Rory McIlroy

It's a record third time the Northern Irishman golfer has lifted the FedEx Cup. | UTV News.

He is an even better guy, it was an honour and a privilege to battle with him today and I am sure we will have many more. "I told him we are one-all in Georgia this year. Only Tiger Woods has won the FedEx more than once.

Rory McIlroy won the TOUR Championship and became the first player to win three FedExCup trophies. Here's a look inside his bag.

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees @17.55) 3-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (15 degrees) Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (9 degrees)

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.

Rory McIlroy questioned why you would want to play golf "anywhere else" after winning the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour for the third time.

"I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. It has been a tumultuous time in professional golf with the emergence of LIV Golf. He got The Masters and I got this." That was a spectacle out there today, two of the best players going at it." "He has had an unbelievable season, I feel so bad that I pipped him to the post but he's a hell of a competitor. I believe in the players on this Tour. I believe in the game of golf. I believe in this Tour in particular. And he made bogey to begin the final round. McIlroy twirled his short-iron but his golf ball sailed over the green and into the crowd. Scheffler sent his second shot into the par-5 finishing hole into the bunker and couldn't manufacture anything special to extend the tournament. He started the final event of the PGA Tour season with a devastating triple bogey after hitting his tee shot out of bounds.

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.

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.

Rory McIlroy became the first player ever to win golf's lucrative FedEx Cup three times after a stunning comeback to clinch the PGA Tour Championship in ...

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. “Firstly I want to say I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this (trophy).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/).

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.

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I really do,’’ said McIlroy, who has been one of the loudest voices in support of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour . Referring to Greg Norman’s breakaway LIV Golf circuit, he added: “I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. 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.”

The Northern Irishman came from six shots down in the final round and had a dig at the rival LIV Golf series after an epic battle with world number one ...

I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this Tour in particular, I believe in the players on this Tour. "This softens the blow a little bit. A miserable round on Thursday resulted in the PGA Tour stalwart sitting 10 shots off the lead. It was a sweet end to the PGA Tour for McIlroy who lost out in the 150th Open last month to Australia's Cameron Smith after sharing the lead in the closing stages. The Northern Irish golfer went into the final day at Atlanta six shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler but came storming back to finish on -21 one shot clear of the American and Korea's Sungjae Im. They have had some hard times this year but we are getting through it and that was a spectacle out there today.

Rory McIlroy remarkably overturned a six-shot deficit in the final round of the Tour Championship to become the first player to win the FedEx Cup…

Even the guys that went to LIV have had to deal with a lot. “Everyone on Tour has 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.

Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed and others will be among the field at the BMW PGA Championship.

I think it probably will. “I feel strongly. “I hate what it’s doing to the game of golf.

Rory McIlroy admits it will be "hard to stomach" seeing LIV Golf members competing on the DP World Tour in the BMW PGA Championship next week at Wentworth.

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. "But they won their little thing and it's going to be interesting to see what happens. "It's going to be odd seeing certain people, obviously, at Wentworth," Fitzpatrick said after his opening round at the Tour Championship. Rory McIlroy on LIV Golf members getting to play in the DP World Tour's flagship event: "I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. "I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. Like 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.

Newly-crowned FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy admits hes not looking forward to playing alongside 18 LIV Golf rebels at next weeks BMW PGA Championship.

"I feel strongly. "I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. I really do," the four-time major winner said.

Rory McIlroy earned a cheque for $18million after completing a thrilling, come-from-behind win in the Tour Championship – then turned the cannon back on LIV ...

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.” “I think it has got a little tribal but that was a huge turning point in all of this,” added McIlroy. He added: “I've been in the thick of things. “I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. “So yeah, I feel strongly. I hate it.

Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the FedEx Cup in his post round press conference after the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in ...

I really do,’’ said McIlroy, who has been one of the loudest voices in support of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour . Referring to Greg Norman’s breakaway LIV Golf circuit, he added: “I hate what it's doing to the game of golf. 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.”

The players had begun the week at East Lake on staggered scores determined by their place in the FedEx Cup standings, and Scheffler re-opened his lead to six ...

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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 ...

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Scheffler won four times during the PGA Tour season (the most of any player), highlighted by a maiden major victory at The Masters in April and moving to World ...

Great job." Good job. [Scheffler's wife Meredith](/masters/who-scottie-schefflers-wife-meet-meredith-scudder) then hugged McIlroy and said: "So proud of you. McIlroy then hugged Scheffler's mother, who said to him: "Congrats. "I'm sorry," said McIlroy as he hugged Scheffler's father. "So did you, good playing," said Scheffler's father.