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Rory McIlroy Outruns His Demons in Masters for the Ages
Oh, Rory, the journey you took to get here. After 11 painstaking years, you closed the circle on an elusive career Grand Slam. And you felt it, Boy, did you ever. The past brushes with golf immortality, only to be repelled time and again — just like during your rollercoaster final round. But you outdueled Justin Rose in a one-hole playoff, and the emotions came bursting out. It must have felt like this day would never come. But you made sure it did. The green jacket is yours. Well deserved.
From Triumph to Tragedy and back to Triumph
McIlroy finally won the elusive green jacket, his final round a fitting up-down-up-again coda to a heartbreaking 11-year saga.
'A Historic Moment in Golf'
Rose's class shines in moving moment. Plus, McIlroy's timeline of close calls, DeChambeau's wayward Sunday, and more.
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