Tommy Fleetwood held his nerve to win the Tour Championship and eventually declare a primary PGA Tour title on the 164th time of asking.
Emotion poured out of the 34-year-old Englishman after he holed the profitable putt on the 18th inexperienced, saluting a crowd who chanted “Tommy, Tommy, Tommy” by elevating each arms earlier than letting out an enormous roar.
And his European Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose was greenside to movie the celebrations on his cellphone.
In addition to securing a $10m (£7.4m) first prize, Fleetwood shakes off the undesirable tag of being the almost man on the American-based circuit.
He secured the victory with an assuredness that can give European golf followers an enormous enhance with subsequent month’s Ryder Cup in New York looming giant on the horizon.
Fleetwood, who was joint chief heading into Sunday, by no means trailed and overcame a slight wobble halfway by means of his spherical as he repelled challenges from defending champion Scottie Scheffler and former winner Patrick Cantlay to win by three pictures on 18 underneath par.
