Patrick Cantlay claimed the biggest victory of his golf career in Atlanta as he won the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup title, which comes with a huge $15 million prize.
Cantlay’s final-round 69 at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club on Sunday allowed him finish one shot ahead of Jon Rahm at the PGA Tour’s season-ending event, taking the FedEx Cup championship in the process.
Patrick Cantlay info:
After two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine to make the turn one ahead of Rahm, holed a 5’11” putt for birdie at No. 16 before holing another 5’11” putt for bogey at No. 17 to stay one ahead with one hole to play; on the final hole, hit a 217-yard shot to within 11’4” of the hole and two-putted to win by one stroke
Becomes the third player in FedExCup history to rank No. 1 in the FedExCup entering the TOUR Championship and go on to win (2009/Tiger Woods, 2020/Dustin Johnson, 2021/Patrick Cantlay)
First player with four or more wins in a season since 2016-17 (Justin Thomas/5 wins); marks his first season with more than one victory
Joins Wayne Levi (1990) and Calvin Peete (1982) as players currently without a major championship victory to collect four or more wins in a season in the last 40 years
Becomes first player to win back-to-back tournaments on TOUR since Brendon Todd (2020 Bermuda Championship, 2020 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba)
Now 2-for-3 in converting 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory (2021 TOUR Championship/Won, 2021 BMW Championship/Won, 2020 Shriners Children’s Open/T8)
Becomes 22nd 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the TOUR Championship
Becomes 17th player this season to claim victory after holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead; wins back-to-back tournaments while holding the 54-hole lead/co-lead in both events (2021 BMW Championship)
Reached 21-under for the week with a birdie on the par-4 10th in the third round but never got any further under par from that point on before concluding at 21-under
Entered the TOUR Championship with a cumulative 10-over total at East Lake in three previous appearances
Fourth appearance at TOUR Championship (Won/2021, T21/2019, T21/2018, T20/2017)
Things to Know
For the third season, the TOUR Championship was weighted by FedExCup Starting Strokes, with the format crowning a single champion; Patrick Cantlay, the player with the lowest score in relation to par combined with his FedExCup
Starting Strokes, wins the TOUR Championship and the FedExCup
Cantlay becomes the third player in FedExCup history to rank No. 1 in the FedExCup entering the TOUR Championship and go on to win
Cantlay becomes first player to win four or more times in a season since Justin Thomas in 2016-17
Jon Rahm posts his 15th top-10 this season, the most by any player in a season since 2015-16
Kevin Na plays final 57 holes without a bogey en route to best FedExCup finish of his career
Sungjae Im notches 498 total birdies for the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season, the most by any player in a season since 1980
