[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Just about a mile from the Atlantic,
it is that time in the golf calendar
for the annual visit to the PLAYERS Stadium Course
at TPC Sawgrass here in Ponte Vedra Beach with the 51st edition of The PLAYERS.
[Tom] I'm having a bad hair day.
I didn't get to dry my hair, so it's, like, all coming down and…
[man] No hat?
I don't wanna get bald.
[chuckles]
[Joel] PLAYERS Championship, it's a major. There's a lot of points. A lot of money.
-[boy speaking Spanish] -[Camilo speaking Spanish]
[Justin] I've had some really good rounds here
and gone really low now a handful of times, I think,
so I know how to do it. [chuckles]
It's just sometimes doing it.
[hits golf ball]
That's beautiful.
-[Will] That's where you wanted, right? -Exactly where I just said to hit it.
-[Will] All right. -I told him to exactly hit it right there.
Like, literally right where the ball is.
[dramatic music playing]
[woman] How would you describe this season in one word?
[clicks tongue]
Uh… [sighs]
[cheering]
[clicks tongue]
Let me think.
[cheering]
[chuckles] Yeah, I'd say, um…
[laughs]
[blows raspberry] I, uh…
Um…
Mmm.
I would describe the 2025 golf season
as electric.
Let's go, baby. Full Swing season 4!
Netflix are back!
Woo-hoo!
I'm well aware of the story that's building of "not won on the PGA TOUR."
And I've had these chances and haven't closed things out.
He's Mr. Nice Guy,
but I think you have to be, like, a bit of a killer in you, and I think he has that.
[J.J.] I'm on a roll.
Growing up in Southern California, it was all skateboarding, surfing, beach.
-I was trying to hide that I was a golfer. -[Sean] Me too!
[J.J.] I'm a late bloomer.
I've used that as fuel to prove people wrong.
Let's go.
[J.J.] Let's go!
In big moments, either in the airplane or in golf…
Clear.
…I can't think of anything else except what I'm doing.
[Dethier] Performing in the majors is everything.
And for whatever reason, that's eluded him.
-When the blowout's coming, there's no… -Cut!
[Balionis] If you're a player trying to make it,
it can be a really, really difficult path.
[Ben] I was losing too much money. I had $17,000 in credit card debt.
I needed to step away.
Sorry for the emotions. [chuckles]
[cheering]
[Balionis] We saw hearts broken, history made.
The culmination of the most anticipated team event in the world of golf.
-We got this. We got this. -[chanting] USA!
-Bring it home, boys! -[cheering]
[whistles] Let's go!
[Keegan] They've come into this arena. They have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
[Banks] The fans started to get aggressive.
They started to get personal.
-[man] You're still gonna choke! -[man 2] Get a haircut, Tommy!
Tensions can rise at any given time in a Ryder Cup.
[commentator] It's just a combustible situation out here right now.
[commentator 2] It's gotten heated.
Whoa!
Crazy.
It's a way more difficult life than what people may think.
I have enough self-awareness to know it's not absolutely everything.
It's something I'll be talking about for the rest of my life.
I'm trying to put this behind me, but it's impossible.
It doesn't matter where you came from.
It's about what you can do.
[commentator] Finally! For everything!
You're gonna be an old man and won't wanna tell your kids you missed it.
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[commentator] And you've got world number two here
just a few moments away here
from officially closing out his second PLAYERS title.
McIlroy setting the stage for what could be a monster 2025.
[suspenseful music playing]
[cheering]
And McIlroy's got another PLAYERS title.
[Rory] Unbelievably proud and happy to win my second PLAYERS Championship.
And this is the third time I've won on St. Patrick's Day,
so it's been a good luck charm for me.
[reporter] Two wins before April. Congratulations, Rory McIlroy.
-Thank you. -[cheering]
You know, I've been going for a long time. I've played well for a long time,
and it's always nice to start the year with that sort of momentum.
-[woman] It's still nice and cold. Enjoy. -Thank you.
It's an exclusive club,
and you've made it even more exclusive by winning your second one.
Thank you.
