Fans have no doubt that this is the best season of his career.
Rory McIlroy broke the curse and finally won the Masters he had been waiting for for years. Moreover, he managed to achieve for him the greatest achievement in the history of golf: a victory on host soil in the Ryder Cup.
Looking at it all, there’s no doubt that Rory had a dream season and truly achieved all the goals he set out to achieve.
In an interview with Sky Sports ahead of the premiere of the documentary McIlroy 2025: A Career Year, the popular golfer revealed how he was feeling before the final round and the start of the Masters.
The famous golfer reveals that year after year he felt intense pressure and thought the Masters might be slipping away from him.
“Yes, I doubted that moment would ever happen,” McIlroy told it Air sports.
“I felt like I had already had a lot of chances.
I finally won the Masters when I was 35, but I had a chance when I was 21. I also had a chance when I was 28. I’ve had a few more opportunities in between, and as your career progresses, you feel like that window is closing.
Going into that Sunday, I said, ‘Could this be my last chance? Could this be it?’ I think with the way it all went down, Bryson will be in the last group and just after Pinehurst in 2024 [US Open]there was a lot of driving that day.’
So yeah, I had my doubts before that, but I had to keep all that in the back of my mind, just go out there and try to play a good round of golf, which I don’t think is the case. In parts I did, in others I didn’t.”
Difficulties
Although he had many problems and difficult moments during the last Masters, Rory showed mental strength and managed to recover.
Rory explained the reason for his victory to reporters from Sky Sports, recalling moments from his childhood watching the Masters as a child, hoping that one day he would have the same opportunity.
“We watched The Masters as a boy and as a father and just thought about playing that tournament one day. Then all of a sudden, from playing it, to trying to win it, and then to have that moment.
I remember being with Harry [Diamond, caddie] in 2005 when Tiger [Woods] scored 16 against Chris DiMarco, and we watched that together. I have that reaction, I stand up, I turn around, and who’s the first person I see? It’s Harry.” – he concluded.
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