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Viktor Hovland claims fifth PGA Tour title after stunning final round in Chicago as Rory McIlroy finishes fourth

Norway's Viktor Hovland fired a stunning final round of 61 to win his fifth PGA Tour title in the BMW Championship.

Hovland birdied seven of the last nine holes at Olympia Fields to cover the back nine in just 28 shots and overhaul world number one Scottie Scheffler.

Scheffler began the day in a tie for the lead with Matt Fitzpatrick and carded a closing 66, but had no answer to Hovland’s stunning scoring burst.

Hovland found himself four shots off the pace when he followed birdies on the first, third and fifth with a three-putt bogey on the seventh, but surged back into contention with a hat-trick of birdies from the 10th.

The 25-year-old also picked up shots on the 14th and 15th and moved into a share of the lead with his ninth birdie of the day on the 17th.

Another birdie on the last took the Ryder Cup star to the top of the leaderboard on 17 under par and his victory was effectively secured moments later when Scheffler three-putted the 17th.

Fitzpatrick, whose younger brother Alex finished second on the DP World Tour earlier in the day, ended the day in the same position after matching playing partner Scheffler’s 66 to finish 15 under.

Rory McIlroy was playing alongside Hovland in the final round but was unable to stay with his Ryder Cup team-mate on the back nine.

McIlroy started with a birdie on the opening hole and added another on the fifth to remain in contention, however, a bogey on nine halted his progress and by the time he made another birdie on 13 he was left with an uphill battle.

Two further birdies would follow on 15 and 16, and while not good enough to stay with Hovland, it pushed him into solo fourth place as he finished on 12 under.

McIlroy will go into next week's Tour Championship in third place and will

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