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The Northern Irishman came from six shots down in the final round and had a dig at the rival LIV Golf series after an epic battle with world number one Scottie Scheffler

The Hollywood man remarkably overturned a six-shot deficit in the final round of the Tour Championship

McIlroy bagged a cool £15.3m after winning the title for a record third time

Rory McIlroy became the first player ever to win golf’s lucrative FedEx Cup three times after a stunning comeback to clinch the PGA Tour Championship ahead of Scottie Scheffler in Atlanta on Sunday.

“What a week, what a day” said the Northern Irishman after pipping Scottie Scheffler.

He bagged the $18m prize money for a record third time after posting a four under round to pip the American by a single stroke

McIlroy became the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times.

"An $11.5 million difference can change your tempo a little bit. I think he survived the day he didn’t have it." -- Paul Azinger

McIlroy is just four shots off the leader Scottie Scheffler with two holes remaining of his third round

ATLANTA — Should he ever aspire to climb down from the peak of professional golf and pursue a career of meager pay and low esteem, Patrick Cantlay would make a fine sports columnist.

ATLANTA — At this stage, we start to wonder why they even make Xander Schauffele go through the bother of an entire afternoon of golf here at East Lake and the Tour Championship. The man’s in fine shape, he obviously doesn’t need the steps. The whole playing part of program…