Glover, for the second week and the playoffs, and Rahm holds off Scheffler

luke glover won this Sunday, after a tiebreaker in Patrick Cantley, he St. Jude Championshiptournament of PGA Tour played on TPC Southwind of Memphis, Tennessee, USA and first of three of the finals of FedEx Cup of the circuit. The storm forced the game to be suspended for an hour and a half.

Glover, who won the Wyndham Championship last week, led the final day and finished the tournament with a 69 stroke (-1) for a total of 265 (-15), but Patrick Cantlay managed to force the tiebreaker to a brilliant last round. 64 (-6).

However, in the playoff, played on the 18th hole, Cantlay sent his shot off the tee into the lake and that miss cost him the title. Glover signed the pair and Cantlay remained a few millimeters from the ‘4’ that would have allowed him to extend the playoffs.

The 43 year old American veteran and winner in his day of a US Open (2011), was the first player over the age of 40 to win a FedEx Cup Finals event since doing so Tiger Woods in 2018 (Tour Championship at 42 years old). It was Glover’s sixth career title in 513 appearances on the American circuit. Climbed 45 spots from #49 to #4 in the FedExCup standings, qualifying for the BMW Championship. His best FedExCup finish: 17th (2009)

For his part, Jon Rahmworld number 3, with his final 68, finished with 275 (-5) in joint 37th place and continues to lead FedEx with 148 points ahead of world number 1 scottie scheffler31st in Memphis after his 70 on Sunday for 274 (-6).

The second tournament of the FedEx Cup Finals, the BMW Championship, was played this week at Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course) in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Glover becomes eighth player with multiple wins this season (others: 4/Jon Rahm, 2/Keegan Bradley, 2/Wyndham Clark, 2/Tony Finau, 2/Max Homa, 2/Rory McIlroy, 2/Scottie Scheffler )

Eight-time PGA Tour winner Patrick Cantlay earned his 12th on TOUR and enters next week’s BMW Championship as the two-time defending champion who has won three of the last six FedExCup playoffs.

It should also be noted that English Tommy Fleetwood3rd at -14, achieved his 22nd Top-5 on the PGa Tour and became the first player in tour history to surpass $20 million in official career earnings without a tour win.

final classification

Par 70

265 Lucas Glover (USA) -15 (66-64-66-69)
Patrick Cantlay (USA) -15 (68-67-66-64)
(Glover won the first playoff hole)
266 Rory McIlroy (NIR)-14 (67-66-68-65)
Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)-14 (66-66-66-68)
268 Taylor Moore (USA) -12 (66-66-65-71)
269 ​​​​Cory Conners (CAN)-11 (67-72-65-65)
Adam Schenk (USA) -11 (69-66-68-66)
Jordan Spieth (USA) -11 (63-68-68-70)
Max Homa (USA) -11 (68-66-65-70)
…
270 Collin Morikawa (USA) -10 (65-70-67-68)
Viktor Hovland (NOR) -10 (72-64-65-69)
271 Hideki Matsuyama (JAP) -9 (67-69-70-65)
​274 Scottie Scheffler (USA) -6 (67 66 71 70)
275 Jon Rahm (ESP) -5 (73 67 67 68)