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Rory McIlroy reacts after sink-
ing a putt on the 18th green
to win the Tour Champion-
ship golf tournament and the
FedEx Cup, Sunday, Aug. 25,
2019, at East Lake Golf Club in
Atlanta.
No majors,

but a major

finish

by Rory

McIlroy

ATLANTA (AP) — Rory Mc-
Ilroy never felt richer than
when he knocked in a
6-foot birdie putt on the
final hole to win the FedEx
Cup.
Only it had nothing to do
with the money.
It was never about $15 mil-
lion.
Even before he teed off in
the Tour Championship —
facing a five-shot deficit
before he hit a shot at East
Lake because of the radi-
cal new scoring format —
McIlroy made it clear the
FedEx Cup should be more
about accomplishment
than cash. And then it be-
came personal.
A year ago, he was lost in
the chaos surrounding Ti- Serena cruises past
ger Woods as they walked
up to the 18th green at
East Lake as thousands of Sharapova in U.S. Open
spectators came under
the ropes to celebrate the
return of Tiger Woods in his
Sunday red winning a tour- Serena Williams returns to Maria Sharapova during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Aug. 26,
nament for the first time in 2019.
more than five years. Associated Press
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