By Christopher Powers
It got a little shaky toward the end, but Rory McIlroy was able to hang on Sunday at East Lake, shooting a four-under 66 to win the FedEx Cup for the second time in the last four seasons. He joins Tiger Woods as the only other player to win the season-ending title multiple times, his first coming in 2016, when he won both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup.

Early in the round it was shaping up to be another Brooks Koepka victory lap, as the four-time major winner scrambled for five straight pars to start his day and then made birdie at the sixth to open up his lead. But a hooked drive at the seventh led to a disastrous double bogey, and even after a bounce-back birdie at the seventh, Koepka continued to struggle off the tee for much of the day.

Koepka’s off-the-tee woes, plus a little bit of luck, allowed McIlroy to grab the solo lead, and only Xander Schauffele was able to apply any real pressure the rest of the way. A birdie at the 12th from Schauffele made things somewhat interesting, but a bogey at 14 put an end to any comeback.

Even after back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16, McIlroy was still able to cruise home, slamming the door at the 17th with a birdie and adding one more for good measure at 18 to win by four.