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Henrik Stenson held his nerve to fend off a last-day charge by Jordan Spieth and win the season-ending Tour Championship by three shots on Sunday,along with FedExCup honours and the mind-boggling 10 million bonus.
Four strokes in front overnight in the fourth and final playoff event,Stenson saw his lead briefly cut to one on the back nine before he birdied the 15th on the way to his fourth title on the US circuit,and his second of the year.
Wow,its been a great week and obviously a great playoffs for me, a beaming Stenson said after being presented with both trophies following his wire-to-wire victory. He also won the Deutsche Bank Championship earlier this month.
Its been a great season,a great summer. This is going to sink in over the coming days. What better way to go into a month-long break than this?
Stenson,the first European player to win either trophy up for grabs at East Lake,will earn a combined 11.44 million for his week as the Tour Championship purse amounts to 1.44 million.
Thats a fair amount, the 37-year-old Swede told reporters,after a brief pause to reflect on the numbers. But its definitely the second thing to me right now. Having these two trophies,with my fourth time to win on the PGA Tour and then to be the FedExCup champion,that means a whole lot more to me than the money.
