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Sep 4th, 2017
Justin Thomas wins Dell Championship
But Spieth moves to top of FedEx rankings
Words: Tim Southwell Photography: Getty Images Styling: GolfPunk
PGA Player Of the Year in waiting Justin Thomas shot a final-round 66 to finish on -17, beating Jordan Spieth by three shots and Marc Leishman by four. He won the PGA Championship in August and now has five, five! wins this season.
However, Spieth, who shot a final-round 67, now leads the FedEx Cup standings with 5,071 points, going into the BMW Championship. JT is in second place with 5,044 points.
The $1.6million smile...
Paul Casey went around the course at TPC Boston in 70 to end the tournament tied fourth on 12 under, two strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Justin Rose, who shot a 68.
World number one Dustin Johnson, who was the FedEx Cup points leader going into the tournament, finished -7, tied for 18th. He is third in the FedEx race with 4,650 points.
In January, Thomas became the youngest man to break 60 on the PGA Tour when he carded an 11-under 59 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, and in June he was the first man to shoot a -9 round at the US Open.
Jordan realises he's left the iron on again...
The Dell Championship was the second of the four FedEx Cup play-off tournaments. The field will now be cut from the top 100 points leaders to the top 70 for the BMW Championship, starting on 14 September.
The final event is the Tour Championship (21-24 September) which features the top 30 points scorers. The winner of 2017 the FedEx Cup will collect a prize of $10m (£7.73m).
