After a topsy-turvy final round, Rory McIlroy held on to win the 89th Masters Tournament in a one-hole playoff Sunday, earning his fifth major championship and his first since 2014. Entering the day with a two-shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau for first place, McIlroy somehow found himself neck and neck with Justin Rose after 15 holes. Needing only par on the 18th hole to win, McIlroy bogeyed to set up the playoff against Rose. Playing the same hole again to determine a winner, McIlroy recorded a birdie while Rose shot for par.
Rory McIlroy's long, painful wait for the career Grand Slam is finally over. And the greatest achievement of his career was as nerve-wracking and dramatic as all of the near-misses that came before it. The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland overcame a shaky start -- and even more perilous finish -- in the final round of the 89th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday to defeat Justin Rose in the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to finally win a green jacket and become only the sixth golfer to complete the career Grand Slam.
It took sudden death playoffs, but Rory McIlroy finally earned his green jacket. With his Masters Tournament win on Sunday, McIlroy, 35, joined the likes of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Gene Sarazen as the sixth Career Grand Slam champion in golfing history.
