Rory McIlroy turned solely the fourth man to win back-to-back Masters titles on Sunday evening
Rory McIlroy in his Inexperienced Jacket after profitable the Masters (Picture: Getty)
Rory McIlroy could not imagine he was about to jot down his identify into the Masters historical past books. The Northern Irishman put himself firmly within the combine as Europe’s best golfer along with his second Masters title on Sunday evening.
McIlroy’s emotional victory at Augusta final 12 months made him solely the sixth man to win a profession Grand Slam, becoming a member of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Participant, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Nonetheless, after efficiently defending his title, the Northern Irishman joined a good smaller membership with Nicklaus, Woods and Sir Nick Faldo in securing back-to-back titles.
And because the Manchester United supporter waited on the prime of the inexperienced to faucet in his closing shot, he crunched over and mentioned to himself: “I can not imagine it, no means.”
Whereas Paul McGinley, himself a Ryder Cup-winning captain and shut good friend of McIlroy, instructed Sky Sports activities: “McIlroy desires to be generally known as one of the best European of all time. As a lot as many people may suppose that already, he nonetheless didn’t have as many main championships as Nick Faldo, nor Harry Vardon.
“Regardless that he’s caught Nick now with six, he’s nonetheless acquired Harry Vardon (seven) to catch. There’s at all times one other stage, and I believe Rory has reset his targets in that regard.”
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