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Victory to Viktor in FedExCup finale

Aug 28, 2023

Viktor Hovland has blitzed the field at the season ending FedExCup Final, winning by 5 strokes over Xander Schauffele. The 25 year old pockets a cool USD$18 million by winning back to back titles in the FedExCup playoffs, the sixth PGA Tour victory in his career.

Starting the final event 2 shots behind Scottie Scheffler in second place, Hovland’s five stroke margin is the largest victory in the FedExCup starting strokes era. His final round 7-under 63 sets a tournament record for a low finish by a winner.

Xander Schauffele started the final event on -3, five shots behind Hovland and that’s where he finished – Xander also shot -19 for the four days. The pair were miles ahead of third place – Wyndham Clark who shot -12  to finish on -16, eleven shots behind Viktor and six behind Schauffele. Rory McIlroy finished 4th on -14, with Patrick Cantlay rounding out the Top 5 with -13.

Final Leaderboard

Position

Player

Start

Scores

Total

1

Viktor Hovland

-8

68-64-66-63 (-19)

-27

2

Xander Schauffele

-3

67-64-68-62 (-19)

-22

3

Wyndham Clark

-4

68-67-68-65 (-12)

-16

4

Rory McIlroy

-7

70-67-71-65 (-7)

-14

5

Patrick Cantlay

-4

69-68-68-66 (-9)

-13

Second place getter Xander Schauffele was the 2017 TOUR Championship winner and he finished runner-up for the 12th time in 161 PGA TOUR starts. His closing 8-under 62 was his 28th consecutive round of par or better at the TOUR Championship in as many attempts, the longest active streak

Xander has finished inside the top 10 in all seven starts (Won/2017, T7/2018, 2nd/2019, T2/2020, T5/2021, 4th/2022, 2nd/2023)

Podium finisher Wyndham Clark finished solo-third in his first TOUR Championship appearance, the best performance among the five first-time participants in the field and the best finish of a player making their TOUR Championship debut since Schauffele won in 2017.

Fourth-placed and three-time FedExCup Champion Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) earns his 10th consecutive top-10 finish on TOUR, the longest streak of his career.

Australia’s Jason Day finished 28th in the exclusive 30 player field – the only Aussie to participate in the year’s final event.

FULL LEADERBOARD