-You earned it. Don't thank me. [laughs] -Well… well…
[Banks] To see Rory McIlroy come out of the blocks in 2025
and have success so early on in the PGA TOUR schedule
was a huge sign that he is in good form, in good spirits,
and playing the kind of golf that might lead him to winning the Masters in 2025.
-Congrats again. Awesome. -This is the year for April too.
[Rory] Absolutely.
[Rory] Uh, okay.
Golf balls.
Golf gloves.
Golf shoes.
[Balionis] TGL is a newer team event
founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
[cheering]
[announcer] Tonight's matchup,
Boston Common Golf versus Atlanta Drive GC.
[Balionis] Players are assigned to cities, and they're competing in this dome.
Part of it is on a simulator,
and the other part is live in front of an audience.
Yes!
[Rory] I am a traditionalist,
and I appreciate the history of the game and all that stuff,
but if we want to get more people to play the game of golf,
you need to have it more modern facing.
There's some fun team play in there as well,
which will be a departure from what we do week in, week out.
[Keegan] Hey!
It's fun being partners with Rory for once.
I'm normally always playing against him.
How are ya? Tense, yeah? [chuckles]
[Keegan] Rory and I have known each other forever
and, you know, he lives in the same town I do. Played a lot of golf with him.
"Favorite pro to be paired with and why?"
Rory. He's my teammate. Boston Common Frogs, baby.
"Last pro golfer I texted?"
This guy. [laughs]
[Keegan] He's very easy to talk to. It's really a fun thing for us.
[Keegan] Just keep it on the green.
-Yeah. Okay, that's easy. -Yeah.
-That usually works on most holes. -Yeah. [laughs]
I was talking on the way here. The pressure of the Masters in general is…
Yeah. It doesn't feel like a normal tournament week.
So, what can we do to make it feel like a normal tournament week?
I mean, the… Yeah.
I can't imagine sort of the pressure that you have with that.
[Keegan] It's a big year. Eventful year.
[Rory] You know, once the Ryder Cup year comes along,
the majors are the majors, but, you know, not far behind,
you know the Ryder Cup is right there.
What have you got this week? Anything?
-I'm gonna take a couple of days off. -[Rory] Okay, good.
-You'll feel so much better for it. -Yeah.
You know, my role on the Boston Common
is much different than my role on the Ryder Cup.
Plus, we're two weeks off before a major.
-I don't wanna get going too early on. -Yeah, I know.
[Keegan] Rory and I are… are not talking about the Ryder Cup.
What I'm gonna do or what he's doing or what Europe's doing.
[Dethier] Keegan and Rory may not be talking about the Ryder Cup,
but they don't really need to.
It's pretty clear exactly what their Ryder Cup ambitions are.
I've said this for the last probably six or seven years to anyone that will listen.
I think one of the biggest accomplishments in golf right now
is winning an away Ryder Cup.
And that's what we're gonna do at Bethpage.
[reporter] Go on, Rory.
I'm so honored to be the leader of this team,
and I'm going to Bethpage to win the Ryder Cup back for America.
[suspenseful music playing]
[music fades]
[Keegan] If you hit that white pole, I'll jump in the water right here.
-If I hit one of those… -[woman] Hit it.
[whispers] I'll give you one of my dollars.
-What? -I'll give you one of my dollars.
You'll give me one of your dollars?
Here, use this one.
-Oh! -Ooh! You got it!
Give me one of them dollars! Give me one of them dollars!
What?!
-Two? -[Keegan chuckles]
[Jillian] Wow, okay.
[Keegan grunts]
[Keegan] When they called me to be the captain of the Ryder Cup team,
uh, it took me by surprise.
It's pretty neat to experience something
that not a lot of people in this sport has ever experienced.
Are you really giving your Pritch card to Mama?
But you have to give me a full pack.
Oh!
That's a pretty good… That's a deal.
[Balionis] Pretty much everything about Keegan Bradley
being named captain for Team USA
was unique and unprecedented.
Let me see this.
[Keegan] It's a really strange thing because I love this tournament so much,
but it's been just so awful to me my whole life.
And I have these incredible memories,
but I also have probably my worst memories of my golf career.
[indistinct chatter]
[commentator] Keegan Bradley to keep the match alive.
No, sir. It's another point for Europe.
McIlroy wins 2&1. The first loss for Keegan Bradley.
