Why Rory McIlroy on Sunday Master

Rory McIlroy won Sunday at the 2025 Masters as the Northern Irish avoided a devastating collapse and became the sixth golfer in history to win a professional grand slam.

McIlroy’s final round began with a showdown expected to be held with Bryson DeChambeau. Dechambeau took the game to the top on the second hole, but McIlroy regained the game in third place, and by the turn, Dechambeau no longer posed a threat to McIlroy’s great pursuit.

But while there are many twists and turns in the final round, it does not include any chat meat between Augusta National McIlroy and DeChambeau.

“Don’t know,” McIlroy said after the round when asked about the playoffs with Justin Rose. “He didn’t talk to me at all.”

It’s easy to speculate that McIlroy prevented DeChambeau from being part of the larger PGA Tour hatred, or some of his annoyance of losing last year’s U.S. Open, which allowed Dechambeau to win the trophy from him. But, McIlroy’s sports psychologist Bob Rotella told BBC Radio 4 that McIlroy’s frozen Dechambeau is not personal.

“It’s not about Bryson,” Rotella told the BBC. “That’s just a game plan for the whole week and we want to get lost. We don’t want to notice that anyone else is scoring, shooting, swinging or how far they hit – we just want Rory to play his game. The point is, if you believe you’ll win the game, you can play the game and assume you can do it anywhere, you’ll be able to do it anywhere, and you’ll win one.”

It’s not new to competitors without talkativeness.

During the 2019 Masters, Tony Finau tried to interact with Tiger Woods on the seventh hole and got a cold shoulder similar to Mimroy’s to Dechambeau.

“We finally got to the seventh hole and the tiger and I were walking down each other, which was a little awkward,” Finau said. “I was like, why didn’t he talk to me? Maybe I should say something to him. So I thought, ‘Hey Tiger, how are the kids?’ He was like, “Oh, they did a great job.” ” He just stretched out on the fairway and since then, I said, I know where his attitude is and I won’t be talking to him the next time I’m left.

McIlroy went on to beat Rose on the first playoff hole to end a major drought in nearly 11 years and entered an exclusive club that included only Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.

“It’s very difficult,” McIlroy said after being asked about his victory after failing to complete a professional Grand Slam 10 years ago. “I think I’ve taken that burden since August 2014. It’s been almost 11 years. Not only is it going to win my next major, but it’s a professional grand slam.

“It’s hard today. I was incredibly nervous this morning. I was really nervous as you’ve witnessed doubles, but as I said, this calmed me down and I was able to bounce back and prove that I’ve talked a lot. It’s a very heavy weight.

With a major drought and a professional grand slam, Rotella believes McIlroy will no longer be under such a huge pressure and will be able to play big titles in different ways.

“My guess is that he will continue to win more victories,” Rochira said. “I think he is thinking about how much he has[major]Winning season. ”