Mcllroy Wins Deutche Bank Championship

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Rory McIlroy birdied five of his first eight holes en route to a final-round 4-under 67 and a come-from-behind win by one stroke over Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship, the second event of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. McIlroy entered the day three strokes behind Oosthuizen (71). McIlroy earns his fifth career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 23 years, 3 months and 29 days in his 52nd career start on TOUR. In the process, he notches the 15th win of the season by a player in his 20s (12 players) and the third at the Deutsche Bank Championship (Adam Scott/2003, Webb Simpson/2011). McIlroy collects 2,500 points and moves into the top spot in the FedExCup standings. He also held the lead in the FedExCup standings earlier this year in week 10 and 11 of the TOUR season.

Louis Oosthuizen entered the final round with a three-stroke lead over

Rory McIlroy, but a final-round even-par 71 left him one stroke behind his playing partner. Oosthuizen records the second runner-up finish of his career (50 events) on the PGA TOUR (2012 Masters). Oosthuizen moves to No. 5 in the FedExCup standings. He did not qualify for the PGA TOUR Playoffs last year in his first season as a TOUR member. He finished No. 148 in the FedExCup standings.

Tiger Woods finished third at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the 19 third-place finish of his career (74 wins, 28 second-place finishes). With a paycheck of $544,000 on Monday, Woods becomes the first player in PGA TOUR history to surpass $100,000,000 in career earnings.

With rounds of 68-68-68-66, Phil Mickelson (T4) recorded four rounds in the 60s in a tournament for the first time since the 2011 Farmers Insurance Open. It marks the first time in six starts at the Deutsche Bank Championship that the 2007 champion has performed the feat. Mickelson enters the BWM Championship ranked No. 9 in the FedExCup standings.

The Deutsche Bank Championship is the second of four events of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup – with the entire season building toward this four-tournament stretch. There is more on the line than the Deutsche Bank Championship trophy – players in the top half of the 100-player field will be looking to move up, jockeying for the coveted top-five position heading to the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola; those near the bottom need enough points to survive to the next event at the BMW Championship (70).

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