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It took 164 PGA Tour starts, 44 prior top 10 placements and six excruciating runner-up finishes, but Tommy Fleetwood on Sunday at the 2025 Tour Championship finally made his way into the winner's circle. The 34-year-old Englishman converted his third 54-hole lead of the season into his first career PGA Tour victory, claiming the season-long FedEx Cup crown and the massive $10 million payout that goes along with it.

Fleetwood finished his tremendous week-long effort Sunday with a 68 to post a winning score of 262 (-18); in doing so, he handled the Sunday nerves at East Lake Golf Club better than anyone else in the field. He took his name off the top of the "best player never to win" list and put himself on the short list of players to win the FedEx Cup after a tremendous 72-hole performance at the Tour Championship.

"I'm proud of what I've done before," Fleetwood said of his first career win. "Whether I've won or not [before], I've still been proud of my career and where I've been so far, knowing that I still have a long way to go and a lot to learn. This doesn't change that, really. This is just, hopefully, one win -- the first of many to come. You can't win plenty if you don't win the first one. I'm just so happy that I got it done. Happy with my work ethic. I'll continue to try and get better, try to be the best I can be."

While it took years of heartache to get to this point, Fleetwood will be well compensated for his hard work in finally getting over that hurdle, taking home that $10 million prize that comes with winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup. He's the second Englishman to hoist the trophy, joining Justin Rose in 2018, but the first to do so by winning the Tour Championship. (Tiger Woods took the season finale that year in a different format.)

Fleetwood's victory puts a wrap on a season that featured a few other redemptive performances on the PGA Tour, headlined by Rory McIlroy breaking through at the Masters to complete the career grand slam. 

After failing to convert 54-hole leads in three previous tries across his career, Fleetwood outlasted a strong chasing pack that tried to take him down. Unlike past experiences, he never fell out of the lead Sunday. Sharing the overnight lead with Patrick Cantlay, Fleetwood quickly found himself with a two-shot cushion thanks to a disastrous bogey-double bogey start from his playing partner. 

By the time he made the turn, Fleetwood held a three-shot advantage over Cantlay, but no one expected his back nine to be smooth sailing. A hooked driver off the 10th tee further enforced the terror and tension in the hearts of those pulling for Fleetwood, and his lead was trimmed to one with a two-shot swing on the opening hole of the back nine. 

However, unlike in the past when he faltered down the stretch, Fleetwood gathered himself and pressed forward to hit one solid shot after another on the back side. He pushed his lead back to three after birdies on the 13th and 14th, courtesy of two absolute darts from the fairway, giving himself a needed cushion as he arrived on the 15th tee where his third round briefly unraveled.

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On the 218-yard par 3 to an island green, Fleetwood safely found dry land, going a bit long and left into the collection area deep. While that led to a bogey after he gassed his first putt long, it was an improvement on his woeful tee shot in the water on Saturday that resulted in a double bogey. 

With that hurdle cleared and a two-shot advantage in his pocket, Fleetwood could take his first real deep breath of the afternoon. When he reached the tee on the par-5 18th, he had a three-shot lead over Cantlay; the only thing that could have prevented him from hoisting the FedEx Cup trophy was his longtime nemesis -- himself. 

This time, Fleetwood stepped up and smashed a driver down the left side of the 18th, catching the first cut to leave 242 yards into the green. After hitting his approach just short and left of the green -- as Cantlay went over the back -- Fleetwood was able to enjoy a long stroll up toward the clubhouse with a raucous Atlanta crowd chanting his name, the burden of all those past shortcomings lifting off his shoulders with each stride. 

After tapping in for his par to seal the win, Fleetwood let out a big smile. He shook a few hands and then yelled to the heavens, releasing years of frustration all at once. Grade: A+

T2. Patrick Cantlay (-15): It was just about the worst start one could draw up. Cantlay was 3 over through his first two holes and dropped four off the pace less than an hour into the final round. The 2021 FedEx Cup champion plodded his way around from there and hung tough, getting within one stroke on No. 10 after a two-shot swing with Fleetwood. On a back nine where he fared well all week, Cantlay was unable to muster together a charge to apply pressure on Fleetwood. Cementing his destiny with an ill-timed bogey on No. 16, Cantlay instead settled for his best finish of the season in his last start of the year. Grade: A

T2. Russell Henley (-15): Henley got off to a red-hot start with a 61 in the first round, but he could not maintain that same scoring prowess over the weekend. It remains incredible that one of the Tour's shortest hitters is able to contend with the best on long, challenging courses like East Lake. His accuracy and short game impressed again this week, but the lack of distance means his margin for error is razor thin for picking up wins. On the weekend, his putter cooled off and he couldn't create quite enough chances to catch up with Fleetwood. Still, he'll pick up another big payday, cementing himself as one of the great grinders on the PGA Tour as he gets set to bring that tenacity to the U.S. Ryder Cup team next month. Grade: A

