Rory McIlroy became the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times after success on Sunday in the PGA’s Tour Championship.
The 33-year-old overturned a six-shot lead by Scottie Scheffler to finish one clear of the American and Sungjae Im.
Four-time major winner McIlroy carded a four-under-par 66 in the final round to finish on 21 under.
The Northern Irishman receives $18m (£15.36m) in prize money after his fifth victory of the season.
“What a week, what a day,” McIlroy told Sky Sports.
“I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this. He’s a hell of a competitor. It was an honor to battle with him.”
McIlroy has been one of the PGA Tour’s most vocal advocates during golf’s ongoing power struggle and was one of the leading voices in a meeting held earlier this month by the tour’s top players to discuss the threat of LIV Golf.
Following his triumph, he said: “I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this Tour, in particular, I believe in the players on this Tour.
“It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world.
“This is an incredibly proud moment for me, but it should also be an incredibly proud moment for the PGA Tour. They have had some hard times this year but we are getting through it and that was a spectacle out there today.
Source-BBC
