Rory McIlroy has gotten the ultimate main monkey off his again. The Northern Irishman received the 89th Masters on Sunday, finishing the profession Grand Slam and successful his fifth main championship.
Whereas McIlroy entered Sunday’s closing spherical with a two-stroke lead, his win did not come simply. He wanted a playoff as a way to get his first inexperienced jacket, taking pictures 3-over within the closing eight holes earlier than the playoff. Needing solely to shoot par on the 18th gap to win the Masters, McIlroy’s second shot landed within the bunker. He was capable of get inside vary for a putt that will’ve received him the Masters on the 18th gap, however his shot for par merely missed.
As McIlroy struggled, Justin Rose surged up the leaderboard. After getting into the day tied for sixth and 7 strokes behind McIlroy, Rose birdied on six of his final eight holes, forcing the primary playoff since 2017.
McIlroy solely wanted one gap within the playoff, although, to get his first inexperienced jacket. Enjoying once more on the 18th gap, McIlroy’s second shot landed just some ft away from the opening. After Rose’s putt for birdie simply missed, McIlroy was capable of get the win by sinking his birdie putt.
The putt capped off an all-around uneven day for McIlroy, who double-bogeyed on the primary and thirteenth holes to complete the 18-hole spherical 1-over. His double-bogey on the thirteenth gap fell into the tributary of Rae’s Creek, marking his fourth double-bogey of the event.
Within the second, it appeared that these double bogeys had been going to hitch the listing of shortcomings that McIlroy has had in main tournaments since his earlier win at a significant event in 2014. He briefly fell behind on the leaderboard along with his bogey on the 14th gap, however he rebounded with birdies on the fifteenth and seventeenth holes. He in the end turned the primary golfer to beat 4 double bogeys in a Masters event at Augusta and nonetheless win the event.
That restoration additionally helped McIlroy change into the sixth golfer, and the primary from Europe, to seize the profession Grand Slam. He joined Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Participant, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen as the one different golfers to win males’s golf’s 4 skilled main tournaments.
The response was, understandably, emotional for McIlroy. Shut good friend Shane Lowry watched the ultimate gap and gave him a hug whereas McIlroy embraced a number of different shut household and mates on his option to Butler Cabin.
McIlroy interrupted these celebrations to remind his family members that there was yet one more factor to do.
“I’ve acquired to get a inexperienced jacket,” McIlroy instructed them.
It is a creating story.
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