When between lines, or with golf, inside the strings, everything is a matter for Rory Mcilroy.
Apparently, that memorandum did not reach Bryson Dechambeau before the final round of the masters.
The two were paired again in a specialization, as did the US Open last year, which Dechambeau snatched Mcilroy in the last holes. Mcilroy even joked during the winter that he wanted to “return” in Dechambeau for “what he did to me” in Pinehurst.
Dechambeau broke: “To be fair, you did it.”
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Rory Mcilroy of Northern Ireland and Bryson Dechambeau of the United States in Green number 11 during the final round of the Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday April 13, 2025. (Ken Griffey Jr./augusta National/Getty Images)
It was a competitive friendly joke between the Ryder Cup and PGA-Liv rivals, but nothing was friendly on Sunday.
Dechambeau said Mcilroy “didn’t speak to me once” during the final round.
That was part of the plan.
“That had nothing to do with Bryson,” said Mcilroy sports psychologist, Bob Rotella, to the BBC, through ESPN. “That was just the game plan throughout the week, and we wanted to lose ourselves in it. We did not want to pay attention to what any other person was scoring, shooting, or balancing or how far they were hitting it. We only wanted Rory to play his game.
Bryson Dechambeau of the United States and Rory Mcilroy of Northern Ireland react in the fifth Green during the final round of the 2025 Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2025, in Augusta, GA. (Richard Heathcote/Getty images)
Bryson Dechambeau hits Rory Mcilroy with the Epic Jab on the open strangulator: “He did it for yourself”
“The point is that, if you think you are going to win, just play your game and assume that if you do it somewhere near the way you are capable, then you will finish No. 1.”
Despite many problems, it worked. Mcilroy finally won his first teacher and completed the Grand Slam race in his eleventh attempt.
Dechambeau said he enjoyed the emotion of the day, but said his partner looked like areas.
“He was like ‘Eh’. However, he is only concentrated.
Rory Mcilroy has the Masters championship trophy during the final round of the Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada/Imagn images)
Mcilroy became the first player to win a masters despite the double bite four times in the tournament. To fight that, he established a tournament record with 30 “3s” on the score card.
