Rory McIlroy - 6 Time Major Winner and Grandslam legend

Agree to all of that. Even on Friday, his ability to get up and down to recover from bad drives, his chip in on 17, etc were a huge reason why he won the tournament.

You'd imagine this year didn't take as much out of him, he should be better placed to attack the others this year.

yeah, simply brilliant.

I watched back the highlights programme again last night, I had not fully appreciated watching live, how well Rory had actually played under pressure tbh. His back to back birdies on the front 9, to get back in the frame, (he was momentarily 3 behind at one stage before canning a key putt to bring it back to 2 back), and then the absolutely brilliant way he played amen corner, especially after not having done at all well there just the day before, were both awesome feats of mental strength & championship golf imho. Also the way he regathered the lead through 12 & 13, & then hung on brilliantly, while extending his lead, really showed his resilience, mental strength & valuable maturity these days imho.

He missed 2 short putts in that round which was a pity for his overall score (& our nerves!) tbh, but his shots on 12, drive on 13, putt from off the back on 16, chip on 17 & even his 2nd shot & bunker shot on 18, considering the pressure he was under, really go to show what an amazing competitor & champion he is. Winning yet another major, his 6th (!!!!!!), and back to back masters, while not even playing his best golf, really shows what a legendary player & champion he now is also. Well done Rory!!

Yea i think that is the most obvious next target and would set him up above many of the other greats he is currently mentioned with.

Amazing that 13 months ago he'd have given anything for a Green Jacket and now if he had his pick of majors to win it would probably be the Open or US Open.

Lots of people who called him a bottler or choker never held a golf club in their local par 3 let alone stand with a driver in their hand looking down Tea Olive fairway. They're the same people who will call the Irish football team chokers, or the rugby team chokers, or Shane Lowry a choker, or the Mayo footballers chokers.

At top level in sport, the margins are so tiny it can be the bounce of a ball that makes the difference. Cameron Young was on track to prove that in spades at one stage at the weekend! Rory's ball lands behind that tree and he has no shot? Playoff at best.

The level of pressure is just immense and to the victor the spoils.

None of those who call any top sportsmen or team a bottler have any idea what they are on about, they think from the couch "well obviously he should have blasted the penalty", or "obviously he should have passed the ball wide", or whatever.

I think these people just want somebody to hate, to mock, from their armchair and their weapon of anonymity and echo chamber - social media - to validate their pathetic little mind.

Hopefully , I'd love to see him win another open.

He seems poised to play really great golf now at each & every major for a (good) few years now, as a really mature, battle savvy multiple major champion, which should hopefully yield the major wins his talent, hard work, resilience & dedication deserves….

He is a credit to himself, his parents & everyone around him.

A truly great champion!!!!!!

I watched the full press conference after the win on you tube. I could not believe how thoughtful and considered every one of his answers were. No matter what the question, he gave a meaningful reply. It must have gone on for at least 20 minutes and you could see he was getting tired of it though he was trying to hide it.

It’s funny, any time I’m talking to girls about how much I admire him, they always bring up him breaking off the engagement with that tennis player after she’d sent out the wedding invitations and hold it against him. I think that was a sign of character, took more courage than going through with a wedding when he wasn’t fully committed.

Mcilroy is less robotic than the yanks but thats not the same as intellect.

Mans opinions flip flop more than a fish out of water.

He has exempted himself more so, he was never in the field announced last week. Everyone else seems to be in, I only saw that Rose withdrew after Sunday's final round.

ah yeah, he'll be celebrating, doing the rounds, have press, sponsorshi & pr commitments as well as trying to come back down to earth after a (another) major win high. A well deserved week off.

On a more mid to long term view, it will be interesting to see how Rory manages his schedule & priorities going forward. The three week focused build up to this masters seemed to really agree with him, as he started this major with 2 scintillating rounds to really set up a great win. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a renewed focus on the majors from Rory, with maybe 2-3 weeks off tournament golf before each major to fully prepare for each specific course & major.

While he may not win as many Fed EX events, points or Cups, or DP Tour events & Race to Dubai titles going forwards with this approach, nonetheless a clearer, more intense focus on the majors, alongside less off course distractions (PGA player director, etc, etc, etc) which by and large he has already let go, may well yield even more majors for Rory than otherwise going forward, at the expense of a few less regular tournaments & tour prize money.

As ever he will be fascinating to watch & support. Go Rory!!!

thanks for that, there goes that theory (of mine) so!! :)

nonetheless, with the result & approach to this masters seemingly suiting him so well ,as indicated by how spectacular he was for the first 2 rounds, & how well he played for the final 14 holes of this masters under humongous pressure, it will be interesting to see does he stick to this schedule, or give himself an extra week 'off' to prepare before specific majors going forwards..….

I think Quail Hollow (Truist Championship) is the week before Aronimink (PGA Champ), not two weeks.

The Masters does allow him that break from competitive play, mainly because he has lots of access to the course for practice. Other majors he probably won't have the same option.

Thought he was going to have an all pars round but got a birdie on his last