McIlroy had a glorious chance to win it before the playoff but couldn't sink a short putt for par at the No. 18 hole, and he ended up facing Justin Rose in the playoff. He ultimately came out the ...

McIlory had a chance to close things out with a five foot putt but missed, giving Rose a chance to come back and win. With the missed putt, McIlroy came up with a bogey on hole 18. Earlier in the ...

McIlroy rallied on hales 15-17 to pull into a share of the lead with Justin Rose, but on the 18th hole, McIlroy missed a close-range putt to bogey and finish 11-under and head to a playoff with ...

Dr. Deborah Graham, a sports psychologist who has worked with many professional golfers, including Freddie Couples, has ...

With Justin Rose one stroke behind at 11-under, McIlroy just needed a par to avoid a playoff, but flubbed a putt from about five ... it had everything. The pressure on Rory, and he got it done.

I mentioned Viktor Hovland probably looking at a double-bogey at 10 but he has just pulled a superb putt out of the bag to escape with just a bogey at the par-four. It was only a nine in the grand ...

He lands the ball slightly wider than Rose but the spin of the ball and the slope helps it trickle down towards the hole and he's got less than five feet putt for birdie, with the pressure now ...

McIlroy was a picture of relief after sinking the winning putt. / Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated AUGUSTA — Rory McIlroy walked off the green and through the crowd chanting his name ...

"Rory is Sahith's GOAT we are about to throw up," Juju Chan, Theegala's girlfriend, wrote in her caption on TikTok of them reacting to McIlroy's missed putt. You can hear Theegala talking about ...

Nicklaus told his wife, Barbara, that he thought McIlroy was going to miss his putt on the 18th in regulation. "And he didn't (make the putt)," he said. "That's been his nemesis. When he got there ...

McIlroy's journey was marked by dramatic swings, including a double bogey and a late missed putt, but he ultimately triumphed with a clutch birdie on the 17th and a final putt in the playoff.