Frustration for McIlroy in Atlanta finale

Rory McIlroy’s hopes of claiming the $10 million dollar FedEx Cup jackpot and another $1.4m for winning the season-ending US PGA Tour Championship at East Lake, Atlanta, ended in bitter disappointment last night when a series of serious errors beginning with a double bogey five at the short 6th put paid to his chances.

The winner over the past couple of months of the British Open and US PGA Championships went into the final round level with American Billy Horschel. However, the shortcomings in his game that had been evident in the earlier rounds again came to the fore, this time in disastrous fashion, and as the shots slipped away before and after the turn, the challenge to Horschel was taken up by the veteran Jim Furyk, the fast finishing Justin Rose and American Chris Kirk.

With three holes to play, Horschel stood 11 under, Furyk was 10 under after 16 and Rose eight under playing the 17th.