Rory McIlroy delivered a classy message as the golf world struggled to comprehend deserved winner Scottie Scheffler’s costly late choke at the season-ending TOUR Championship.
As the best player in golf all year, and for most of the week at the PGA Tour’s most lucrative event, nobody was going to begrudge the world No.1 capping a phenomenal season with another huge title.
Instead McIlroy rallied from six strokes down in the final round to overtake top-ranked Scheffler and win his record third FedEx Cup title.
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The 33-year-old from Northern Ireland fired a four-under-par 66 to win the $US18 million top prize while Scheffler carded a 73 – his worst round of the week by six shots – to fall into a share of second…