Tour Championship 2022 R4

August 25-28
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Rory McIlroy completed his third round on Sunday morning and started the fourth six shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler.

The Northern Irishman went on to card six birdies and two bogeys to close with a 66 for a 21-under, 263 total and win the Tour Championship.

Tour Championship 2022 R4

"I got back out here today to finish my third round. I had two holes left and finished those the exact way I wanted to, with two birdies, and thought I'd be maybe three, four back going into the final day, and then [Scheffler] reels off four birdies in the last six holes, and I'm six behind.

"Honestly, I wasn't really giving myself much of a chance teeing off in the fourth round. I thought silver lining was I was playing in the last group so I could at least keep an eye on what he was doing if things didn't quite work out for him, and thankfully I was in that last group because I was able to put some pressure on him early on, and then that coupled with him not having his best stuff today was actually -- I felt like going into the back nine, not that it was mine to lose, but I had all the momentum."

"Going out today, I was like, if I can get it within three going into the back nine, I thought that that would be a really good front nine holes. I think we were tied for the lead on the 10th tee."

Tour Championship 2022 R4

"Incredible day, incredible week," he continued. "4-over through two holes, 10 shots out of the lead, at that point to claw my way back and end up winning the tournament, incredible. Just a real -- really proud of my resilience and how I sort of handled that start and just sort of stuck my head down and kept going all week and took advantage of the opportunity that I was given today."

McIlroy is the first player to win three FedEx Cups, he previously won in 2016 and 2019, the first year using the Starting Strokes format.

Tour Championship 2022 R4

South Korea's Sungjae Im also closed with a 66 to finish second at 20-under alongside American Scheffler who unfortunately could only produce one four bogeys and closed with a 73.

Xander Schauffele of the USA finished in fourth place two shots further back after carding a 69 followed by compatriots Max Homa (66) and Justin Thomas (68) in fifth at 17-under.

Tour Championship 2022 R4