2025 Masters, final-round recap: Leaderboard, highlights, results from Rory McIlroy’s Grand Slam win

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It’s something about April 13ths at Augusta.

“A moment like that makes all the years and all the close calls worth it,” Rory McIlroy said of his emotion on the 18th green.

Sure seems that way.

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The weight, 11 years on his back, is gone.

HE DID IT. Eleven years in the making, Rory McIlroy wins the career Grand Slam, the sixth golfer ever to do so.

Major drought over. Demons exorcised. He’s done it.

This could be it.

Justin Rose nearly HOLED his approach — but Rory did him one better, sticking it to a couple feet. Rose has eight or nine feet for birdie. McIlroy has two.

CINEMA.

Justin Rose hits a perfect fade around the corner on 18. Rory McIlroy does the exact same.

Rose is a bit further to the right, but both have a great look.

Rory misses. Wow.

We’re going to a playoff. Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose.

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McIlroy hits it to a few feet out of the bunker.

It’s not a tap-in, but it’s not long. This is for the career Grand Slam.

A gap wedge lands in the right greenside bunker for McIlroy.

Up and down to win the Masters and the slam. If not — it’s a playoff, or heartbreak.

The lie is good.

A perfect fade around the corner on Holly for McIlroy. In the fairway, next to the bunker.

Three strokes from a slam.

Par on 18, and Rory McIlroy wins the career Grand Slam.

Bogey, and we’re in a playoff.

Double-bogey and Justin Rose is your 89th Masters champion.

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“Go! Go! Go!” Rory McIlroy implored his approach on 17.

It listened.

McIlroy stuck it to three feet. He sank the birdie putt.

He’s 12 under. Justin Rose is in the clubhouse at 11 under.

Par on 18, and Rory McIlroy becomes the sixth golfer to win the career Grand Slam, ending an 11-year major drought in the process.

It won’t be a third green jacket for Scottie Scheffler, but a strong effort nonetheless. He cards a 3-under 69 on Sunday to end the tournament at 8 under — a likely top five.

MADNESS. Patrick Reed one-hops his second shot on 17 for eagle. He moves to 9 under.

He needs to do it again on 18 for a chance, but regardless — an appropriate shot amid the chaos this Masters Sunday has become.

At worst, it’s a cool highlight and a bit more of the purse:

WOW. Justin Rose sinks a LONG birdie putt on the 18th — one of six second-nine birdies for him — to hit the clubhouse at 11 under.

With a decent Saturday, he probably wins comfortably. He may still: Rory McIlroy is at 11 under through 16. Ludvig Åberg drops a shot on 17.

T1. Rose (-11)
T1. McIlroy (-11 through 16)
3. Åberg (-9 through 17)

It was slipping. No — it had slipped. And then Rory McIlroy did it again.

A beautiful draw with a 7-iron on the 15th sets up him for an eagle putt.

It was a different club, and a different shot, from the tournament-changing one he hit on Saturday.

But you know he walked after it again.

Only thing: He missed it, and birdied. He’s one up on Rose and Åberg.

Because it may be relevant: The Masters uses a sudden-death playoff format. It starts on 18, then goes to 10 if needed, then repeats between the two until a winner emerges.

Justin Rose misses a medium par putt on the 17th hole and it’s a three-way tie at 10 under.

Rose is through 17, McIlroy is through 14, Åberg is through 16.

Get your popcorn.

We can’t believe it, either. Justin Rose has the outright lead through 16 holes (14 for McIlroy) after Rory bogeys the 14th.

Par-5 coming up for McIlroy, who’s also tied with Åberg.

Ludvig Åberg wants in on the chaos. He birdies the par-5 15th, and he’s now ONE off the lead.

T1. McIlroy (-11)
T1. Rose (-11)
3. Åberg (-10)

It’s madness at Augusta.

A birdie on the Jack Nicklaus hole location 16th has Justin Rose — the 36-hole leader who fell way back with a 75 on Saturday — co-leading with McIlroy.

Unreal.

JUST LIKE THAT, WE HAVE A TOURNAMENT AGAIN. Rory McIlroy does the only thing he can’t do — hit it in the water — on 13, and he winds up with his FOURTH double bogey of the tournament!

Also: Justin Rose birdies the par-3 16th. WE ARE TIED. UNBELIEVABLE.

Here. We. Go.

If anyone’s going to make this somewhat interesting, it’s going to be one of three people: Rory McIlroy himself, Justin Rose or Ludvig Åberg.

Rose birdies the 15th and he’s at 10 under. Meanwhile, Patrick Reed misses a short par putt, moving to 7 under.

McIlroy pars Golden Bell, giving him a four-stroke lead through two-thirds of action on Sunday.

DeChambeau bogeys, dropping all the way down to 6 under. Rose and Åberg are 9 under, with Scheffler, Reed at 8.

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After narrowly avoiding the water, Rory McIlroy doesn’t quite chip it close enough, then misses his par putt to bogey the 11th.

Meanwhile, Justin Rose ends a three-birdie run with a bogey on the 14th. And DeChambeau, after the wet ball, cards a double. Here’s the leaderboard.

1. McIlroy (-13)
2. Rose (-9)
T3. Reed (-8)
T3. Åberg (-8)
T5: DeChambeau, Scheffler, Conners, Day (-7)

Bryson DeChambeau had to start getting aggressive — but not like that. He splashes his approach on 11, and that might end his chances in this 89th Masters.

Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy almost found water himself — but it hangs up just long enough to stay dry. It’s his day. So far.

Hole 10 is where Rory McIlroy’s Augusta demons introduced themselves in 2011. That year, he hooked his tee shot way left, kicking off a second nine 43 to collapse on Sunday.

That was then, this is now. McIlroy blasts a perfect drive off the 10th tee, then capitalizes with a second consecutive birdie. (HE didn’t always think it, though.)

He’s four up on Rose — and DeChambeau, who made par, is tied with Åberg at five strokes off the pace.

The 36-hole leader baaaaarely misses an eagle putt on the 13th, but a tap-in birdie has him at 10 under, clear of DeChambeau and Åberg by a stroke and two behind McIlroy.

If after hole 1, you had told Rory McIlroy he’d go under par on the first nine, think he’d take it?

He birdies the ninth to make the turn in 35. DeChambeau misses a birdie putt and it’s a four-stroke lead — over three players — after nine holes.

Two-man race? Not so fast! Justin Rose makes his third straight birdie, Ludvig Åberg makes one of his own and they join DeChambeau at 9 under.

Of course, Bryson has more golf left than they do. But this is tightening up.

Justin Rose sinks a long birdie putt on the 11th. Patrick Reed converts on the ninth. They’re tied with two others at 8 under.

McIlroy can’t convert on a long birdie putt, DeChambeau makes a comebacker after missing his, too. Both drove it into the bunker and they par the par-5 eighth.

1. McIlroy (-12)
2. DeChambeau (-9)
T3. Åberg (-8)
T3. Conners (-8)
T5: Five players (-7)

It’ll probably require a big stumble from McIlroy. But if that happens, there’s a whole host of names ready to enter the chat.

Ludvig Åberg and Corey Conners are at 8 under. Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im (thanks to an eagle on 13), Jason Day, Justin Rose and, yes, Scottie Scheffler, are at 7.

Worth a thousand words.

What’s more ridiculous: Pulling off this shot, or even thinking of trying it in the first place?

He leaves the birdie putt a bit short, though, to par the seventh. DeChambeau does the same. Gap still at three.

WHAT IS THIS SHOT?!

At this point, a tied hole is a good hole for Rory. DeChambeau misses a birdie putt and they both make par on the par-3 sixth.

A third of the way through, McIlroy’s lead has grown by a stroke. As if that tells the whole story.

Scottie Scheffler wants you to remember who’s defending. He birdies three of four, and suddenly, he’s 7 under, at T4.

That’s still five strokes back of McIlroy. But stranger things have happened.

DeChambeau is struggling with his putting speed today. His birdie effort screams past the hole and he has to make a 5-footer for par.

McIlroy gets up and down, making a 6-footer for par.

McIlroy, -12
DeChambeau, -9

People at McIlroy’s home club in Northern Ireland are feeling all the emotions Sunday.

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With birdies at Nos. 1 and 6, he’s at 8 under and in solo third. He’s two shots clear of fourth, one back of second, and four off the lead.

With a slight opening — and after much consideration and hesitation — McIlroy takes a 9-iron off the pine straw and plays a towering approach over the trees, landing his ball just left of the green.

DeChambeau, from the fairway, hits his approach to 15 feet.

This one favors McIlroy as well. He now leads by three.

McIlroy birdies the par-3 fourth, hitting his tee shot to 7 feet. DeChambeau makes bogey after going long and left, and then running his putt from off the green well past the hole.

McIlroy, 12 under
DeChambeau, 9 under

McIlroy plays aggressively and takes driver at the par-4 third. He hits his short approach to 9 feet and makes the tricky left-to-righter.

DeChambeau, after an iron off the tee, hits the green but rolls his 25-foot birdie putt 7 feet past the hole. He misses the comebacker.

Birdie vs. bogey, and McIlroy reclaims a one-shot lead at 11 under.

The two-time U.S. Open champ two-putts from 65 feet for birdie at the par-5 second while Rory makes par.

DeChambeau is at 11 under, one clear of McIlroy. Ludvig Åberg and Corey Conners at T-3 at 7 under.

Though he couldn’t reach the green in two at the first, DeChambeau gets up and down for par.

Thanks to McIlroy’s double, the two are tied at 10 under.

A trio of players are T-3 at 7 under.

1. Tee shot into the right fairway bunker.

2. From awkward lie, punches out.

3. Wedge through the green.

4. Putt from just off the green, past the hole 7 feet.

5. Miss.

6. Make.

Conners had 23 feet for birdie at the first and left his putt 2 feet short. He then nearly missed the hole with his par effort. The inexplicable bogey drops him to 7 under and five back.

It lands in the right fairway bunker. DeChambeau overcooks his into the left trees.

Bryson DeChambeau is eating up the attention as he makes his way to the first tee, where a stoic Rory McIlroy is already stationed.

They doff their caps, shake hands, offer good luck and that’s that.

Coming off a Saturday 75, the 36-hole leader birdies the first to reach 6 under par, six back of McIlroy. He’ll need a record performance to win his second major.

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As the 3-unders and better tee off remember, the top 12 and ties get an invite to the 2026 Masters.

T-minus 72 minutes until tee time.

Brian Campbell, statistically the shortest driver on Tour — No. 186 at 276 yards, is 5 under par today.

The Mexico Open champ has five birdies in a six-hole stretch to reach even par for the tournament.

Much like yesterday, we got 71 degrees, all sun, no rain and light wind for the final round.

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