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“A GREEN JACKET— AGAIN”
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The guy from Ireland looks good in Green.
The guy from Ireland likes roller coaster rides too.
The guy from Ireland has won his 2nd tourney in a row at Augusta
Rory McIlroy has replaced Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as the ‘Fan’s Man’
He has now won 6-Grand Slam events and back to back Masters.
He survived a wild 3-days at Augusta.
The spectacular 9-birdie day on Friday that gave him a 6-shot lead, that disappeared.
Saturday brought 4-errant shots off the tee, into the Pine trees, the Azaleas, and twice into the gallery. Lead gone.
Come Sunday, he was all over the place. His putter disappeared for awhile. There was a bogey and a double bogey. Then with the day about to unravel, he went birdie-birdie on 12-and-13 and made 2-pressure par putts to retain the lead.
The rest of the field chased him, pressured him, a few passed him, but they could not keep up the pressure packed hole-by-hole competition. And at the end the fans screamed ‘Rory-Rory-Rory’. It was electric. And at the end, family hugs were so much fun to see, and you could see the tension leave and the smiles take over.
His longtime Irish playing mate Shane Lowrie was there to hug him too along with a list of other UK-PGA players, an ultimate sign of professional respect.
Scottie Scheffler’s game was MIA for weeks, then he found it, then he lost it. He went 11-holes without a birdie on Sunday but finished upbeat with a (-11) score, just short.
Justin Rose, the great veteran from England, grinded his way to the top, with 3-birdies in a row, 4-in-8 holes, but then hit bad tee shots at 11-and-14 and never got hot again.
Cam Young surged on Saturday into Sunday, but went 10-holes with a bird on Sunday and bogeys on 6-7-9 ended his chances.
Russ Hendley had 4-birds early but faded
Explosive Tyrell Hatton had 6-birdies and an eagle but ran out of holes, almost duplicated a Friday surge, but served notice he may have arrived as some sort of star despite all his tantrums.
It was such a strange feel when they teed off Thursday morning. No Tiger, in drug rehab. No Phil-in the LIV and off the tour with a family illness issue.
Now Rory joins Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger in winning back to back, the only ones who have done it since the tourney began in 1934.
But at the finish, the long walk to Butler Cabin was really special for McIlroy, special for golf, and now the official crowning of a very special honor for it’s new veteran star.
And across the sea, the Green Isle of Dublin-Belfast-Shannon-Cork and the rest of his nation, decked in Green, has its favorite golfer bringing home another Jacket-colored Green to match the countryside..
Rory McIlroy = Masters Champion
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