T4. Scottie Scheffler (-14): There wasn't enough right to overpower the lefts Sunday. Scheffler started his final round tugging his opening tee shot left and out of bounds, all but ending his season with another left miss on the par-3 15th a few hours later as that shot found a watery grave and sunk his FedEx Cup chances. Add in the handful of short putts that the world No. 1 missed throughout the week, and it was actually somewhat surprising he had a chance to win this golf tournament in crunch time. It just goes to show that his immense talent will keep him in golf tournaments even if his game is not 100% there. The season won't end with a second straight FedEx Cup crown for Scheffler, but the world No. 1 did register his 14th straight top 10 finish dating back to March. Grade: A-

T7. Keegan Bradley (-13): The U.S. Ryder Cup captain was sensational in the middle rounds with scores of 64-63, but he was never able to get the ball rolling in the final refrain despite briefly sitting T2. A couple early birdies pulled him within two strokes before he got stuck in neutral across a very accessible part of East Lake. His inability to produce birdies and fairways while adding a few squares to the card saw Bradley's name tumble down the leaderboard in his final round. Now, he has just three days to formalize his United States Ryder Cup team selections. The performance remains impressive given what has been on his mind, but it did continue muddying the waters for his decision next week.. Grade: B+

T19. Collin Morikawa (-8): Morikawa found his groove with the putter in Round 1, but it proved to be unsustainable. The two-time major champion was near the top of the leaderboard thanks to an opening 64 where he did not drop a shot against par. After a fast start on Friday, Morikawa stalled the rest of the way and played his final 45 holes in even par. He drove the ball well for his standards and his iron play flashed brilliance; however, it proved to be another week where his short-game shortcomings were too much to overcome.

"It's weird, but I feel like my irons need to get better," Morikawa said. "I know my numbers from a numerical strokes gained look fine, but I should be able to step on 15 tee here and aim in the left edge of the water and know that ball is never going there. Seventeen, I had pitching wedge to a back pin, hit it left in the bunker. Those are just shots that right now for quite some time now that I am just hitting. I hate doing that. Just got to keep digging. Wake up every day and just keep figuring it out." Grade: C

T23. Rory McIlroy (-6): The three-time FedEx Cup champion opened with a 66 and went around East Lake in a bogey-free fashion Friday, but the weekend was not as kind. McIlroy played his final 36 holes in 1-over fashion with eight bogeys and one double bogey on his scorecard in those latter two rounds. He drove the ball great for the second straight week, but unfortunately for McIlroy, he ranked near the bottom of the field in terms of putting and put together his worst performance on the greens since his missed cut at the Canadian Open.

"The things that I wanted to improve on this week, I did," McIlroy said. "Off the tee was much better. I'm probably leading strokes gained off the tee. I just couldn't get the speed of the greens all week, and I struggled to see lines and to feel the speed. That was really the story of the week. My putting was so good last week at Caves and then my off the tee play wasn't good, and it sort of just inverted. I definitely improved from tee to green this week, and as I said, I just couldn't get a putt to drop. But my game feels close. It certainly isn't far away." Grade: D

              Fleetwood finds dry land on No. 15, but makes bogey from long and left

Fleetwood avoided the kind of disaster on the long par 3 as Saturday, as he was able to find dry land on the tough 15th, but he gassed his putt up and over the hill from the fairway cut long and left and couldn't save his par. He drops back to 18 under, two ahead of Patrick Cantlay who made a solid par and remains 16 under as they head to the 16th. 

      Tommy takes three-stroke lead into difficult stretch

Patrick Cantlay lips out his 7-foot birdie putt while Tommy Fleetwood connects from slightly closer. That means the lead is now three at 19 under over his playing partner as the final duo takes on the most difficult stretch of the golf course Nos. 14-15. Keegan Bradley and Scottie Scheffler have both hit it in the water over the last hour on No. 15 where Fleetwood found the water on Saturday.

    Scottie Scheffler puts one in the water on No. 15 after pulling within two

After a birdie on the 14th, it looked like Scottie Scheffler was going give Tommy Fleetwood something to think about coming home, but then he hit a shockingly poor 5-iron on the 15th tee and tugged one in the water, which resulted in a double bogey. He's had a left miss a few times today (including his tee shot that went OB on No. 1) and that will likely be what costs him a chance at back-to-back Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titles. 

  Patrick Cantlay bogeys No. 11, gives Fleetwood a two-shot lead again

Cantlay came up short in the bunker on the par 3 and then caught his second heavy and didn't clear the tall grass face to get to the green. He made a solid up-and-down to salvage bogey from that spot, but after applying some serious pressure on Fleetwood with the two-shot swing on No. 10, he gave the Englishman a reprieve on the very next hole. 

