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 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. He did it in dramatic fashion on Sunday, authoring the largest final-round comeback in Tour Championship history and finishing at 21 under, one stroke better than Scheffler and Sungjae Im. McIlroy said he wasn’t giving himself much of a chance to claim the top prize of $18 million at the start of the round, figuring he’d need to shoot 61 or 62.
