3 golfers have won back-to-back Masters. Can Rory McIlroy join them?

2025 Masters winner Rory McIlroy entered the final round of this year's tournament tied for the lead , despite shooting 1-over on Saturday, April 11. If he manages to pull ahead and claim victory once again, he will join a very exclusive list of golfers to have won at Augusta National two years in a row. The Masters has been played every year since 1934 (with the exception of 1943 to 1945 due to World War II).

Since then, only three golfers have ever won consecutive tournaments, and they're among the best of the best to ever play the sport. Jack Nicklaus (1965-1966 champion), Nick Faldo (1989-1990), and Tiger Woods (2001-2002) have all won at least three Masters titles, with Nicklaus and Woods winning six and five, respectively. Each of them have carved their names into Augusta's history books forever, and McIlroy has the opportunity to do the same today.

Jack Nicklaus' back-to-back Masters titles Although Nicklaus won the titles in 1965 and 1966, those weren't his first Masters wins. His first came in 1963, at just 23 years old. Nicklaus finished the tournament at 2-under, which was good enough for the win.

His best round was the second, where he shot an incredible 66, three strokes better than the next best round by anyone else in the field. His back-to-back wins were far more impressive though, with Nicklaus shooting under 70 in three of the four rounds in 1965, winning the tournament by nine strokes over the second-place finishers: Gary Player and Arnold Palmer. In 1966, Nicklaus struggled a bit more.