Rory McIlroy ended his lengthy look ahead to a fifth main title and accomplished the profession Grand Slam with a dramatic play-off victory over Justin Rose at The Masters.
McIlroy recovered from dropping his in a single day two-shot benefit with an opening-hole double bogey to initially take management at Augusta Nationwide, solely to blow a four-shot lead over his closing six holes.
The world No 2 bogeyed the final to shut a one-over 73 and slip again to 11 below alongside Rose, who overturned a seven-stroke deficit and posted a surprising final-round 66 to pressure a play-off.
The gamers returned to the 18th for the play-off, the place McIlroy made amends for his 72nd-hole blunder by firing a surprising strategy to inside three toes of the pin and making the birdie putt required for a life-changing win.
McIlroy’s fifth main title is his first because the 2014 PGA Championship and makes him simply the sixth golfer in historical past to finish the profession Grand Slam, becoming a member of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Participant, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
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