When it is between the lines – or with the golf course, inside the strings – everything is business for Rory McILroy.
This memo apparently did not arrive in Bryson Dechambeau before the last round of the Masters.
The two were twinned again in a major, just like the US Open of last year, which Dechambeau snatched from McILroy in the late holes. McILroy even joked during the winter that he wanted to “recover” in Dechambeau for “what he did” to Pinehurst.
Dechambeau cracked: “To be fair, you did it in a way.”
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Rory McILroy, from Northern Ireland and Bryson Dechambeau of the United States, Putt on Green No. 11 in the Masters final at the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday April 13, 2025. (Ken Griffey Jr./Augusta National / Getty Images)
It was competitive friendly jokes between the Ryder Cup and the PGA-Liv rivals, but nothing was friendly on Sunday.
Dechambeau said that McILroy “didn’t tell me once” during the final round.
It was part of the plan.
“It had nothing to do with Bryson,” McILroy’s sports psychologist, Bob Rotella, via ESPN, told the BBC. “It was only the match plan all week, and we wanted to get lost. We did not want to pay attention to what someone else scored, drew or swing or how far they touched him. We just wanted Rory to play his game.
Bryson Dechambeau of the United States and Rory McILroy of Northern Ireland react to the fifth green in the final of the 2025 master’s degree at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2025, in Augusta, GA. (Images Richard Heathcote / Getty)
Bryson Dechambeau hits Rory McILroy with an epic jab about Opening us to strangle: “ did it to yourself ” ‘
“The fact is that if you think you are going to win, just play your game and assume that if you do this near how you are capable, then you will finish with n ° 1.”
Despite a lot of hiccups, it worked. McILroy finally won his first masters and finished the big career chelem during his 11th attempt.
Dechambeau said he loved the excitement of the day, but said his partner had appeared zoned.
“He was just like” huh “. By just concentrated, I suppose.
Rory McILroy holds the Masters championship trophy in the Masters final at the Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada / Imagn images)
McILroy became the first player to win a masters despite the double bogeing four times in the tournament. To fight against this, he set a tournament record with 30 “3s” on the dashboard.
