NORTON, Mass. — For most of the field — even golf’s elite — a relentless, swirling wind turned the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship into a survival test.
Rory McIlroy, though, treated it like a leisurely stroll around Northern Ireland’s Royal County Down Golf Club, firing a six-under-par 65 on Monday to win the tournament, the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, by two shots, over Paul Casey.