Rory McIlroy picked up a cool £15.36 million after coming back from six shots behind to win the FedEx Cup for the third time, the first player to do so.
After revealing his new plans for a new golf competition alongside Tiger Woods earlier this week, McIlroy let his golf do the talking in a remarkable four-under-par final round of 66 to come storming back and win the PGA Tour Championship. 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.
Hitting out at the rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf series after his win McIlroy said: “It means an awful lot. 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.
"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.”
World number one Scheffler started the week with a six-shot advantage over McIlroy as players began the Tour finale event on different scores determined by their place in the FedEx Cup standings. A miserable round on Thursday resulted in the PGA Tour stalwart sitting 10 shots off the lead.
However, on a remarkable at at Atlanta everything clicked into gear and McIlroy came storming back pulling level with Scheffler after the first seven holes of Sunday's final round.
A poor bunker shot on the 18th from Scheffler resulted in a par and allowed McIlroy to take the crown.
McIlroy added: “I didn’t really give myself much of a chance teeing off today, I thought six behind was going to be really tough to make up but my good play and Scottie’s not-so-great play meant it was a ball game going into the back nine.”
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. "St Andrews was really hard for me," McIlroy added. "It was a tough one to get over.
"This softens the blow a little bit. 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."
