A look at Rory McIlroy’s major wins as Masters victory seals career grand slam

Rory McIlroy claimed his fifth major title and completed a career grand slam with a dramatic victory in the 89th Masters at Augusta National.

The Northern Irishman joins Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only men to have won all four major titles.

Here, we look at each of McIlroy’s wins in the game’s biggest events.

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Two months after blowing a four-shot lead in the final round of the Masters by collapsing to a closing 80 at Augusta National, McIlroy took full advantage of a rain-softened Congressional to storm to an eight-shot victory with a new tournament record of 16 under par. In total McIlroy set or equalled 11 records as he followed an opening 65 – the same score with which he had started the Masters – with rounds of 66, 68 and 69 to leave the rest of the field trailing in his wake.

PGA Championship Winners at Kiawah Island

• 2012: Rory McIlroy, 23 years old

• 2021: Phil Mickelson, 50 years old

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McIlroy’s second major title also came by an eight-shot margin, although he did not have it all his own way in South Carolina. An opening 67 left him a shot off the pace before a second round of 75 in windy conditions doubled his deficit to Sweden’s Carl Pettersson. McIlroy only played nine holes on Saturday due to a thunderstorm which forced play to be suspended, but completed a 67 on Sunday morning and then pulled away with a closing 66.

Another runaway victory appeared on the cards on Merseyside for Manchester United