New York Times — Jordan Spieth completed his final round at the Deutsche Bank Championship to the accompaniment of thunder, the rumbling in the background heralding the impending arrival, it seemed, of both inclement weather and the next player to take the PGA Tour by storm.
Spieth, who started the year with no status on the tour, will end it vying for the biggest bonus in golf, the $10 million that goes to the winner of the FedEx Cup playoffs. He almost assuredly secured a spot in the Tour Championship’s 30-man field with a closing nine-under 62 at the Tournament Players Club of Boston to vault from a tie for 29th to a tie for third at 17-under 267.
The winner was Henrik Stenson, who posted a 66 for a 72-hole total of 262. Stenson has spent the past two months frequently in contention, from the British Open to the Bridgestone Invitational to the P.G.A. Championship. It was great for his confidence, but all that adrenaline compromised his immune system. He felt less than 100 percent all week, but did not get sick on Monday when he found the water on the second hole and made a bogey or found his first bunker on the 17th hole with Steve Stricker breathing down his back.
Stenson holed the bunker shot for his final birdie to hold off Stricker, who birdied the last two holes for a 67 and a 20-under 264. With the victory, his first on the tour since the 2009 Players Championship, Stenson supplanted Tiger Woods, who finished tied for 65th, at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup playoff standings.