Bill Haas produced a miracle shot in the play-off to win the Tour Championship and the $10m FedExCup bonus.
American's miracle water shot helps secure $10m jackpot
Bill Haas hit the jackpot in Atlanta on Sunday as he won the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup and an $11.5million payday following a dramatic play-off triumph over fellow American Hunter Mahan.
Haas, who closed with a two-under 68 in regulation play, paved the way for victory after pulling off a staggering recovery at the second play-off hole.
He found a bunker with his tee-shot and then water with his second, but a shallow enough lie allowed him to play the ball from its resting place and he incredibly pitched to within three feet and halved the hole in four.
Back to 18 they went and Mahan found the same greenside bunker for the second time in the play-off, then allowed his escape to run 15 feet past the hole.
Haas, putting from the back fringe of the green, rolled his ball just four feet past and, after Mahan missed, calmly found the centre of the cup to take the spoils.
Dropping shots
The play-off had been forced after both players finished the 72 holes on eight-under par, Haas dropping shots at two of the last three holes having got himself three clear of the field on 10-under at one point.
Mahan had just one birdie all day, at the par-five 15th, but it was enough for a 71 to leave him alongside Haas and one clear of Luke Donald (69), KJ Choi (70) and Aaron Baddeley (72), who finished seven-under.
It was a tough day for Donald, who would have scooped the $10m FedEx Cup jackpot had he finished in third place on his own. But three birdies in his last five holes, including a two at 18, was not enough for the world number one.
Choi, Baddeley and Jason Day could all have made the play-off had they birdied the par three 18th but none of them could pull it off.
Day had actually been tied for the lead at eight-under playing the 17th but made bogey there and also bogeyed the last after missing a short putt once his chance had already gone.
I honestly didn't know
Haas admitted at the post-round presentation he had no idea upon holing his final putt that victory brought with it the FedEx Cup bounty.
He told Sky Sports 2: "I honestly didn't know! Being 25th, all I could do was hope.
"Webb Simpson played the best golf in the play-off series but it worked out for me the way the points were."
On his miracle escape at the 17th, he added: "The second shot, I actually thought I hit a pretty decent shot, I just overhit it a little and maybe pushed it a bit.
"I got an unbelievably fortunate lie, it was basically a bunker shot and it was all or nothing. There was a bit of luck involved - I got some spin on it, I didn't know that - I was very lucky.
"I hung in there, I was very fortunate and it's pretty unbelievable."
