{"id":238247,"date":"2026-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/world-no-2-rory-mcilroy-wins-second-consecutive-masters-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"world-no-2-rory-mcilroy-wins-second-consecutive-masters-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/world-no-2-rory-mcilroy-wins-second-consecutive-masters-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"World No. 2 Rory McIlroy wins second consecutive Masters | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has cemented his legacy among golf\u2019s greats, winning his second consecutive Masters yesterday. McIlroy\u2019s victory wasn\u2019t straightforward, but was decidedly human \u2014 par for the course for the Northern Irishman \u2014 complete with both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@themasters\/video\/7627991946841132301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brilliant strokes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dcY-VXT0uzc?t=184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bonehead swings<\/a>. Truly a tradition unlike any other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcaa McIlroy surges back to top chaotic leaderboard: <\/strong>The reigning champ had a six-stroke lead, the largest in Masters history, after the first two rounds of play. But the field brought their Sunday best to Augusta National, with No. 3 Cameron Young, No. 9 Justin Rose, and No. 33 Sam Burns all trading the top spot while McIlroy struggled early on.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>But McIlroy regained his composure by the seventh hole, reclaiming the lead to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/48461996\/masters-tournament-back-back-champions-rory-mcilroy-tiger-woods-jack-nicklaus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first back-to-back Masters champion<\/a> in 24 years and just the fourth ever alongside Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods, the last player to achieve the feat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udef6 Newfound freedom on display: <\/strong>In 2011, McIlroy held a four-shot Masters lead before a shocking collapse. The tourney haunted the Northern Irishman, who later suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/rory-mcilroy-plays-perfect-playoff-hole-to-win-elusive-green-jacket-at-the-89th-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10-year major drought<\/a> until he conquered his demons and won at Augusta last year. Now, he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXDPchwgkuo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">back donning his green jacket<\/a>. Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DW1u_-BFXPH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">there\u2019ll be Guiness<\/a> on next year\u2019s Champions Dinner menu?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/rory-mcilroy-wins-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has cemented his legacy among golf\u2019s greats, winning his second consecutive Masters yesterday. McIlroy\u2019s victory wasn\u2019t straightforward, but was decidedly human \u2014 par for the course for the Northern Irishman \u2014 complete with both brilliant strokes and bonehead swings. Truly a tradition unlike any other. \ud83d\udcaa McIlroy surges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-238247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}