[commentator 2] Bradley for birdie to win the hole.
[crowd] Oh!
We have a very complicated relationship with the Ryder Cup.
[cheering]
[Jillian] It's brought our family so much heartbreak and anguish.
[Zach] There's no easy way to say this, my friend.
I find it just best to go in a different direction this year.
[Jillian] I didn't know it was coming,
and all of a sudden, bam, like, "Here's your job," and it is so heavy.
But also I'm just so grateful and humbled
to even be a part of the Ryder Cup at this level.
These teams, they're connections that last a lifetime.
[Cooper] Here I come!
Here I come.
The Ryder Cup announcement really threw our world into, like, hyperdrive.
-[Jillian] It's still not leveled out. -So, like, we were…
Especially after last year.
I didn't know if I'd ever get to do this again. I didn't know.
Yeah, I kind of grieved that, too, in a way, of just like…
-[Keegan] It was sad. -Yeah.
-[Keegan] It was really sad. -I couldn't even watch him for…
I wouldn't look at any of the pictures, just 'cause it kind of stung.
[Keegan] For sure.
I definitely have nerves 'cause it's just…
I look up so much to, you know, the Tabitha Furyks and the Kim Johnsons,
and I have to kind of step up and be that… that kind of leader,
which… which is scary.
I feel like, in every aspect of my life now,
I have to be the captain of the Ryder Cup team.
[Jillian] Yeah, it doesn't… You can't compartmentalize at all.
[Keegan] Leading into the Masters, now in the back of my mind,
I have my real day job here
where I'm trying to win majors, be one of the best in the world.
I feel as though I need to act and be the captain of the US Ryder Cup team.
I think it'll be great.
And I get to pick out outfits, so that's fun. [chuckles]
[Rapaport] Keegan's heading into the Masters looking to make some history,
but other players are just hoping they don't repeat it.
[man] All right, Rors.
Let's talk a bit
about this upcoming golf tournament called the Masters.
[chuckles]
[Ahmed] Here's a list of people you probably hear often.
Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.
Yes.
What's that group got in common?
They have all won what is called the career Grand Slam.
[Balionis] The career Grand Slam is winning all four majors,
which has only been done five times in the history of the game.
It's almost hard to put into perspective because it is truly historic.
[commentator] An unreal performance from Rory McIlroy.
[Rapaport] Rory won three of the four majors in short order.
[announcer] Champion golfer of the year is Rory McIlroy.
[cheering and applause]
[Rapaport] But the remaining one has proven itself to be frustratingly elusive.
[commentator] One would think it's probably not long
before he adds the US Masters to his collection.
[Rapaport] A lot of guys have gotten to three legs out of four.
But to win all four, it makes you truly a legend of the game.
You win the career Grand Slam, you are in a different category.
You're one of the all-time, all-time greats.
[Balionis] For years, this has been the dominant storyline.
Can Rory McIlroy win the Masters? That's it.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Here is the arrival of Rory McIlroy.
[Banks] Really, you got to go back to 2011 and what happened in that final round.
[Balionis] Everyone had pretty much already anointed him
as that year's Masters champion.
And it all unraveled.
[commentator] And now, Rory, look out.
[Rory] Is that out of bounds over there?
[commentator 2] What?
[commentator] Now, have you ever seen anyone anywhere close to this on 10?
[commentator 2] Never.
[commentator] Fourth shot.
Little tree.
-And that hit it. -[crowd] Oh!
[commentator] And he falls from first to seventh in one hole.
I think that was something that he has been trying to recover from since then.
People really want to see you clinch that career Grand Slam.
[reporter] You mentioned the Grand Slam.
[reporter 2] Wondering where that Grand Slam is.
[Rory] Would've loved to have done it at this point.
[commentator] Another disappointing Sunday afternoon for Rory at Augusta.
But it's not from a lack of trying.
[commentator] It's gotta be awfully difficult for Rory to leave Augusta
for the tenth consecutive time with a chance to win the career Grand Slam.
It's an amazing opportunity to… to join that list that you mentioned there,
with Tiger and Jack and Gary and Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan.
I mean, just, like, these mythical figures in the game of golf, um, you know.
