Rory McIlroy Wins the 2025 Masters and
Completes the Grand Slam!
by Scott A. Sumner
Each April I always look forward to the Masters tournament held at Augusta, Georgia. It is the first major of the year and really the start of the golf season in Canada for many. It especially fun for me to combine my favourite two sports of snowmobiling and golf during this week!
My favourite golfer is Rory McIIroy and last June I got to see him do a complete range warm up at the RBC Canadian Open in Hamliton. I had the good fortune of attending one Masters event several years ago in which Phil Mickelson won. This definitely gave me a great insight into the tournament and how it is run on such a grand level.
This year, as for many years previously, Rory Mcllroy had so much media attention at this event, as by winning the Masters he could complete the career grand slam. The career grand slam means winning all four majors, the Masters, PGA, U.S. Open, and the Open championships in your career. Only five other players have done this in history and the last one was many years ago in 2000 by Tiger Woods. This year's tournament ended up with the Sunday final round pairing in the last group of Rory McIIroy and Bryson DeChambeau. In addition Rory, represented PGA Tour and Bryson represents the LIV Golf Tour. Of course, I think many people were hoping for Rory, as he is definitely a well liked player. The the nerve-racking final round included two double bogeys by Rory including on the 1st hole and on the 13th hole by hitting an easy wedge shot into the water.
On the final hole Rory missed a fairly short putt again to end up getting in a playoff with Justin Rose. The playoff ended on the 18th hole with Rory making about a 4 foot putt. The flood of emotions came out, as he knew he had accomplished a massive goal in the game of golf.
There's no doubt that golf is a great sport, and it was awesome to see this very popular player finally accomplish his goal and achieve the grand slam!
We can all look forward to a great golf season in the beautiful Thunder Bay area.
