Professional golf player Patrick Cantlay has won the multi-million dollar finals of the PGA Tour for the first time.
After a final round of 69, the 29-year-old American won the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Sunday (local time) by one stroke ahead of the Spanish world number one Jon Rahm.
Kevin Na from the USA was already well behind in third place, five strokes behind.
Cantlay received a bonus of 15 million US dollars for his triumph at the end of the season at the East Lake Golf Club and the associated win of the FedExCup rating - the world's largest jackpot, which is distributed to a single professional athlete.
"It's awesome.
It feels like a great victory, and it was one, ”said the Californian, who had already won the BMW Championship in Baltimore last week, after his sixth victory on the PGA Tour.
"I played really consistently all year round and in the end I ran hot."
In the special format of the tour finals, Cantlay started on Thursday two strokes ahead of Tony Finau and three strokes ahead of Bryson DeChambeau (all USA).
Rahm entered the final of the 30 best golfers on the US tour, four strokes behind, but the 26-year-old Spaniard's race to catch up was not enough.
In total, bonuses with a volume of 60 million US dollars were distributed to the players in the FedExCup.
Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who came 14th behind with 14 strokes, and US superstar Tiger Woods, who has not yet returned after his serious car accident in February, are the only players to have won the FedExCup twice.