{"id":1878,"date":"2025-04-14T01:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2025-04-14T01:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:35:13","slug":"mcilroy-rides-luck-of-the-irish-to-overcome-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/mcilroy-rides-luck-of-the-irish-to-overcome-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy rides luck of the Irish to overcome Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland won his fifth major title and snapped an 11-year major title drought on Sunday by defeating England’s Justin Rose in a playoff to complete a career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

McIlroy withstood two double bogeys and three bogeys with help from four birdies, but there was little margin for error in his victory.<\/p>\n

Following back-to-back birdies at the ninth and 10th holes that gave him a four-stroke lead at 14-under, McIlroy found himself in the right trees at 11.<\/p>\n

McIlroy blasted his approach just shy of the green, the ball stopping just on the edge of a slope that would have sent it into a water hazard, likely turning his eventual bogey on the hole into a double-bogey or worse.<\/p>\n

“I’ve rode my luck all week,” said McIlroy. “I think with the things that I’ve had to endure over the last few years, I think I deserved it.”<\/p>\n

Those hard-earned luck storing moments include three major runner-up showings over the past three years.<\/p>\n

“Any time I hit it in the trees this week, I had a gap,” McIlroy said. “You need that little bit of luck to win these golf tournaments.”<\/p>\n

A cheering crowd informed McIlroy his ball had avoided a watery grave, unlike playing partner Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t see the ball on 11, but I heard the sort of groan of the crowd as it was rolling towards there and then the cheer when it stopped,” McIlroy said.<\/p>\n

“Bryson hit his shot in the water, and I was looking at my ball thinking, ‘Should I run down and hit it? Should I go down and hit it out of turn to make sure it doesn’t roll in?’<\/p>\n

“But I got down there and it was on a little flat spot, so it was OK. But yeah, was quite fortunate.”<\/p>\n

How lucky was McIlroy this week? He became the first Masters champion with four double bogeys in his victory run.<\/p>\n

He only won after overcoming the heartache of missing a four-foot par putt on the 72nd hole that dropped him into a playoff.<\/p>\n

‘The rest is history’<\/p>\n

McIlroy thanked caddie Harry Diamond for keeping his mental focus where it needed to be when it mattered most.<\/p>\n

“Harry and I were walking to the golf cart to bring us back to the 18th tee, and he said to me, ‘Well, pal, we would have taken this on Monday morning.’<\/p>\n

“I’m like, ‘Yeah, absolutely we would have.’ That was an easy reset. He basically said to me, look, you would have given your right arm to be in a playoff at the start of the week. So that sort of reframed it a little bit for me.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy just focused on duplicating his tee shot from regulation and he did to find the fairway.<\/p>\n

“I just kept telling myself, just make the same swing you made in regulation,” McIlroy said. “I hit a great drive up there, and yeah, the rest is history.”<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Augusta (United States) (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Whether it was resetting after missing a putt to win or riding some well-earned luck at Augusta National, Rory McIlroy took pride in little details that made him a Masters champion. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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