Rory McIlroy gained the Masters for the second time in a row however sparked controversy within the course of.
Rory McIlroy gained his second Inexperienced Jacket at Augusta (Picture: Getty)
Rory McIlroy has been praised for his conduct on the Masters regardless of going through criticism for having an unfair benefit over rivals. McIlroy turned solely the fourth participant to retain the Masters on Sunday, following within the footsteps of Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.
The 36-year-old appeared set to coast to victory after establishing a six-shot lead on the finish of Friday however step by step noticed his rivals acquire floor over the weekend. But, he stored his cool within the closing spherical to attain one-under-par and clinch the Inexperienced Jacket, managing to keep away from one other gruelling play-off like final 12 months after edging out Scottie Scheffler by one shot. Nevertheless, the six-time main winner has confronted criticism from some golf followers who consider he had an unfair benefit over different gamers final week, having admitted to taking part in on the course within the weeks main as much as the primary main of the season.
Chamblee continued to reward the Northern Irishman’s conduct on the platform, including: “So far as I may inform, Rory did all of it within the run-up to the Masters. He made himself out there for documentaries, was on the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Beginner and the Drive Chip and Putt, performed along with his father at AN, performed within the Par Three and did each interview and dealt with all of them with class.
“After which took us all on one other unimaginable trip and afterwards, gave an emotional and delightful speech. There isn’t any higher stage than Augusta Nationwide and there’s no higher theatre than Rory. I’m undecided golf has ever had a extra sustained run of nice gamers profitable majors, with the typical world rank of the final 56 main winners higher than fifteenth on this planet. Trying ahead to the remainder of the main season.”
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