Rory McIlroy chases Paul Casey down to win Deutsche Bank Championship

NORTON, Mass. — Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland captured his second Deutsche Bank Championship title, shooting a final-round 6-under-par 65 to claim a two-stroke victory on a windy Labor Day Monday.

McIlroy, No. 5 in the World Golf Rankings, finished at 15-under 269 to join Fiji’s Vijay Singh as the only two-time Deutsche Bank winners (2004, 2008).

The Northern Irishman also won at the 7,207-yard TPC Boston in 2012, besting South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen by one shot.

Fifty-four hole leader Paul Casey of England began the day three shots clear of the field, but was done in by four bogeys in his 73. He finished alone in second.

PGA champion Jimmy Walker finished three back of McIlroy in third after shooting a 70. World No. 6 Adam Scott of Australia, who won the Deutsche Bank in 2003, posted the low round of the day at 65, but finished four back in fourth

World No. 9 Patrick Reed (69) tied for fifth with 18-hole co-leader James Hahn (69) and Argentina’s Fabian Gomez (69), five off the mark.

U.S. Open champion and world No. 2 Dustin Johnson bounced back from a third-round 75 to card a 66 and headlined a seven-way tie for eighth with 36-hole leader Kevin Chappell (73) and 18-hole co-leader Ryan Moore (72), trailing McIlroy by six.

McIlroy navigated the windy conditions with relative ease while playing his opening nine holes at 5 under with five birdies, three straight at Nos. 7-9.

He reached 15 under after birdieing No. 12, but dropped a shot with his first bogey at No. 17.

That brought Casey within one stroke of McIlroy. However, after dumping his approach shot at No. 18 in the green side bunker, McIlroy got up and down for a birdie.

Casey needed an eagle at No. 18 to tie McIlroy after his par at No. 17, but missed a 58-foot putt that would have forced a playoff and parred the hole.

McIlroy bounced back brilliantly from a disastrous start in the first round on Friday. He made a triple bogey on his third hole to stumble to 4 over, but came in at even-par 71 and shot 67-66 over the next two rounds to make his move.

The 27-year-old earned his 12th career PGA Tour win, the third-youngest player to accomplish the feat in Tour history.

It was McIlroy’s first victory since clearing Patrick Rodgers and Webb Simpson by seven shots at the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship.

McIlroy collected the $1.53 million winner’s share of the $8.5 million purse, as well as 2,000 FedExCup points.

He was 38th in the Cup standings after tying for 31st last weekend at The Barclays, but rose to fourth after his third-career Playoffs victory.

Barclays champion Reed remains atop the standings while top-ranked Jason Day of Australia is second. Johnson is third and Scott fell one spot to fifth.

Day followed a Sunday 68 with a closing 67 to rise into a tie for 15th at seven back. World No. 3 Jordan Spieth was one behind day in a tie for 21st after carding a 69, and world No. 4 Henrik Stenson of Sweden fired a 72 to tie for 41st at 11 back.

Rickie Fowler, who edged Stenson by one stroke to win the Deutsche Bank last year, had a pedestrian title defense, closing with a weekend-worst 72 to tie for 46th, one shot behind Stenson.

Olympic champion and world No. 10 Justin Rose of England stumbled to a two-triple-bogey 79, falling to a tie for 57th at 14 back.

Australia’s Marc Leishman was the final man into the BMW Championship field, with only the top 70 in the standings advancing to next weekend’s third leg of the Playoffs at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind.

Ricky Barnes dropped to 71st and was the first man out. Singh and Steve Stricker, who won the Deutsche Bank in 2009, were also among those who fell below the cut line.