Rory McIlroy

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.

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Scheffler was up six shots after the suspended third round concluded on Sunday morning. His only birdie in the final round came on the par-4 eighth hole. Scheffler took a bogey on the hole after hitting out of a greenside bunker.

Star makes extra $2.1m with ONE shot after lucky break: Full FedEx Cup prize money list.

T-15: Jon Rahm, -11, $1,032,590 Poston, -11, $1,032,590 T-15: Matt Fitzpatrick, -11, $1,032,590 T-15: Viktor Hovland, -11, $1,032,590 T-15: J.T. T-2: Scottie Scheffler, -20, $8,362,541

[PHOTO: Tracy Wilcox]. It seemed almost impossible. Six shots behind world No.1 Scottie Scheffler heading into the final round of the Tour Championship, ...

His TaylorMade Stealth Plus driver – at 9 degrees with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6x shaft – was also a valuable weapon as McIlroy led the field in driving distance at a mammoth 305 metres (334 yards). In fact, McIlroy, who has struggled with his putting at times in his career has been better with the flatstick in 2021-2022. McIlroy was 10 shots behind Scheffler after opening the tournament with a triple-bogey, bogey start before he started digging out.

McIlroy put together a fantastic finish at the Tour Championship and made FedEx Cup history. The Sporting News digs into the numbers behind his victory.

It was the best round of the day and tied Justin Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama for low round of the tournament. McIlroy's $18 million prize eclipses the entire purses of events such as the Masters, PGA Championship, Open Championship and U.S. And before his tournament even started, he was four strokes behind the leader, Scheffler, because of the Tour Championship's handicap scoring. McIlroy faced adversity at the start and end of this weekend's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Indeed, none of the other golfers in the field even bogeyed both of their first two holes. McIlroy found himself six strokes behind Scheffler to start the fourth round.

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.

World No.1 blows $26m prize in brutal seven-shot implosion as Rory wins thriller.

“There’s one thing I want to say, I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this today,” McIlroy said on the 18th green. Rory just played a really good round of golf. Meanwhile, neither Cameron Smith or Adam Scott got their challenges going at East Lake. “I told him we are one-all in Georgia this year. “I really fought hard. However, given Scheffler ultimately shared second place with Sungjae Im, his meltdown was worth $A17.8 million.

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 became the first three-time winner in FedExCup history after coming through a final-round tussle with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler to claim a ...

"I got a little lucky with Scottie (Scheffler) not playing his best golf today, and I took advantage of that with my good play. McIlroy hit the pin with a chip from the back of the 16th green and poured in from eight feet to save par, which was enough for the solo lead when Scheffler did not get up and down from the sand, while Im recovered from a double-bogey at the 14th to birdie the 15th and 17th to get within one. A close-range birdie at the eighth was enough for Scheffler to edge back ahead until McIlroy rolled in from eight feet at the 12th to get to 20 under, with Im a shot off the pace after cancelling out a bogey at the eighth by picking up a shot at the par-three next and birdieing the 12th.

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.

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.

In the final act of one of the most tumultuous seasons in PGA Tour history, commissioner Jay Monahan met his greatest ally Rory McIlroy and handed him the ...

McIlroy has repeatedly insisted that nothing beats the PGA Tour. “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 (for the BMW Championship) and seeing 18 of them (LIV Golf players) there. And I’ve played all over the world. At St Andrews, he held a four-shot lead during the final round but his putter went cold as Smith stormed home. I really do,” McIlroy said. I hate it. I really do. Both were beaming smiles and shared a brief word on East Lake’s 18th green. I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this tour in particular, I believe in the players on this Tour,” McIlroy said. Much of that battle has been done through words, but it’s also been McIlroy’s mission to prove to the world’s best golfers on the course that the best place in the world to play is still on the PGA Tour. For a Tour that has taken many blows this year, and will need to absorb many more in the weeks and months ahead, it was a thrilling showdown to savour.

“Golf has been the escape for me over the past few weeks,” McIlroy said after overcoming a six-shot final-round deficit to beat Scottie Scheffler and Sungjae Im ...

“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 Andrews for the Alfred Dunhill Links. “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. 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. A backdoor second at the Masters (thanks to a closing 64) was followed by eighth place at the PGA and a T-5 at the US Open. 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.” If any one of the 29 players in the field at East Lake deserved a $US18 million FedEx Cup bonus, it was McIlroy. For his 22nd PGA Tour victory, McIlroy shot a final-round 66 to finish at 21-under par. Being the standard bearer for the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf has been the challenge. For Rory McIlroy, playing golf has been the easiest part of a truly tumultuous 2022.

