2014 FedEx Cup: For Rory McIlroy, FedEx Win Is About Legacy More Than Loot

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Published: September 12, 2014

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Rory McIlroy has reached an altitude where it’s safe to turn on all electrical and portable devices, but the captain has asked that you remain seated with your seatbelt firmly secured.

The turbulent ascent of McIlroy’s game through the first three legs of the FedEx Cup playoffs (T22, T5, T8) has calmed and, it appears, he’s set to soar far above and beyond the rest of this Tour Championship.

McIlroy rolled in a couple grenades on Nos. 17 and 18 to finish the day with a five-under 65 and six-under par overall.

For McIlroy, the FedEx Cup was never about the money, never about the $10 million. This is a guy who reportedly earns that much per year from Nike alone. His net worth on Forbes.com is $24.3 million with $20 million of that coming from endorsements.

If those Omega commercials and its overbearing use of The Script's “Hall of Fame” began to irritate you, by all means pop in a pair of Bose noise-cancelling ear buds. McIlroy will be more than happy to have played a role in either purchase.

While Billy Horschel spoke liberally of how nice it would be to win $10 million (so much so he may miss the birth of his daughter), McIlroy wants the hardware, wants his share of history. It’s the battle laid before him. He can’t win a green jacket until April so the FedEx Cup is the next barbarian horde within arm’s length of his broadsword. McIlroy said in The Guardian:

I am not saying I am motivated by the money in any way. It is obviously nice and I have made a lot of money over the past seven or eight years that I have been on tour. But it’s one of the only things that I haven’t achieved in the game of golf, a FedEx Cup win. That’s the real reason I want to win this week. I just want to finish the year off well. The money is nice, it’s great. But at the same time it’s the title that would mean more to me.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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