You are left wondering how on earth Augusta National managed to inflict such psychological torture on Rory McIlroy for all those years. Or maybe that is precisely the point, that McIlroy’s ending of his Masters misery in 2025 placed him into a fresh head space where failure is not an option.
It turns out Green Jackets are like London buses. Back where he became the sixth man in history to complete a career grand slam, McIlroy entered the record books once more. He is now the fourth to successfully defend the Masters, after Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. As a six-time major winner, he has surpassed Seve Ballesteros.
