Masters 2026: After Rory McIlroy’s spectacular win, what’s the best storyline this year?
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy, sporting the green jacket he’d owned for less than an hour, looked out at the assembled media on April 13, 2025, and smiled a weary smile. “I'd like to start this press conference with a question myself,” he said.
“What are we all going to talk about next year? ” It’s a fair question. When McIlroy finally won another major, finally won his Masters in try No.
17, finally claimed his career grand slam, it didn’t just represent the culmination of his career. That glorious 2025 victory represented the end of a chapter in Masters history, the best possible conclusion to one of the tournament’s longest-running storylines. With McIlroy’s victory assured, with Tiger Woods now clearly a part of the tournament’s history rather than its present or future, the Masters needs new storylines.
So. What are we going to talk about this year? Fortunately, Augusta National has a way of creating myths out of the thick Georgia air.
No matter what unfolds over the next six days, it will take on the tones and colors of legend. Broadly speaking, the best Masters stories break down into three categories: ascension, domination and resurrection. In other words: a new champion, an elite champion, or a returning champion.
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