FedEx Cup

2022 - 8 - 28

east lake golf course

Rory McIlroy completes stunning comeback to bag FedEx Cup and ... (The42)

McIlroy started the day six behind but came back to win the PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship.

I believe in this tour in particular, I believe in the players on this tour. Roared on by a vocal following, McIlroy was left with a straightforward challenge on the 18th following a Scheffler par. With remarkable composure, McIlroy hunted him down and drew level heading for the back nine before taking the lead on the 16th.

Marvellous McIlroy storms back to claim third FedEx Cup (RTE.ie)

Rory McIlroy overturned a six-shot deficit on the final day of the Tour Championship to claim a record third FedEx Cup title and $18m in prize money.

Even the guys that went to LIV have had to deal with a lot. 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. It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post. I told him we’re one-all in Georgia this year; he got the Masters, I got this. "Firstly I want to say I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this (trophy).

In Rory McIlroy, the PGA Tour got the perfect winner of the FedEx Cup (GolfDigest.com)

He's been the de facto face of the PGA Tour during its tumultuous summer fending off LIV Golf. It's only appropriate that he claimed the tour's season-long ...

“I have a whopping one week off coming up and then I go to Europe for three out of four weeks,” joked McIlroy, who will play the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, in England and head back to St. A backdoor second at the Masters—thanks to a closing 64—was followed by a solo eighth at the PGA and a T-5 at the U.S. “As much as I’m a willing participant in all of this, I sometimes do need to reboot myself for the sake of my golf game.” He pocketed $5.75 million for his share of second, to go with the $14 million he amassed from four PGA Tour titles this year, which included the Masters. “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 said. 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. McIlroy still got himself into a share of the 54-hole lead with Viktor Hovland, but faded to third place, his putter betraying him once more. The tour’s top players will play in the same events, and more of them, starting in 2023, while being rewarded for their efforts. “When I get inside the ropes, no one can get to me.” For his 22nd PGA Tour victory, McIlroy shot a final-round 66 to finish at 21 under par. ATLANTA — For Rory McIlroy, playing golf has been the easiest part of a truly tumultuous 2022. Being the standard bearer for the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf has been the challenge.

Rory McIlroy's record third FedEx Cup a deserved, fitting crown for ... (CBSSports.com)

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.

'Super Bowl Champ' Rory McIlroy Throws Shade at LIV After FedEx ... (Sports Illustrated)

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.