Rory McIlroy reveals what he said to Shane Lowry when he was six shots clear in the lead at The Masters
Rory McIlroy became the fourth player to ever win back-to-back Masters, but he did not make it easy. The Northern Irishman held the biggest-ever 36-hole lead, leading by six strokes going into the weekend.
Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Rory McIlroy became the fourth player to ever win back-to-back Masters, but he did not make it easy. The Northern Irishman held the biggest-ever 36-hole lead, leading by six strokes going into the weekend. But by the end of his round on Saturday, he was tied with Cameron Young for the lead.
But after a shaky start, McIlroy rebuilt his advantage on the second nine and held on despite some nervy moments down the stretch. He looked inevitable to win it on Friday night, and while he travelled down a rocky road to get there, eventually McIlroy got the job done. And afterward, he revealed that he had to tell his competitors, Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton, that the tournament wasn’t over yet, going into the weekend.
Photo by Joel Marklund/Augusta National/Getty Images Rory McIlroy told Shane Lowry there’s a lot of golf left after his Friday explosion McIlroy birdied six of the last seven holes on Friday in a stretch that eventually won him The Masters. That left his competitors, Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton, in the dust after they made a run in their second round. Speaking after his second Masters win, he said, “Yeah, I don’t make it easy.
I used to make it easy back in my early 20s when I was winning these things by eight shots. “No, it’s just it’s hard. It’s hard to win golf tournaments.