Viktor Hovland will take a six-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship after a shooting four-under 66 in round three. The Norwegian, who won last week’s BMW Championship to move into second place in the FedEx Cup standings and start this week on eight under, is 20 under. Xander Schauffele shot a 68 to move to 14 under, one clear of fellow Americans Collin Morikawa and Keegan Bradley. Rory McIlroy, who has been battling […]
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Rory McIlroy came from six shots behind in the final round of the Tour Championship to win the $18m tournament and become the first player to win the FedExCup three times. McIlroy fired a closing 66 at East Lake to finish on 21 under par, a shot ahead of Im Sung-jae and long-time leader and pre-tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler. However Scheffler struggled to a 73 and McIlroy took full advantage to claim a dramatic victory, having started the week six […]
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The third round of the Tour Championship was suspended because of lightning with Scottie Scheffler leading by one shot on 19 under par at East Lake in Atlanta. Fellow American Xander Schauffele is his nearest rival with 14 players still to complete their round. Play will resume at 2.45pm (UK time) on Sunday with the final round to follow. Rory McIlroy is four shots behind Scheffler with two holes of his third round remaining. The Northern Irishman five under par for his round, […]
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Xander Schauffele narrowed Scottie Scheffler’s lead to two shots at the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship after carding a seven-under 63 in the second round at East Lake, Atlanta on Friday. Just the top 30 players in the PGA Tour standings qualified for the $75m event, where the winner will claim $18m, with second place receiving $6.5m and last place taking home $500,000. Schauffele started the day five shots behind Scheffler but hit six birdies before holing a putt for an eagle on […]
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American Patrick Cantlay became the first player to successfully defend a tournament in the FedEx Cup by retaining the BMW Championship. A final-round 69 at Wilmington secured a one-shot victory for the world number four over compatriot Scott Stallings. He birdied 17 and although he found sand off the 18th tee, he scrambled to make a tap-in par for a 14-under total. “I hit a lot of solid shots then I got a couple of breaks,” said Cantlay, who began the […]
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