ATLANTA - Brandt Snedeker knew what I had to do to win the $ 10 million the FedExCup: The Tour Championship win.
And that's exactly what he did.
Snedeker was one of the top five in the FedExCup rankings for the Tour Championship, and as such, he controlled his destiny. Any of those five, a victory in Atlanta gave him the $ 10 million, the highest individual award in sports.
And was Snedeker, No. 5, who succeeded.
The golfer, 31 years old, born in Nashville, Tennessee, achieved the biggest win of his career by winning at East Lake, site of the tournament.
A final round of 68 shots allowed Snedeker complete the tournament with 10 under par and three shots overcome Englishman Justin Rose, and four American Ryan Moore and Luke Donald.
Snedeker, who started from the first position shared with Rose in the fourth round, just missed a putt of less than 2.5 meters in all week, and sailed down the fairways of East Lake without difficulty. His only big mistake came in the pair of 6 when he sent the ball into the water, but that ruling seemed awake. A double bogey on that hole complicated the path to victory in the U.S., who, however, amended its way in the second half of the field to finish with 68, two under par, for a total of 270.
The end bogey tarnished not a triumph that leaves him very happy and Captain Davis Love, who chose him to play the Ryder this week.It was the fourth title in the tour for Snedeker, and the first to be achieved after pointer after 54 holes. A step forward in the career of a talented player, who, with his green game, can be a factor in any major tournament of 2013.
Rose, however, was not as successful as his rival and fellow leadership. He had two bogeys in the first half of its travel, and even managed to straighten her up with two birdies on 11 and 15, a late bogey at the 17th ended his hopes.
The Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who came to The Tour and the No. 1 ranking for the FedExCup, finished the tournament tied for No. 10, and finished second in the Cup, which will mean a prize of $ 3 million .
The Tiger Woods finished tied for No. 8 in the Tour Championship and third in the FedExCup, thus receives a check for $ 2 million for the third.
His compatriot Nick Watney just beat two opponents in Atlanta - was No. 28 of 30 - but still was room in the FedExCup and are therefore $ 1.5 million.
Another American, lefty Phil Mickelson, who finished No. 15 in the tournament, took fifth place in the Cup and his prize for this achievement is 1 million dollars.
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