By TERRY LYONS, EDITOR of Digital Sports Desk
AUGUSTA – Rory McIlroy (Winner/-12) won his second Masters Tournament, sixth major championship and 30th PGA TOUR title in his 279th PGA TOUR start at 36 years, 11 months, 8 days.
McIlroy joined Jack Nicklaus (1956, 1965), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990) and Tiger Woods (2001, 2002) as players to successfully defend their title at the Masters Tournament. He became the fourth player (seven instances) in the last 25 years to win the same major championship in back-to-back fashion (Tiger Woods (2001-02 Masters, 2005-06 Open Championship, 2006-07 PGA Championship), Padraig Harrington (2007-08 Open Championship), Brooks Koepka (2017-18 U.S. Open, 2018-19 PGA Championship)
He joined Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson as players with six major championships (T12 all time), noting only 11 players have more than six major championships
McIlroy’s 30th PGA TOUR victory ties Horton Smith (T16 all time).
The Masters | Final Leaderboard
1 Rory McIlroy 67 65 73 71 276 (-12)
2 Scottie Scheffler 70 74 65 68 277 (-11)
T3 Tyrrell Hatton 74 66 72 66 278 (-10)
T3 Russell Henley 73 71 66 68 278 (-10)
T3 Justin Rose 70 69 69 70 278 (-10)
T3 Cameron Young 73 67 65 73 278 (-10)
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On This Day in Golf History
April 13, 1986 – In one of the most amazing occurrences in golf history, 46-year old Jack Nicklaus won his record 18th major title and his sixth Green Jacket with a one-stroke victory at the 50th staging of The Masters Tournament. Nicklaus shot a final round (65) with a back nine of six-under par (30) to edge Tom Kite and Greg Norman. – Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE