PATRICK CANTLAY WON THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP and FedEx Cup on Sunday. It was his sixth victory on the PGA Tour.
Jon Rahm finished runner-up at East Lake.
As the FedEx Cup leader coming into the week, Cantlay was spotted at least a two-stroke advantage on the field at the season-ending event. He needed it to edge Rahm by a stroke and collect the $ 15 million purse.
“It was the longest lead I’ve ever held,” said Cantlay, “but I just tried to stay, day after day, in the present, and I did an amazing job of that this week because the last couple days I made some mistakes I do not usually make and I was able to really center myself and hit a lot of good shots when I needed to. ”
He added: “It’s such a great honor because it’s all year and I played so consistently all year and just caught fire the last couple of weeks.”
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