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Rory McIlroy has done it again. McIlroy won the 2026 Masters with a one-stroke victory over Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler nearly made a historic comeback to win the event after he went bogey-free over the final two rounds.
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While history did not happen for Scheffler, McIlroy did make history over the final two rounds of the event, according to Justin Ray of The Athletic.
"Another wild ride: Rory is the first Masters champion in history to lose strokes to the field over the last 36 holes," Ray posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Rory was 12 under par heading into the weekend, before losing a stroke on Saturday, shooting a 73. He got the stroke back in the fourth round, shooting a 71. It was a disaster of a round for McIlroy on Saturday. He bogeyed the first hole on Saturday, but would birdie hole number three. He would birdie ten as well, before a double bogey on 11 and another bogey on 12.
This put him tied with Cameron Young after the third round. Young would shoot a 73 on Sunday to finish tied for third at ten under.
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Meanwhile, McIlroy became just the fourth golfer ever to win back-to-back Green Jackets. Jack Nicklaus did so in 1966 and 1967. He shot even par on the final two days to force a playoff, at even par in 1977.
Nick Faldo would go on to win in 1989 and 1990. He shot three under par in 1990 to force a playoff with Raymond Floyd, where he won the event. Tiger Woods then won in 2001 and 2002. Woods shot one under par to take a three-stroke victory over Retief Goosen, who shot a two over par 74, in 2002.
With his sixth major victory, McIlroy is tied for the 12th most all-time, along with Faldo, Phil Mickelson, and Lee Trevino.
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