season underway, the NFL preseason over (meaning your fantasy ...

[the incredible work from our fantasy football staff](https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/draft-prep/). Finley [will be Auburn's](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/auburn-qb-battle-t-j-finley-earns-starting-job-over-texas-a-m-transfer-zach-calzada/). [Texas A&M's starting quarterback](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-a-m-names-haynes-king-starting-quarterback-in-return-from-devastating-2021-injury/). You can find pretty much everything you've ever wanted in [our draft guide right here](https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/2022-fantasy-football-draft-prep-cheat-sheets-updated-rankings-and-our-favorite-late-round-targets/). Unfortunately, with the preseason over, it's time for roster cuts, and [you can keep track of all of them here.](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-2022-roster-cuts-tracker-a-running-list-of-team-by-team-moves-and-preseason-cuts-for-all-32-clubs/) Teams must get down to 53 players by tomorrow afternoon. The only one left seems to be pretty close. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley punted against the Panthers, and the Bills currently do not have a punter on their roster. More details of the lawsuit are available But the season also featured plenty of close calls, notably: the Open Championship, where the putter let him down as he blew a late lead, and [the Masters](/golf/tournaments/masters) Tournament, where he finished second to Scheffler. Robinson Jr.'s timetable to return to the field is unclear. - Scheffler led McIlroy by six strokes entering the final round, but that lead had vanished after seven holes. The final group of the Tour Championship brought us World No.

Rory McIlroy has morphed from superstar to statesman of late but at East Lake he showed he can still play a bit too.

“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. 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. I had a couple of wins, but I was just waiting for something. It makes you want to do it more.” “I really do. I really do. It’s got the deepest fields. It’s got the best players. McIlroy’s next stop will be at the DP World Tour’s PGA Championship, which begins on the West Course at Wentworth on Thursday week. As LIV prepared to announce its latest batch of recruits, including the Open champion, Cameron Smith, McIlroy became the first golfer to win a trio of FedEx Cups. As far as the PGA Tour is concerned, McIlroy is the perfect ambassador. “It’s the most competitive.

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"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.

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.

Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will get an early look at Europe's next Ryder Cup venue after announcing he will make his DS ...

Watch the DS Automobiles Italian Open this September live on Sky Sports. He also won the Order of Merit in both 2012 and 2014. McIlroy confirms he will compete Italy in September as one of three DP World Tour starts in a four-week stretch; New FedExCup champion to also play the BMW PGA Championship and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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.