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World No.1 Scottie Scheffler imploded in the final round of the Tour Championship amid a stunning charge from Rory McIlroy, who clinched the $A26.1 million top prize on Monday.
Scheffler had led the FedEx Cup finale in Atlanta for 70 holes, but a nervy final round saw him swallowed up by McIlroy with just two holes to go.
McIlroy, who started the final round six shots behind Scheffler in second, drained a stunning 32-foot birdie putt to draw level, before his rival bogeyed the 16th to fall out of the lead.
There was no recovering for Scheffler, who didn’t come close with a 12-foot birdie putt at the 17th to level scores, with his nerves with the flatstick evident.
McIlroy opened his round with a bogey but then peeled off four birdies on the front nine and two more on the back nine.
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Scheffler, meanwhile, made three bogies on the front nine and another at the 16th, while he only made one birdie in his entire final round.
The difference in prize money between first and second at the Tour Championship is $A16.7 million. However, given Scheffler ultimately shared second place with Sungjae Im, his meltdown was worth $A17.8 million.
McIlroy is now the first ever three-time winner of the FedEx Cup having won in 2016 and 2019.
Meanwhile, neither Cameron Smith or Adam Scott got their challenges going at East Lake. Smith finished in 20th and Scott in 25th.
It means Smith — in potentially his last event before becoming a LIV Golf member — walks away with $929,520, and Scott $798,810.
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