The PGA Tour's rocky season amid the LIV Golf threat ended on a high note with McIlroy bringing home the $18 million prize.

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. I play to win tournaments, and I play to have fun and do my best and see where the game can take me. The fourth round began two hours after the third round ended, and the tilt began moments after the fourth round began. Then had come a break before the fourth round, so Scheffler and McIlroy and Jon Rahm and others had lunched together. But at the end of the day, it’s such a gift to be out here playing golf for money, and I can’t — I’m just so thankful to be out here.” With that said, the weekend could turn to the weekdays and the LIV plays — the presumed resumption of who might defect next to the exhibition-style series, which already had snared 10 of the current top 50, albeit zero of the top 10. I believe in the players on this tour. I believe in this tour, in particular. Soon McIlroy said to the bunched-in crowd: “I believe in the game of golf. Smith, 29, headlined that list, and he played through the 87-degree swelter here, finishing 20th of the 29 contestants. The golf stirred as McIlroy gobbled up a six-shot deficit to No. [the PGA Tour’s loudest voice all through the slog](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/10/rory-mcilroy-liv-golf-lawsuit/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10), and so he said: “It’s going to be hard for me to stomach going into Wentworth [in England] in a couple of weeks time and seeing 18 [LIV players at the DP World Tour’s flagship event].

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.

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 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.

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“I‘ve been in the thick of things. I’ve been right in the middle of it. “Look, it’s been a tumultuous time for the world of men’s professional golf in particular. “I hate what it’s doing to the game of golf. I hate it. I really do,” McIlroy said of his strong anti-LIV stance.

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“I‘ve been in the thick of things. I’ve been right in the middle of it. “Look, it’s been a tumultuous time for the world of men’s professional golf in particular. I think the world of the guy. “I hate what it’s doing to the game of golf. I really do,” McIlroy said of his strong anti-LIV stance.

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.

Following his FedEx Cup win, Rory McIlroy delivered some more jabs to LIV Golf. With the advent of the LIV Golf Series and the threat that the new circuit ...

"It's gonna be hard for me to stomach going to Wentworth (for the BMW PGA Championship) in a couple weeks' time and seeing 18 of them there. [said following the Tour Championship](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6PT8HC8knQ). He took the lead late Sunday and held on. "I feel strongly. "I hate what it's done to the game of golf. I hate it.

Rory McIlroy has morphed from superstar to statesman of late but at East Lake he showed he can still play a bit too.

“I’ve had to learn that the hard way over the years, too, but I’ve had a lot of experience, and this is my 15th year on Tour. 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. I had a couple of wins, but I was just waiting for something. It makes you want to do it more.” “I really do. I really do. It’s got the deepest fields. It’s got the best players. McIlroy’s next stop will be at the DP World Tour’s PGA Championship, which begins on the West Course at Wentworth on Thursday week. As LIV prepared to announce its latest batch of recruits, including the Open champion, Cameron Smith, McIlroy became the first golfer to win a trio of FedEx Cups. As far as the PGA Tour is concerned, McIlroy is the perfect ambassador. “It’s the most competitive.

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It's both a miracle and a relief that he came through in Atlanta; to have won only a Canadian Open and a CJ Cup in the fall, after a season like this, would be practically tragicomic. "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," McIlroy said, referring to LIV golfers who are currently in the field at next week’s BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour, in which Rory is also competing. And, of course, there was the coup de grace, his wrenching fall from the lead on Sunday at St. If you want to know about that stuff, you know who of the two players you have to ask." There was the hovering at the U.S. There was his surge on Sunday at Augusta, capped by the hole-out on 18 for a closing 64 to finish (albeit a distant) second. So thorough was his influence (and perhaps his control) that Jon Rahm, when asked about potential changes to the new format, laughed and said, "You're asking the wrong guy. Time and time again all year, the now 21-time tour winner has been vocal in his opposition to the Saudi-funded upstarts. The fact that there's an excuse to cut him a massive check at the final hour must seem like history and fate aligning on the side of cosmic justice. Now that Rory McIlroy has won the FedEx Cup and its $18 million prize, what stands out in the aftermath is his own Zelig-esque ubiquity in this strangest of years. Speaking of Scheffler, there was an interesting moment following a post-round interview at the year's first playoff event, in Memphis, earlier this month. On the course and off, no matter what story took prominence, McIlroy was there, the PGA Tour's universal soldier, turning up to win and lose in the most dramatic fashion imaginable.

