2016 Tour Championship: Rory's fantastic finish
Rory McIlroy’s hopes of winning the Tour Championship, much less the FedEx Cup, appeared over when he was three shots off the lead with three holes to play in the final round at East Lake. To claim the season-long title, McIlroy needed to win the tournament and hope Dustin Johnson finished worse than second alone. DJ helped out by shooting a closing 73 that left him T-6. Then McIlroy holed out from the fairway for eagle on the 16th, and when Kevin Chappell bogeyed the 17th coming in, McIlroy suddenly found himself in a sudden-death playoff with Chappell and Ryan Moore. McIlroy could have won by making a six-footer putt for eagle on the first playoff hole, but couldn’t convert. He also missed an 18-footer for birdie and the win on the second hole, then made a seven-foot par putt on the third hole to keep the playoff going. On the fourth hole of sudden death, the longest playoff in Tour Championship history, McIlroy rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt to win the tournament and FedEx Cup titles. With that he grabbed $11.53 million: $1.53 million for the tournament win and $10 million in the FedEx Cup bonus.