Dustin Johnson claimed FedEx St Jude Classic title after Rory McIlroy fluffed his tee shot at the 18th hole
Rory McIlroy was the joint leader of the FedEx St Jude Classic on Sunday night before hooking his tee shot into the middle of a lake and a subsequent double bogey saw Dustin Johnson claim victory instead.
McIlroy will be left wondering what might have been, with the world number two missing the 18th fairway by a long way, although credit goes to Johnson for triumphing in only his second event since returning from a back injury which ruled him out of the 2012 Masters.
"I was at home for 10 weeks or something - it was tough," said Johnson, who now moves back into the world's top 10.
"Last week I was a little rusty and didn't finish off my rounds, but this week I finished a lot better."
The top of the leaderboard changed 26 times during a frantic final round, with McIlroy claiming birdies at the 2nd, 4th, 7th and 11th to regain the lead and he was two shots ahead at one stage.
However, the northern Irishman ultimately finished three off the pace set by Johnson who recorded a 66 which was his best round of the tournament, having shot 70, 68, 67 and 66 over the four days.
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 70):
271 Dustin Johnson 70 68 67 66
272 John Merrick 66 69 69 68
273 Chad Campbell 68 67 70 68, Davis Love III 68 68 68 69, Ryan Palmer 74 66 67 66, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 67 67 69
274 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 65 72 69, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 67 69 72 66, Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 70 67 69, Ken Duke 68 68 73 65
275 Kevin Stadler 69 65 71 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 72 67 71 65
276 Jeff Overton 67 72 68 69, Martin Flores 72 70 69 65, Kevin Kisner 69 66 70 71, William McGirt 71 69 68 68, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 68 71 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 72 66 70 68
277 John Daly 68 69 76 64, J.B. Holmes 70 64 72 71, Luke Guthrie 69 71 67 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 67 74 70 66, Woody Austin 72 68 67 70
278 Bryce Molder 69 71 69 69, Duffy Waldorf 71 69 69 69, Martin Laird (Sco) 72 70 67 69
279 Jeff Maggert 66 68 73 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 65 71 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 69 72 66 72, Roberto Castro 73 68 66 72, Boo Weekley 70 67 73 69, J.J Killeen 68 69 74 68, Charles Howell III 69 71 71 68
280 Patrick Sheehan 71 70 71 68, Brendon De Jonge 71 68 71 70, Bob Estes 72 68 71 69, Bill Lunde 71 68 71 70
281 Kent Jones 72 68 73 68, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 72 67 73 69, George McNeill 72 68 72 69, Shaun Micheel 71 70 68 72
282 Chris Riley 70 71 74 67, Robert Garrigus 74 65 73 70, Sean O'Hair 70 69 71 72, David Hearn (Can) 72 69 70 71, Dustin Morris 71 69 67 75, Gavin Coles (Aus) 70 72 71 69, Tim Clark (Rsa) 69 71 69 73
283 Kyle Stanley 71 70 73 69, Bart Bryant 72 70 70 71, Lee Janzen 68 71 73 71, Gary Christian (Eng) 70 71 71 71, Danny Lee (Nzl) 69 70 71 73, Troy Kelly 68 71 74 70, Troy Matteson 70 72 72 69, Shane Bertsch 71 68 73 71, Tommy Gainey 72 70 71 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 68 73 70
284 J J Henry 67 74 72 71, Paul Stankowski 69 69 74 72
285 Cameron Beckman 72 70 68 75, Will Claxton 72 70 74 69, Brett Wetterich 71 71 71 72, Chris Couch 70 70 69 76, John Peterson 72 65 73 75
286 Zack Miller 70 70 77 69, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 68 71 73 74
287 Craig Barlow 72 68 72 75, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 74 66 73 74
288 Omar Uresti 70 72 73 73, Neal Lancaster 72 70 74 72
289 Matt Mcquillan (Can) 71 69 76 73, Billy Horschel 72 69 70 78
292 Robert Gamez 72 69 74 77, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 70 71 73 78
293 Jonathan Fly 78 64 75 76
