{"id":1884,"date":"2025-04-14T01:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2025-04-14T01:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:55:17","slug":"rollercoaster-carries-mcilroy-to-masters-glory-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/rollercoaster-carries-mcilroy-to-masters-glory-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Rollercoaster carries McIlroy to Masters glory at last"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“You know, there was points on the back nine today, I thought, ‘Have I let this slip again?'” McIlroy admitted after giving up the solo lead three times before rolling in a four-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole to beat Justin Rose.<\/p>\n

“Just a complete rollercoaster of a day,” McIlroy said. “An emotionally draining week for a lot of reasons, a lot of just rollercoaster rounds and late finishes.<\/p>\n

“(I’m) absolutely thrilled to be sitting here at the end of the week as the last man standing.”<\/p>\n

The world number two was riding high coming into the first major of the year having captured two US PGA Tour titles this year.<\/p>\n

But he had two double-bogeys in a first-round 72 that left him seven strokes off the pace and two more on Sunday to make him the first Masters winner with four doubles on his scorecard.<\/p>\n

His first on Sunday came at the opening hole, and immediately dropped him into a tie with playing partner Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

He would also double-bogey 13 before hanging on to complete the win.<\/p>\n

“It’s funny, walking to the second tee the first thing that popped into my head was Jon Rahm a couple of years ago making double and going on to win,” McIlroy said.<\/p>\n

“So at least my mind was in the right place and was at least thinking positively about it,” added the player who says resilience is his greatest asset.<\/p>\n

He has needed it over the years. From a crushing 2011 Masters defeat when he was just 21 to a devastating collapse over the final holes at the US Open last year, McIlroy has mastered the art of bouncing back.<\/p>\n

“Look, you have to be the eternal optimist in this game,” he said.<\/p>\n

But after failing in 10 attempts to complete the career Grand Slam at Augusta, McIlroy was feeling the pressure on the first tee on Sunday, even after back-to-back rounds of 66 to seize the lead.<\/p>\n

“I was unbelievably nervous this morning,” he said. “Really nervous on the first hole, as you witnessed with the double.”<\/p>\n

“Knot in your stomach, haven’t really had much of an appetite all day, tried to force food down.”<\/p>\n

Despite that, and the “jelly-like” legs, McIlroy persevered.<\/p>\n

“It was a struggle,” he said. “But I got it over the line.”<\/p>\n

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Augusta (United States) (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Rory McIlroy put major championship miseries behind him with a heart-stopping victory at the Masters on Sunday that was nearly as nerve-wracking as some of the near-misses that came before. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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