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Rory McIlroy won his third FedEx Cup championship with a final round 66 on Saturday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta as he takes home the $18 million prize, the largest for a single event in the history of professional golf.
McIlory stayed calm under the stress of one of the most pressure-packed events in all of sports. The man that has become the voice of the PGA TOUR in their competition the LIV Tour went out with a -4 32, and kept the pressure on the rest of the leaderboard all day. He gained +2.76 strokes on the field Sunday, and came away with victory despite starting at -4, with the leader Scottie Scheffler began at -10 for his No. 1 points finish in the FedEx Cup.
But the story of this tournament can’t be discussed without a breakdown of what happened to Scheffler, who had a six-stroke lead to begin the final round, but fired a +3 73 to give away what seemed to be a coronation for the player that has been No. 1 in the world for basically all of 2022.
With the starting strokes format, Scheffler entered Thursday at 10 under par, while McIlroy was at four-under. McIlroy pulled ahead on the 15th hole, and a Scheffler bogey on the 16th cemented it for the Irishman.
The Rory McIlroy putt was electric ⚡️
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) August 28, 2022
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Scheffler has already set a single-season record for PGA TOUR earnings this year with over $14 million, but he could have blown it out of the water today by adding an addition $18 million. Instead, he just plain old blew it.
Here is the complete prize money and winners for the 2022 TOUR Championship:
2022 TOUR Championship Prize Money
| Place | Winner | Total prize money | Cash | Deferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Winner | Total prize money | Cash | Deferred |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | $18,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | $5,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $1,000,000 |
| T2 | Sungjae Im | $5,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 4 | Xander Schauffele | $4,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 5 | Max Homa | $2,750,000 | $1,900,000 | $850,000 |
| 6 | Justin Thomas | $2,750,000 | $1,900,000 | $850,000 |
| T7 | Sepp Straka | $1,750,000 | $1,100,000 | $650,000 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay | $1,750,000 | $1,100,000 | $650,000 |
| 9 | Tony Finau | $1,250,000 | $700,000 | $550,000 |
| 10 | Tom Hoge | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| T11 | Joaquin Niemann | $925,000 | $462,500 | $462,500 |
| T11 | Hideki Matsuyama | $925,000 | $462,500 | $462,500 |
| T13 | Jordan Spieth | $825,000 | $412,500 | $412,500 |
| T13 | Aaron Wise | $825,000 | $412,500 | $412,500 |
| T15 | Viktor Hovland | $715,000 | $357,500 | $357,500 |
| T15 | Matt Fitzpatrick | $715,000 | $357,500 | $357,500 |
| T15 | J.T. Poston | $715,000 | $357,500 | $357,500 |
| T15 | Jon Rahm | $715,000 | $357,500 | $357,500 |
| 19 | Cameron Young | $660,000 | $330,000 | $330,000 |
| 20 | Cameron Smith | $640,000 | $320,000 | $320,000 |
| T21 | Brian Harman | $600,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| T21 | Billy Horschel | $600,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| T21 | Collin Morikawa | $600,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 24 | Sam Burns | $565,000 | $280,000 | $285,000 |
| 25 | Adam Scott | $550,000 | $270,000 | $280,000 |
| 26 | Corey Conners | $540,000 | $265,000 | $275,000 |
| 27 | K.H. Lee | $530,000 | $260,000 | $270,000 |
| 28 | Sahith Theegala | $520,000 | $255,000 | $265,000 |
| 29 | Scott Stallings | $510,000 | $250,000 | $260,000 |
| 30 | Will Zalatoris | $500,000 | $245,000 | $255,000 |
| - | Total Money | $57,925,000 | $43,255,000 | $14,670,000 |