England's Tommy Fleetwood wins the Tour Championship by three shots to claim his first PGA Tour victory.
Tour Championship, final leaderboard
-18 T Fleetwood (Eng); -15 P Cantlay (US), R Henley (US); -14 S Scheffler (US), C Conners (Can), C Young (US)
Selected: -13 J Thomas (US), K Bradley (US); -11 V Hovland (Nor); -10 S Lowry (Ire); -9 R MacIntyre (Sco); -7 J Rose (Eng); -6 R McIlroy (NI)
Tommy Fleetwood held his nerve to win the Tour Championship and finally claim a first PGA Tour title at the 164th time of asking.
Emotion poured out of the 34-year-old Englishman after he holed the winning putt on the 18th green, saluting a crowd who chanted "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy" by raising both arms before letting out a huge roar.
And his European Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose was greenside to film the final putt and celebrations on his phone as Fleetwood wrapped up a three-shot victory on 18 under par.
"When you've lost so many times, a three-shot lead down the last doesn't feel like that many," joked Fleetwood, who had tears in his eyes.
"[The fans] are amazing, it makes me a bit emotional. I'm so lucky with the support I get - it's so special and I hope everyone knows how grateful I am for it."
As well as securing the FedEx Cup and a $10m (£7.4m) first prize, Fleetwood shakes off the unwanted tag of being the nearly man on the American-based circuit.
He secured the victory with an assuredness that will give European golf fans a huge boost with next month's Ryder Cup in New York looming large on the horizon.
Fleetwood, who was joint leader heading into Sunday, never trailed and overcame a slight wobble midway through his round as he repelled challenges from defending champion Scottie Scheffler and former winner Patrick Cantlay.
Southport golfer Fleetwood is one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour and this was clear to hear on the first tee at Atlanta's East Lake course when he was given a far louder ovation than American playing partner Cantlay.
The pair were locked at 16 under after the first three rounds, but Fleetwood was four clear within two holes after he birdied the second while Cantlay opened with a bogey and double bogey.
Scheffler's challenge was dealt a setback on the first when the world number one hit his opening tee shot out of bounds.
But any thoughts that Fleetwood would stroll to the title were checked by a bogey on the fifth.
Bounce-back birdies on the sixth and seventh moved him three clear with nine to play, but the drama was far from over.
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