And if I were able to join them, that would be absolutely incredible,
and I feel like this year
I've got just as good of a chance as I've had any of the other years.
So I'm… I'm excited for it.
[uplifting music playing]
[commentator] We welcome you here to Augusta, Georgia.
It's the Par 3 contest at the 89th Masters.
[commentator 2] Bradley and his mustache.
-[commentator laughs] -[commentator 2] US Ryder Cup captain.
Might surprise you to hear that the mustache was my suggestion.
He was nervous to get back on tour in the captain role.
And I said to him… I was like, "I think maybe you try out a mustache"
as sort of an icebreaker.
[Keegan] I don't know. I kind of did it as a joke for my family.
It's a controversial topic amongst people. Either you love it or you hate it.
[Wilson] With all of the noise surrounding Keegan,
let's not forget Keegan Bradley's one of the best players in the world.
[commentator 2] Might be the first of the day.
-[Keegan] Please go in. -[man] Captain!
[commentator] Yes!
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] He's done it!
[Wilson] And the question is, can he win his second major this week at Augusta,
or will the pressure be too much for him?
[Balionis] And then you have Rory McIlroy.
[commentator] Rory McIlroy's daughter, Poppy.
[Balionis] I think Rory McIlroy deserves to be in that rarified air
of the best to have ever played.
But will he ever be considered in that group of players
if he doesn't accomplish the feat of the career Grand Slam?
[cheering]
[Rory] It's just such a fun afternoon.
It's a really nice way to sort of end the preparation
going into, um, you know, what is the serious part of the week.
So it's nice to be able to get out here and do this.
[commentator] Thank you and good afternoon from this 89th Masters tournament.
[commentator 2] Defending champion Scottie Scheffler on the tee.
[commentator] And Justin Thomas, is this for birdie?
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 3] Shane Lowry.
-And he's two under par. -[applause]
[commentator 3] The US Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] Tommy Fleetwood.
Rolls that one in.
[applause]
[commentator] This would be his sixth birdie of the day.
-And Rose keeps on rolling. -[commentator 4] Remarkable start for JR.
[commentator 3] Rory.
[commentator 5] No crime to leave it short.
-[commentator 2] Settle. -[commentator 3] Easy.
[commentator 5] Careful.
[commentator 3] Headed for disaster. Destined for the water.
[commentator] Rory's been at least six shots back.
[commentator 3] The ninth time he has led or co-led after a round at Augusta.
That's the most ever by anyone without a green jacket.
You're living the dream, in the moment, striving to sort of win this tournament.
It's a… it's a bucket list for anybody and everybody in the game, of course.
[Rapaport] Rory is definitely not off to the start he was hoping for.
And I don't know if he's trying too hard, not trying hard enough,
whatever it might be.
But if you're gonna win, you gotta put yourself in better position.
[commentator] Friday at the Masters,
and we've got our leader, Justin Rose.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Oh, what a shot from Justin Rose.
[Justin Rose] You kind of know that something's bubbling,
that you are producing in the bigger moments
the level that's required to win.
[commentator] Chance to extend the lead to three.
[cheering]
[commentator 2] It is a comfortable-looking Justin Rose
right now.
Now, Rory.
[commentator] Rory, finally, a dart.
[commentator 3] What a remarkable rebound today by Rory.
[commentator] At the cut line…
Keegan…
[Balionis] If you know Keegan Bradley at all,
you know he is fiercely competitive.
The stress of being a captain,
and all the things that come with that, continue to build.
Can he emotionally and mentally handle all of this?
[Keegan] Just missed the cut.
But as soon as I sign my card and I leave the ropes,
I have to resume my role as captain.
So I stayed the weekend to see how our guys are doing.
You know, these majors are basically two tournaments in one.
These are the events that are gonna really define our team.
[woman] Why don't you interview Dad? Ask him all your hard-hitting questions.
What are your thoughts on being the 2026 Ryder Cup captain?
-[girl] 2025. -2025.
[laughing]
[girl] Gigi!
Well, I see it's very interesting to you, Miss Reporter.
-You couldn't even get the year right, so… -My name is Miss Bolognese.
Miss Bolognese.
[Luke] I've been very fortunate with the Ryder Cup and what it's given to me.
