World number one Scottie Scheffler produced a final-day charge on Sunday to overhaul Viktor Hovland and win the PGA TOUR Championship for the second time.<\/p>\n
Four-time major champion Scheffler<\/a>, who also won the season-ending Tour Championship in 2024, carded a four-under-par 66 to seal victory at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.<\/p>\n Scheffler started the day three off the pace following Saturday’s third round but chipped away at Hovland<\/a>‘s advantage before pulling clear down the stretch to clinch the 22nd title of his PGA Tour career and the $10 million winner’s check.<\/p>\n “Today was a day in which I was fortunate to get off to a good start and then was able to make some birdies to kind of seal the deal,” Scheffler said afterwards.<\/p>\n “Just continuing to battle, day in and day out is something that I’m very proud of… coming from behind and being able to win tournaments is a really cool feeling.”<\/p>\n Hovland, who had been chasing his second Tour Championship win after lifting the 2023 title, saw his hopes evaporate with a closing two-over-par 72. He finished on 13 under.<\/p>\n Earlier, Scheffler had launched his bid for the title with a brilliant birdie on the par-three second, his tee shot finishing just an inch from the cup for a simple tap-in.<\/p>\n Another birdie followed on the fourth when he rolled in a 23-foot putt for birdie.<\/p>\n There was a hiccup on the seventh with a bogey, but he pulled that shot back with his third birdie of the day on the eighth.<\/p>\n Birdies on the 10th and 13th left him at four under before a bogey checked his momentum on 15.<\/p>\n But he dealt the decisive blow on the 16th, when a sensational second shot from the bunker left him with an 11-foot birdie putt, which he duly rolled in for a two-shot advantage.<\/p>\n Hovland had a golden chance to pull a shot back on the 15th, but his putt lipped out to leave Scheffler in control.<\/p>\n The Norwegian missed another birdie opportunity on the 16th, but his putt curled agonizingly wide of the hole to leave him trailing by two shots with two to play.<\/p>\n The writing was on the wall for Hovland after his third bogey of the day left him trailing by three shots and Scheffler untouchable.<\/p>\n It was a frustrating final day for Hovland, who had rattled in putt after putt in Saturday’s third round on his way to a five-under-par 65. His sure touch on the greens deserted him on Sunday, though, with only one birdie made.<\/p>\n Ryan Gerard<\/a> finished in third place on 12 under after a closing 72.<\/p>\n Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy<\/a>, who had thrust himself into contention with a dazzling seven-under-par 63 on Saturday, found the going harder with a closing one-under-par 69.<\/p>\n McIlroy finished in a cluster of seven players on 11 under, five off Scheffler’s winning total.<\/p>\n England’s Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>, the 2025 champion, was one shot back of McIlroy, tied for 11th on 10 under alongside Australia’s Adam Scott<\/a> and Cameron Young<\/a> of the United States.<\/p>\n