Overview

• Fleetwood closed with a 2-under 68 to finish 18-under 262, winning by three over Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley at East Lake.
• World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s repeat bid unraveled with an opening tee shot out of bounds and a tee ball in the water at the par-3 15th, leaving him tied for fourth with Corey Conners and Cameron Young.
• The victory came in Fleetwood’s 164th PGA Tour start after 30 prior top-five finishes, making him the first player of the FedEx Cup era to earn a maiden PGA Tour win at the Tour Championship.
• Cantlay’s early bogey and four-putt double at No. 2 set him back, and Fleetwood’s birdies at Nos. 12 and 13 restored control after a brief back-nine wobble.
• The Tour Championship debuted an even-par, winner-take-all setup this year, and multiple outlets noted Scheffler would have prevailed under the prior starting-strokes system; Ryder Cup focus now shifts to Keegan Bradley’s six U.S. picks due Wednesday.