You know, I obviously have an amazing opportunity to go back to back.
Look at that. Perfectly cooked.
-Go on. -Wow!
Keegan, you know, I think his dynamic's a little bit different to mine.
-[girl] Dad, you've grown. -Number one dad mode!
[girl 2] This is, like, the second time you've cooked this year.
-And the first time was yesterday. -[woman laughs]
I wanted to concentrate a lot on the Ryder Cup,
and play just enough events to be around the players enough.
So, you know, I played a minimized schedule this year.
He's still playing at a very high level,
and to concentrate on being a great player, um…
and being a captain, it's tough to juggle both of those.
What are you guys gonna do if people are being mean to Team Europe in New York?
[girl 2] Mmm, it has a hint of barbecue.
I'll fight them!
[girl 2] Elle, if…
For Luke, he's very good at being present and being in the moment,
but also thinking ahead.
Um… and that's… Yeah, I don't know.
He's a Sagittarius. That's just how he is. [chuckles]
In 2012 at Medina, you know who went out first?
-Wait, did we already call out the people? -Dad.
I did.
[Diane] We, I think, learned so much doing it the first time.
And I just think the experience is very helpful.
Get it! Go!
Whoo!
It's probably gonna have quite a lot of continuity, uh, from Rome to this.
[Gigi] Dad!
[Luke] And the best players are rising to the top again.
You know, obviously, to see Rory win the PLAYERS was pretty special.
He's a leader for us.
And Rosey.
With the Masters, it's hard to count out Justin.
He's getting a little bit older,
but he seems to be able to rise to those big occasions.
[Justin Rose exhaling sharply]
[Justin Rose] It's been 8 months since we played a major championship,
so there's a lot of time to think about the Masters.
It's one of my favorites. You know, I've been there many times.
[Wilson] Justin Rose is 45 years old.
On tour, he's unc, and he's leading.
It may be a shock to a lot of people,
but let's not forget he's been successful in every decade of his career.
Sure, he has yet to win the Masters, but this is a Ryder Cup year.
Ryder Cup is something that I dream about being a part of.
I've missed a couple.
I've only ever been picked once in the Ryder Cup.
It was in '23. Luke gave me a call.
I think Netflix saw that call come in live on the… in the garden.
-Hi, Luke. -Well, I've got some good news, mate.
You're in the team.
[Justin Rose] Two other times I didn't play,
I was on the wrong side of that phone call.
Making the team by rights is huge.
Not putting yourself in that position, waiting for the phone.
You're in control of your own destiny.
It's a big focus of mine this year. I'm gonna play my way into the team.
If Justin can beat the best young players in the game and win the Masters,
he may finally solidify himself
as the best current player on the European continent.
[commentator] From the Augusta National Golf Club,
we're live as the third round is underway.
The seasoned and brilliant Justin Rose.
[man] Hold! Hold! Hold!
[commentator 2] Hmm.
He's grimacing and leaning, and that doesn't mean good things.
[applause]
[commentator 2] Here's Rory.
[commentator 3] He certainly can't land this on the green, can he, Dottie?
[Dottie] I don't think so. I think it needs to land on the fringe.
Going with the spinner.
[suspenseful music plays]
[man 2] Go in! Go in!
[commentator 3] And it's in!
[cheering]
[commentator 3] Eagle chip at two.
It's the start of your dreams.
Led by one at the start of the day, currently trails by four.
This for birdie.
[crowd] Oh!
You're joking me.
[commentator 2] He's gotta be in disbelief what he's witnessing.
[Justin Rose] I'm very, very, very, very, very frustrated.
I feel like I've lost the Masters.
I played great golf tee to green.
I think I hit 16 out of the 18 greens.
I think I had 37 putts. I lost five strokes on the greens.
I walked off with 75. I turned 69 into 75.
I'm super frustrated.
It's an uphill battle for sure,
but Sunday at Augusta, it is a sort of a spiritual day.
I'm still having a good week, and I still believe there's a great round in me,
and I still want to sort of realize how special it is
to be playing Augusta National on the Sunday of the Masters.
Like, it's still a childhood dream, right?
I know I need to shift my mindset.
I can prove that my game is still good enough to win at the highest level.
