ATLANTA – It was a nervous finish, even by Tour Championship standards.

The 18 th hole at East Lake has been the scene of plenty of chaos — Tiger Woods’ victory walk in 2018 being the height of mayhem — but Thursday’s finish with an approaching storm was certainly on-brand.

In the day’s final group, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were wrapping up their opening rounds when things got interesting. From a greenside bunker, McIlroy hit his third shot thin but the ball bounded off a corporate suite and onto the green, leaving a 17-foot birdie putt.

With a PGA Tour official poised to sound the weather-warning horn to stop play because of dangerous conditions, McIlroy rolled in his birdie putt at the par-5 finishing hole for an opening 66 and a share of eighth place.

“Yeah, pretty lucky

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