The PGA Tour officially closes the book on the 2025 Masters on Thursday at the RBC Heritage, but the reverberations of Rory McIlroy’s career-Grand-Slam-clinching victory continue to reverberate across the world.
The first time someone completed what we call golf’s modern career Grand Slam was 1935, although nobody knew it then. That’s when Gene Sarazen won the Augusta National Invitation Tournament … which eventually became known as the Masters … which eventually gained status as one of the four men’s professional majors. Since then, five other Read more…
Over 18 holes of Rory McIlroy’s ball-striking, on a Sunday evening that seemed to stretch on forever, I fell in love with golf. When I applied for an internship at Golf Digest in America, I skirted furtively around my own limited experience playing the game. Though I had played only five or six times, I Read more…
Rory McIlroy wasted no time in updating his social media handles to reflect his enormous achievement by winning the Masters to complete the career grand slam.
Rory McIlroy’s breakthrough win at the 2025 Masters didn’t just etch his name into golfing immortality — it also delivered a $76,500 bonanza for Australian club golfers who took a punt on the Northern Irishman through an audacious tour company promotion.
Rory McIlroy has succeeded Tiger Woods’s throne as golf’s greatest modern player by winning the Masters at Augusta National to become just the sixth golfer in history to complete golf’s career grand slam.
Shane Lowry wasn’t having it. He’d just come off the 18th hole having finished bogey-bogey, dropping from five back to seven back in a blink. He’d battled all day to post an under par round and get inside the top four on the leader board. Instantly spoiled.
For a player who had two double-bogeys late in the first round, seemingly ruining his hopes early of a Masters win, Rory McIlroy has bounced back in historic fashion. After a 66 on day two, McIlroy became the first player in history to start a round at the Masters with six consecutive 3s on the scorecard.
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