[commentator] Everything is coming together
for a memorable day of golf.
It might be one of the great days the game has seen in the modern era.
Now driving, Justin Rose!
[cheering]
I'm going into Sunday thinking, "I don't know what's going to happen,
but I know I'm going to remember this day for the rest of my life."
[Justin Rose] I woke up this morning just really grateful to be Sunday at Augusta.
It's a special day in the game of golf, no matter what.
[commentator] This for birdie at the 1st.
[cheering and applause]
[Justin Rose] Just kind of went into the place that you dream about going to.
[commentator 2] Justin Rose for birdie.
For us, I think we were just head down, in the moment, hole after hole after hole.
Very much tunnel vision.
[commentator 2] Let's go to 11.
Justin Rose.
[commentator 3] A long distance away. Fifty-seven feet.
[cheering]
[commentator 4] Moving up.
[Justin Rose] I felt so good with my game, felt so good with my mind.
I wasn't looking at leaderboards.
The only way I sensed that I was getting into it was the crowd.
[commentator] Oh my goodness!
Justin Rose is right back in the thick of it.
[Dottie] Rory's left himself the beautiful, safest angle.
Just 86 to the hole.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 3] Look for this a little long and a little left.
-[commentator] Oh, Rory. -[crowd] Oh!
[commentator] Oh my goodness.
[Dottie] I can't explain it.
[Balionis] It feels like we're watching Rory relive
his trauma and past disappointments in real time.
[commentator 2] Rose has got a short putt at 16 for birdie.
-[commentator 3] What a big moment. -[applause]
[cheering]
[commentator 3] The unthinkable just happened. They are tied.
His ninth birdie of the day.
[commentator] Can McIlroy turn around this momentum
at the par-five 15th?
[commentator 4] Is this enough?
It is!
Oh, here it comes!
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 4] The shot of a lifetime.
[Dethier] It's a painful experience watching this back nine.
He keeps shooting himself in the foot, but then he keeps on bouncing back
and putting himself right in the mix again.
[commentator] Rose has a putt to tie the lead.
[man] Get in the hole!
[commentator 4] And a chance.
Oh wow, what a putt!
[cheering]
[Justin Rose] If you look at what you wanted to achieve in life, this is it.
Ten birdies on the Sunday at Augusta.
I left it all out there, played as free as I could.
And now, when it's not in your control, it's a very strange situation.
[Kate] He played brilliantly.
So that was, I think, something that he could have so much pride in.
[cheering and applause]
[Rapaport] Rose has gotta be thrilled with his final round,
but at the same time, he's been here before.
And if you bring up the 2017 Masters to him, he still… Like, it still hurts.
It's still very sensitive. It's a touchy subject.
That was the last time the Masters went to a playoff,
and he lost to Sergio Garcia
in a tournament that he really feels like he should have won.
Obviously, he doesn't want history to repeat itself again,
but he might not even get the opportunity for a playoff
if Rory can win this thing outright.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 4] Put it on the green, green jacket might be yours.
[Dottie] That's gap wedge on the way.
[commentator 4] He's leaning. Oh my goodness!
[commentator 2] Is there another twist in this 89th Masters?
[commentator 4] Why not one more?
Rose continues to give himself possibility of a playoff, staying loose.
[crowd murmuring]
[commentator 4] Go.
[applause]
[commentator 4] That putt
for the world.
Can you do it?
All of those moments lead to this.
[man] Get in the hole!
[crowd] Oh!
[somber music playing]
[commentator 4] Going to a playoff.
[cheering and applause]
-[man 2] Get 'em, Justin! -Thank you.
[cheering]
[Rory] I thought, you know, have I let this slip again?
It's so hard to keep coming back every year
and trying your best and not being able to get it done.
It's so hard to stay patient.
St. Andrews was a tough one to take
because you only get a few opportunities there.
The U.S. Open last year was
awful.
I've sometimes let that weight of expectation get the better of me.
And, like, there's already enough expectation coming from outside,
and all the hype.
[man 3] Rory!
[man 4] I've always wanted to be on Netflix.
Not all… not all it's cracked up to be.
[Rory] I feel good enough to be fucking top ten in my head.
But not good enough to win.
