VIKTOR HOVLAND’S FANTASTIC FEDEX CUP TRIUMPH
Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 27, 2023
Weather: Mostly sunny with a high of 96 degrees and winds SSE at 4-8 mph. The final round was suspended at 1:57 p.m. ET due to inclement weather and resumed at 3:50 p.m. ET, a delay of 1 hour and 53 minutes.
Final Leaderboard
| Position | Player | Start | Scores | Total |
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | -8 | 68-64-66-63 (-19) | -27 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | -3 | 67-64-68-62 (-19) | -22 |
| 3 | Wyndham Clark | -4 | 68-67-68-65 (-12) | -16 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | -7 | 70-67-71-65 (-7) | -14 |
| 5 | Patrick Cantlay | -4 | 69-68-68-66 (-9) | -13 |
Viktor Hovland (Won/-27)
- Earns sixth PGA TOUR victory in his 98th start at the age of 25 years, 11 months, 9 days
- PGA TOUR wins (6): 2020 Puerto Rico Open, 2020 World Wide Technology Championship, 2021 World Wide Technology Championship, 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2023 BMW Championship, 2023 TOUR Championship
- Becomes the third-youngest player from outside the United States with three or more wins in the same season on TOUR, joining Rory McIlroy (2012, 2014) and Hideki Matsuyama (2017)
- Becomes the fourth player in history to win the BMW Championship and FedExCup in the same season, joining Tiger Woods (2007, 2009), Billy Horschel (2014) and Patrick Cantlay (2021)
- Becomes the eighth player to win consecutive FedExCup Playoffs events
- Joins Jon Rahm (4) with three or more victories this season
- Last time multiple players won back-to-back events over a four-tournament span was in 1950 with Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead (Lucas Glover: Wyndham Championship/FedEx St. Jude Championship)
- Joins Henrik Stenson (2013), Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) and Justin Rose (2018) as players from Europe to win the FedExCup
- Five strokes marks the largest margin of victory in the FedExCup Starting Strokes era
- With a final-round 7-under 63, sets the tournament record for a low finish by a winner (previous: 64; Retief Goosen/2004 Rory McIlroy/2016)
- Improves to 3-for-4 in converting 54-hole lead/co-lead to victory
- 23rd 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the TOUR Championship
- Third 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the TOUR Championship since the FedExCup Starting Strokes era began in 2019
- 26th 54-hole leaders/co-leaders to win an individual stroke-play event on TOUR this season
- Has qualified for TOUR Championship every year since joining the TOUR (T20/2020, T5/2021, T15/2022, won/2023)
- With the win, moves from No. 5 to No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking
Xander Schauffele (2nd/-22)
- 2017 TOUR Championship winner finishes runner-up for the 12th time in 161 PGA TOUR starts
- Closes with an 8-under 62, his 28th consecutive round of par or better at the TOUR Championship in as many attempts, the longest active streak
- Has finished inside the top 10 in all seven starts (Won/2017, T7/2018, 2nd/2019, T2/2020, T5/2021, 4th/2022, 2nd/2023)
Miscellaneous Notes
- In his first TOUR Championship start, Wyndham Clark finishes solo-third, the best performance among the five first-time participants in the field and the best finish of a player making their TOUR Championship debut since Schauffele won in 2017
- With a fourth-place finish, three-time FedExCup Champion Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) earns his 10th consecutive top-10 finish on TOUR, the longest streak of his career
