Wyndham Clark claimed a two-shot victory over Patrick Cantlay at the BMW Championship, with Rory McIlroy a shot back in third; Clark let a five-shot lead slip on the final day before claiming a third PGA Tour victory of the season
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Wyndham Clark overcame blowing a five-shot lead to edge out Rory McIlroy with a dramatic three-shot victory at the PGA Tour's BMW Championship.
Clark saw his big overnight lead disappear during a thrilling Sunday at Bellerive Country Club, where the US Open champion bogeyed three of his first 10 holes to give hope to McIlroy and the chasing pack.
McIlroy found three birdies in a four-hole stretch around the turn to sit level with Clark heading into the closing stretch, only for his playing partner to post a three-birdie finish to cap off a roller-coaster victory in style.
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A level-par 70 was enough for Clark to end the week on 17 under and close out a third PGA Tour victory of the season, following on from the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and the US Open, with Patrick Cantlay claiming solo second to progress through to next week's season-ending Tour Championship.
McIlroy was tied for the lead with three to play but ended four back after a penultimate-hole bogey and Clark's impressive birdie burst, while Gary Woodland, Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup shared fourth place.
Clark's overnight advantage was immediately cut with a two-shot swing at the first, where he three-putted from 65 feet for bogey as McIlroy holed from 10 feet for birdie.
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McIlroy failed to get up and down to save par at the fourth but holed from seven feet to avoid back-to-back bogeys, as Woodland – two groups ahead – made three birdies in his first five holes to get within two.
Clark bogeyed the par-three sixth after a clunky chip from just off the green, with Woodland halving his advantage by birdieing the par-five eighth before inexplicably topping his tee shot into water at the next.
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McIlroy made a two-putt birdie at the eighth and picked up a shot at the ninth to reach the turn two back, only to pull level with a birdie at the 11th after Clark had started his back nine with a bogey.
Cantlay also briefly shared the lead until a double-bogey at the 11th, while McIlroy and Clark traded pars to leave the pair tied at the top of the leaderboard with three holes to play.