Like, it feels so far away.
[crowd chanting]
[Rory] Harry and I were walking to the golf cart
to bring us back to the 18th tee.
I've known Harry since I was seven years old.
I met him on the putting green at Holywood Golf Club.
We've had so many good times together.
You know, he's been like a big brother to me.
And he said to me, "Well, pal,
you would've given your right arm to be in a playoff at the start of the week."
So that was an easy reset.
Just stay the course. Just keep believing.
[Justin Rose] My warmup, I went to hit balls
for 20, 30 minutes there on the range,
and, you know, I felt like every shot I hit was terrible.
And then I heard he missed and I was like, "Right, wow. Let's go."
[man 5] Justin!
[man 6] Let's go, Rory!
[commentator 4] First playoff at the Masters since 2017
when Justin Rose was a participant.
Oh, hits right next to the hole.
[Rory] I think when Justin hit his second shot in,
I couldn't tell how close it was, but it looked like it was very close.
So I felt like I had no option but to be aggressive with my second shot
and take it right at the flag.
[commentator 4] This isn't going right.
Might be going right at it.
Should come back down off the slope.
[intense music playing]
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 4] Oh my goodness.
[Rory] I truly believe I'm a better player now than I was ten years ago.
I probably didn't understand myself.
I didn't understand why I got myself in a great position in 2011,
and I probably didn't understand why I let it slip.
Look, you have to be the… the eternal optimist in this game.
-[man 7] Get in the hole! -[man 8] Get in the hole!
[crowd] Oh!
[Rory] I've carried that burden since August 2014, nearly 11 years.
Need to be like that guy.
As the years have went on, I've… I've just become more accustomed
to the noise that sort of surrounds my whole Masters week,
and I've become a little more comfortable with it.
It's funny how these things work, but, uh, I'm just so proud of myself
that I keep coming back and putting myself in positions to win.
[commentator] The long journey is over!
McIlroy has his masterpiece.
[cheering and applause]
[uplifting music playing]
[Justin Rose] We saw a part of history today.
I mean, I just said to him,
"Glad I was here on this green to witness you win the career Grand Slam."
You know, that's such a cool, momentous moment in the game of golf.
[cheering and applause]
[Rory] What came out of me was at least 11 years, if not 14 years,
of pent-up emotion.
[sentimental music playing]
[Tommy] The Masters has eluded him for a long time.
And maybe the longer it takes, the sweeter it makes the story.
[Keegan] I really was happy for Rory.
I felt a sense of pride that someone from my generation
went out there and won the Grand Slam.
[Shane] He's, like, the greatest golfer of our generation.
Winning the Masters was everything for him. It always has been.
It has been for a long time.
[Luke] To be only the sixth person ever to complete the Grand Slam,
that's weighty stuff.
I mean, that is… It's hard to put into words how good that is.
[announcer] And now, ladies and gentlemen, the 2025 Masters champion, Rory McIlroy.
[cheering]
[Rory] I go back to watching this tournament
on the weekend with my father when I was seven and eight years old.
To think that… that I'm up here wearing one of those green jackets is…
Honestly, it's a dream come true. Like, my dreams have been made today.
[cheering and applause]
[reporter] Now completed the career Grand Slam,
please share with us your thoughts at this moment.
Um, I'd like to start this press conference
with a question myself.
What are we all gonna talk about next year?
[chuckles]
[Rapaport] The United States Open is the hardest golf tournament every year.
The majors are so stressful.
When we're looking at guys that sort of burst onto the scene,
we want to see the guys coming down the stretch at the biggest events.
After the top few names, it's a bit of a free-for-all.
[Balionis] Keegan Bradley, he's in this unique position
to find new talent that we've never thought of before.
My professional golf journey has been a roller coaster.
[Maverick] Was a good flight, man.
My dad was incredibly successful, but I play golf because I love to compete.
When I grew up, I was actually trying to hide that I was a golfer.
[Sean] Me too!
Pretty crazy. But here we are. Eating cake on Netflix.
It doesn't matter where you came from. It's where you're at and what you can do.
[commentator] One of the most unlikely final-round Sundays in U.S. Open history.
[dramatic music playing] most unlikely final-round Sundays in U.S. Open history.