Atlanta: Indian American Sahith Theegala, who stunned the world by calling a two-shot penalty on himself a day earlier, finished a brilliant third in the FedExCup golf tournament, which ended with the Tour Championship. He took $7.5m, his highest pay cheque ever, for his effort.
Scottie Scheffler won golf’s biggest prize with a 4-under 67 for a four-shot victory over Collin Morikawa to capture the FedExCup and its $25 million prize, the richest in golf.
Morikawa, the No.7 seed started the tournament with a 4-under start, which was also six shots behind Scheffler. With 66-63-67-66 he had the lowest 72-hole score of the Tour Championship at 22-under 262. He was 26-under including his 4-under start.
Sahith Theegala, who called a two-shot penalty on himself Saturday for possibly brushing a small amount of sand on a bunker shot, closed with a 64. He started at 3-under and his rounds of 67-66-66-64 saw him finish with a 72-hole total of 263 and he was 21-under for four rounds, second best only to Morikawa. He finished with 24-under, including his 3-shot start.