  Fleetwood bogeys No. 10 after a big hook off the tee

Tommy punched out after a huge miss off the tee and gave himself a good look at par, but left his putt way out on the high side and made a bogey on the 10th to drop back to 17 under. That made for a 2-shot swing with Patrick Cantlay, who birdied the 10th and got to 16 under, as any cushion Fleetwood had making the turn was erased quickly. 

  Tommy turns with three-stroke lead

Those are some nice par saves from our leader on Nos. 8-9. Fleetwood connects from 9 feet for his save on the short par-4 8th and 2 putts from 40 feet on the long par-3 9th. He remains at 18 under three clear of Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley. 

    Tommy Fleetwood opens up a 3-shot lead after a birdie from the fairway bunker on No. 7

Fleetwood is now three shots ahead of Patrick Cantlay, Keegan Bradley and Russell Henley after an impressive birdie on the 7th (his second in a row) to get to 18 under. Fleetwood found the fairway bunker on the long par 4, but picked it perfectly out of the sand and left a straight 12-footer for birdie to extend his lead. He now heads to the drivable par-4 8th, which Henley and Bradley both failed to birdie, and will have a chance to make it three birdies in a row. 

  Keegan Bradley pulls within one of the lead

A two-putt birdie on the par-5 6th moves Bradley into a share of second place alongside Russell Henley at 15 under, one shot back of Tommy Fleetwood after his bogey on the 5th. Bradley is trying to run down Fleetwood for the second time this season, as he had a Sunday comeback win over Tommy at the Travelers earlier this season for his lone win of the year. Now he's trying to do it again at the Tour Championship and cement his spot as a playing captain in the Ryder Cup. 

  Fleetwood falters after missed fairway on No. 5

It had been smooth sailing up to that point thanks to a diet of fairways and greens, but Tommy Fleetwood puts his first bogey on the card on No. 5 no thanks to a wide right miss off the tee. He is forced to wedge it back into the fairway and is unable to save par from 110 yards. His lead is dropped to 16 under and he will look to get that stroke back on the par-5 6th.

  Tommy finds his touch on the greens

The first 28 players all made par on the par-3 2nd before the final group finally adds some color. Tommy Fleetwood connects from 20 feet from underneath the hole for an early birdie while Patrick Cantlay continues his early struggles with an ugly, ugly double bogey from just off the green (essentially a 4-putt). Fleetwood's lead is now two over Russell Henley who made birdie from 13 feet on No. 3.

  Patrick Cantlay bogeys No. 1 after finding the rough off the tee

Tommy Fleetwood now has the solo lead at 16 under after a solid par on the 1st and watching as Patrick Cantlay bogeyed after finding the thick right rough, dropping back to 15 under. It's going to be a long afternoon for that final pairing as they battle nerves, the course and each other, but the early advantage goes to Fleetwood. 

    Caitlin Clark is ready for the Tommy Lad breakthrough

Tommy Fleetwood is set to tee off with Patrick Cantlay and begin his latest final round pursuit of his first career victory. He is the fan favorite by a wide margin and that extends to stars of other sports, as Caitlin Clark (a massive golf fan and avid golfer) is ready to get emotionally invested in Fleetwood climbing that mountain again like everyone else. 

  Scottie Scheffler out of bounds off the tee on No. 1

He started his season battling the left miss off the tee and he has started his final round with a left miss off the tee. Unfortunately for Scottie Scheffler, his first tee shot has found the out of bounds after creeping under the fence left of the fairway on No.1. He will now do well to drop only one as he starts the day four behind Cantlay and Fleetwood.

      Hovland showing the way for immediate chase pack

The 2023 FedEx Cup champion his 3 under through his first five holes and with a par 5 on deck to keep his scoring pace going. The first hole in particular is playing much easier compared to the last three days and especially yesterday's round when the average was nearly 4.50.

      Two hours until the leaders tee off

A fascinating day at East Lake is just underway, but it won't be until Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Cantlay tee off at 1:44 p.m. ET that the tension fully ramps up. Cantlay is looking to end a three-year winless drought and punch his ticket to the Ryder Cup next month at Bethpage Black, while Fleetwood is in pursuit of his first career PGA Tour win and trying to avoid another Sunday heartbreak. Chasing them will be Scottie Scheffler (looking for back-to-back wins and back-to-back FedEx Cup titles), Keegan Bradley (trying to cement his place as a Ryder Cup playing captain) and Russell Henley (looking for the biggest win of his career). For now, it's a waiting game until those groups get going, but we should be in for a highly entertaining final Sunday of the season.