Although they came out 1 and 2 in the season-long FedEx Cup standings, from an equipment standpoint Rory and Scottie are polar opposites.

[Rory swapped 3-woods halfway through the event](https://golf.com/gear/fairway-woods/rory-mcilroy-taylormade-3-woods-us-open/), going from his SIM TI to the fixed hosel version of the Stealth for added spin and workability off the tee. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-custom-fairway-wood?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 9X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) shaft), 19 degrees With a more rounded profile and camber, the sole of his MG3 offers more versatility for partial shots, which is something Rory has been putting a lot of work into. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-custom-driver?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 6X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft?utm_source=GOLF_com&utm_medium=Article_WITB&utm_campaign=WITB) shaft), 9 degrees After the holiday break, Rory came back in January with new Stealth Plus 3 and 5 woods to build out the top end of his bag, and although the 5 wood has stayed put, he went back to the SIM Ti at the Players. We should note this was before the Stealth line was available, but the SIM2 had been out for the season and Rory never made a full-time switch to the club. Considering Scheffler’s Texas upbringing, it should be no surprise the Dallas native (Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, N.J., but his family moved to Texas in 1999 when he was 3) was linked to Nike Golf headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, early in his playing days. Considering his strengths in these areas it should be no surprise he hasn’t messed with these clubs too much, but after that is where it gets really interesting. [TaylorMade Stealth Plus](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/taylormade-stealth-plus-driver?variant=41073535811770¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&src=google&kwd=&utm_campaign=10690327842&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=452622514010&utm_term=&adgroupid=109172459167&gclid=CjwKCAiA1JGRBhBSEiwAxXblwRhQaKK1EJ1d6pjqu8dKOUO3zRt5Q1bEkLoUq_O2aJtkBlxVqXTQ2hoCx94QAvD_BwE) ( [Fujikura Ventus Black 7X](https://fairwayjockey.com/products/fujikura-ventus-black-wood-shaft) shaft), 8 degrees Up until that point, Scottie had been playing mostly a mixed bag which included an 11-year-old Nike VR Pro Limited 3-wood, which is a club he had used dating all the way back to high school. Ultimately, it was McIlroy who took home the FedEx Cup and the $18 million prize after shooting a four-under 66 to Scheffler’s 73 and co-runner up Sungjae Im’s 66. After a full season of golf, the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup came down to an 18-hole shootout at East Lake between Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.

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“I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post, but he’s a hell of a competitor. “It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. McIlroy held a lead going into the final day of the Open Championship at St. He joked that he and Scheffler are now even after the latter’s triumph at Augusta National earlier this year. “This softens the blow a little bit. Scheffler struggled on the final day, finishing with a 3-over 73 and squandering the six-stroke lead that he held heading into Sunday.

Happy Monday, everyone! It's Zach Pereles back and ready to go. With the college football season underway, the NFL preseason over (meaning your fantasy ...

[the incredible work from our fantasy football staff](https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/draft-prep/). Finley [will be Auburn's](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/auburn-qb-battle-t-j-finley-earns-starting-job-over-texas-a-m-transfer-zach-calzada/). [Texas A&M's starting quarterback](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-a-m-names-haynes-king-starting-quarterback-in-return-from-devastating-2021-injury/). You can find pretty much everything you've ever wanted in [our draft guide right here](https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/2022-fantasy-football-draft-prep-cheat-sheets-updated-rankings-and-our-favorite-late-round-targets/). Unfortunately, with the preseason over, it's time for roster cuts, and [you can keep track of all of them here.](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-2022-roster-cuts-tracker-a-running-list-of-team-by-team-moves-and-preseason-cuts-for-all-32-clubs/) Teams must get down to 53 players by tomorrow afternoon. The only one left seems to be pretty close. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley punted against the Panthers, and the Bills currently do not have a punter on their roster. More details of the lawsuit are available But the season also featured plenty of close calls, notably: the Open Championship, where the putter let him down as he blew a late lead, and [the Masters](/golf/tournaments/masters) Tournament, where he finished second to Scheffler. Robinson Jr.'s timetable to return to the field is unclear. - Scheffler led McIlroy by six strokes entering the final round, but that lead had vanished after seven holes. The final group of the Tour Championship brought us World No.