ATLANTA (AP) Dustin Johnson had a chance to win $10 million while sitting in front of a television.
For all the drama the final day of the FedEx Cup can provide, it must have been just as entertaining inside the clubhouse at East Lake last year. Johnson was the No. 1 seed and had squandered his chances to win the Tour Championship with a 73 in the final round.
He still could capture the FedEx Cup provided Rory McIlroy didn’t win. Just his luck, McIlroy holed a shot from the 16th fairway for eagle and got into a playoff when Kevin Chappell and Ryan Moore both missed birdie putts on the last hole.
And all Johnson could do was watch.
”No offense to Rory, but I was rooting for Chappy very hard,” Johnson said. ”If he would have won, I would have won the FedEx Cup.”
Chappell was eliminated on the first extra hole, and McIlroy wound up beating Moore on the third playoff hole.
Imagine being in the clubhouse with Johnson.
”Extremely uncomfortable,” said Justin Thomas, who happened..