It took him more than one and a half decades to win one and now Rory McIlroy has two. A triumphant McIlroy won his second Masters Tournament, his sixth major championship and 30th PGA TOUR title in his 279th PGA start. He joins Jack Nicklaus (1956, 1965), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990) and Tiger Woods (2001, 2002) as players to successfully defend their title and he becomes fourth player (seven instances) in the last 25 years to win the same major championship in back-to-back fashion - Tiger Woods (2001-02 Masters, 2005-06 Open Championship, 2006-07 PGA Championship), Padraig Harrington (2007-08 Open Championship), Brooks Koepka (2017-18 U.S. Open, 2018-19 PGA Championship).
Rory joins Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson as players with six major championships (T12 all time); only 11 players have more than six major championships.
Although wayward at times, especially during the third round where he barely found a fairway off the tee, he was in the lead (or co-led) after the 18, 36 and 54-holes en route to victory
Rory also surpassed $13 million in career earnings at the Masters Tournament, the most of any player in tournament history
Miscellaneous Tournament Notes
Scottie Scheffler (2nd/-11) cards 65-68 on the weekend and becomes the first player in the last 82 years (since 1942) to play the third and final rounds bogey-free at the Masters Tournament. Scheffler shot an under-par score in the final round at the Masters for the seventh consecutive time, tying Tom Watson (1977-1982) as the only players to achieve this feat; owns five consecutive top-10s at the Masters (2nd/2026, 4th/2025, Won/2024, T10/2023, Won/2022).
Tyrrell Hatton (T3/-10) carded a final-round 66, his career low round at the Masters and he recorded his best result at Augusta National and best result in any major championship.
Russell Henley (T3/-10), who celebrated his 37th birthday on Sunday, was attempting to become the first player to win the Masters Tournament on his birthday; last player to win a PGA TOUR event on their birthday.
Justin Rose (T3/-10) was the only player in the field with four rounds under par this week
Cameron Young (T3/-10) takes the No. 1 position in the FedExCup standings by a 5-point margin over Scottie Scheffler
Collin Morikawa (T7/-9) made his first start on TOUR since withdrawing on his second hole of THE PLAYERS Championship with a back injury, sat T40 after an opening-round 74 before carding three rounds in the 60s (69-68-68); marks his first time with at least three sub-70 rounds in a single Masters
En route to a final-round 66, Keegan Bradley (T21/-3) birdies No.16 for the fourth time this week to become the third player in Masters history with four birdies at No. 16 in a single tournament: Bert Yancey (1968), Patrick Reed (2020).
Finishing at 2-under T24, Sam Stevens, Chris Gotterup and Michael Brennan were the best of the eight first-time competitors who made the cut
Past Masters champions in the field included Rory McIlroy (1st/-12), Scottie Scheffler (2nd/-11), Patrick Reed (T12/-5), Hideki Matsuyama (T12/-5), Jordan Spieth (T12/-5), Australia’s Adam Scott (T24/-2), Dustin Johnson (T33/E), Jon Rahm (T38/+1), Sergio Garcia (52nd/+8), Charl Schwartzel (54th/+12).
Entering the final round, Australia’s Jason Day was only three shots off the pace going into the final round, however a bogey at the 5th and a double bogey at the 7th saw him fall off the pace, eventually carding a three over 75 to finish just outside the Top 10 (T12). He was the top ranked Aussie with Adam Scott finishing T24. Cameron Smith and Min Woo Lee missed the Cut.