Rory McIlroy has accomplished a profession Grand Slam in golf together with his win on the US Masters match.
The Masters was the final main match left for McIlroy to finish the fashionable golf Grand Slam – a feat solely 5 others have managed earlier than him.
McIlroy, who was making his eleventh try at finishing the Grand Slam, confronted off Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff to determine the Masters champion, after they completed tied on 11 underneath on the finish of regulation on Sunday.
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McIlroy reacts as he wins. Pic: AP
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McIlroy reacts after successful towards Justin Rose on the Masters. Pic: AP
“It’s my 17th time here and I started to wonder if it would ever be my time,” McIlroy stated simply earlier than slipping on the inexperienced jacket through the presentation ceremony.
“I’m just absolutely honoured and thrilled and just so proud to be able to call myself a Masters champion.”
McIlroy had missed his six-foot putt for par, a bogey which dropped him again to 11 underneath, the place he joined Rose – resulting in a dramatic play-off between the 2.
Solely 5 different golfers have been in a position to full a profession Grand Slam, together with Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Participant, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.
McIlroy is a two-time winner of the PGA Championship, claiming the prize in 2012 and 2014.
The 35-year-old additionally gained his first main title, the US Open, in 2011, and gained The Open Championship in 2014.
How did McIlroy get to the victory?
McIlroy recovered from shedding his in a single day two-shot benefit with an opening-hole double bogey to initially take management at Augusta Nationwide, solely to blow a four-shot lead over his closing six holes.
The world No 2 bogeyed the final to shut a one-over 73 and slip again to 11 underneath alongside Rose, who overturned a seven-stroke deficit and posted a surprising final-round 66 to power a play-off.
The gamers returned to the 18th for the play-off, the place McIlroy made amends for his 72nd-hole blunder by firing a surprising method to inside three toes of the pin and making the birdie putt required for a life-changing win.
