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Rory McIlroy Wins Masters to Complete Career Grand Slam
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4/14/2025
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A Sunday at the Masters that we will never forget with all the stakes,
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with everything that was on the line entering our final round at Augusta
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National for the performance that was delivered with the highest of highs in
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the lowest of lows on a Sunday at the back nine at Augusta.
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It ends though, DRS, with Rory McIlroy finally accomplishing the thing
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that had eluded him for more than a decade.
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11 years to complete the career Grand Slam, but finally yesterday,
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even in a playoff on his 19th hole of Sunday, McIlroy has his moment at Augusta.
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A masterful playoff hole to finally capture a green jacket.
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Rory McIlroy at 11 under par finally dons that green jacket inside Butler Cabin
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and wins the first Masters tournament of his career to become the sixth golfer
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in history to complete the career Grand Slam.
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But DRS, as we alluded to, and as you see the stats there, it was not easy yesterday for Rory,
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despite having a two-shot lead entering Sunday, playing in that final pairing alongside Bryson
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DeChambeau.
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Despite the fact that after Rory birdied his 10th hole of the day to start that back nine
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in Augusta, he held a four-stroke lead over the field, calamity after calamity,
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bad shot after missed putt, and Rory had to go to a playoff to win it, matched with some
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masterful iron play down the stretch to even give him the opportunity to win it in regulation.
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It will be a final round known for its drama, swirling all throughout on a Sunday at Augusta.
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But at the end, the record book will show a green jacket for McIlroy and a career Grand Slam to boot.
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Yeah, and also we're talking a lot about Rory McIlroy, but also Bryson DeChambeau on Sunday.
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Yes, it looks like he was going to be the victor at that point.
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So what a big collapse.
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I remember back in the mid-1990s, the Greg Norman collapse there on a Sunday afternoon at the Masters,
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and that felt like what Rory McIlroy was trying to do, but DeChambeau helped him out by also
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plummeting there on the back nine. But if we want to focus on the shots, some of the shots,
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I should say, that Rory McIlroy hits, unbelievable. Like, understand this.
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This isn't like a practice round or, hey, I'm at the local municipal golf course,
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nobody's watching me, and oh, that hurts to miss that putt. Like, we're watching live on TV,
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and you can hear the crowd groans every time he missed or hit a bad shot, which you know compounds
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a person already saying, like, I can't believe I hit that shot. Then you hear the crowd,
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the stress that comes through, but able to pull it together time and time again.
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Understand this. You can't win the tournament on a Friday or a Thursday, but you can lose it.
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Now, Rory didn't lose it technically on Thursday because he shot even par,
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but I don't know how he slept that night going like, I was probably going to shoot five under,
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be one or two shots off the lead. Then I'll shoot my 66 on Friday, 66 on Saturday. I can walk away
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with this thing. And to leave that golf course on Friday, knowing how well he played through the
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first 15 holes or 14 holes and had that collapse on him and still was able to come out carefree on
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Friday and fire that 66 and then do it again on Saturday was impressive. And then you're sleeping
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with the lead and you say, you know what, this is going to be my tournament. And to say, I can't even
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like stroll through and just play defensive golf. I lost the lead before I could snap your fingers
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in round number four. And then to continuously come back, build a lead, lose a lead, miss a bad putt.
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And then in the playoff to say, I'm out of energy. I blew my chance to win this,
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to win it once again. Great theater. As I continue to say.
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