McIlroy repeats at Augusta

Rory McIlroy won the Masters again on Sunday, becoming the first man since Tiger Woods to keep the Green Jacket at Augusta National. (pgatour.com) McIlroy shot a 1-under 71 and finished 12-under for the week, one stroke ahead of Scottie Scheffler at the 90th Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. (golfchannel.com) The final margin stayed tight into the last hole. McIlroy made bogey at 18 after driving into the trees and hitting his approach into a front-right bunker, then tapped in to win by one. (europeantour.com) He had started the week with rounds of 67 and 65, then saw his six-shot 36-hole lead disappear before Sunday’s round turned into another scramble. McIlroy trailed by as many as two shots in the final round before birdies at 12 and 13 moved him back in front. (golfchannel.com) (skysports.com) The repeat put McIlroy into a four-man group of back-to-back Masters champions: Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods and now McIlroy. It also gave him a sixth major championship, matching Faldo’s total. (skysports.com) (europeantour.com) The leaderboard shows how narrow the finish was. Scheffler closed with a 68 to take second at 11-under, while Justin Rose, Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton and Cameron Young tied for third at 10-under. (golfchannel.com) (pgatour.com) McIlroy said in Butler Cabin that he had waited 17 years for his first Green Jacket and now had won two straight. He walked off the 18th green and hugged his daughter, Poppy, for the second year in a row. (europeantour.com) (pgatour.com) A year after ending his long wait for a Masters title, McIlroy left Augusta with another one by surviving a week that swung from record pace to late trouble and back again. (europeantour.com)