Horschel holds rory, Furyk for PGA riches

American Billy Horschel won the US PGA’s season-ending Tour Championship and captured the playoff points crown Sunday, firing a final-round 68 to defeat Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy by three strokes. Horschel, who won last week’s BMW Championship at Denver after losing the week before only on an errant approach at the final hole, fired his 12th consecutive round in the 60s to finish 72 holes on 11-under par 269. World number one McIlroy and seventh-ranked Furyk, who has not won since the 2010 Tour Championship, shared second on 272 with England’s Justin Rose, American Chris Kirk and Australian Jason Day another stroke adrift. Expecting the birth of a baby daughter in two weeks, Horschel took the FedEx Cup playoff bonus of $10 million and the $1.4 million top prize for winning the tournament. Horschel, 27, won more money in one day than he had since turning professional five years ago.