( CNN ) -- World No . 1 Rory McIlroy has put himself in pole position to win the $ 10 million FedEx Cup jackpot by claiming his second successive playoff event on Sunday . The Northern Irishman followed up last Monday 's win at the Deutsche Bank Championship by winning the BMW Championship by two shots , despite bogeying his last hole at Crooked Stick in Indiana . It was the 23-year-old 's third win in four starts , a run which started with his second major triumph at last month 's PGA Championship . He has pocketed more than $ 4.2 million from those victories and $ 7.8 million on the PGA Tour this season . It is a far cry from earlier this year , when he missed three halfway cuts in four events , including his U.S. Open title defense , and then tied for 60th at the British Open . BMW Championship final scores . `` I 'm just on a great run at the moment , '' said McIlroy , who became the fourth player to win two playoff events in the same year . `` I 'm playing well , I 'm confident -- just hope to keep it going . `` It 's great to be able to win events like this where the quality of the field is so good . '' McIlroy will lead second-placed Tiger Woods by more than 3,000 points going into the deciding Tour Championship at Atlanta starting on September 20 , when the top 30 players from the playoffs will line up . McIlroy still has work to do to clinch the title , however , as Woods , third-placed Nick Watney , Phil Mickelson and fifth-placed Brandt Snedeker can all overtake him by winning at East Lake . He went into the final round tied for second with European Ryder Cup teammate Lee Westwood , one shot behind veterans Mickelson and Vijay Singh . McIlroy shot a five-under-par 67 , while Westwood carded 69 and Mickelson 70 to share second on 18-under 270 . Woods closed with 68 to finish another shot back tied for fourth with fellow American Robert Garrigus , whose 69 helped lift him from 31st to 20th in the playoff standings . The 49-year-old Singh will not have the chance to try to emulate his 2008 FedEx Cup success as the Fijian fell to 33rd in the table after fading with a final-round 73 to finish eighth on 15 under . Defending champion Bill Haas also missed out after a disastrous 78 left the American tied for 45th and 32nd overall . Ryan Moore was the only other player from outside the top 30 to clinch a place at the decider , with American carding 70 to tie for 10th and move up from 35th to 28th .
Rory McIlroy wins BMW Championship by two shots at Crooked Stick on Sunday . World No . 1 triumphs for the third time in four starts , having earned more than $ 4.2 million . He tops the FedEx Cup standings ahead of deciding Tour Championship this month . McIlroy is one of five players who can win $ 10 million jackpot at East Lake .