Immortality Awaits Rory McIlroy at 2025 Masters

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlory is already mentioned among the greatest of all-time in the professional golf ranks.

With 28 PGA Tour wins, 18 European Tour wins, one Asian Tour and one PGA Tour of Austrailia win, he's already ahead of most of his contemporaries. He's added four major championships, including the 2012 and 2104 PGA Championship, the 2011 US Open championship and the 2014 British Open title.

But there's one title that's notably missing from McIlroy's list of championships and accolades: the Masters.

A close call in 2022 with a second-place finish, three strokes behind Scottie Scheffler, put a renewed thirst in McIlroy's golf mouth and hope for the rest of us that soon, McIlroy will win his elusive Masters championship and complete the coveted career grand slam.

On Sunday, we get to witness what could be maybe his greatest professional triumph with a win. But with a loss, it would be another complete unraveling of one of golf's greatest on the brink of his biggest triumph.

Rory enters Sunday with a two-shot lead over LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau. The two will be paired together in what has been called must-watch TV for any golf fan, fanatical or casual. It's not just Rory on the brink of immortality, it's him on the verge of allowing us all to see it and share it with him.

No pressure, though.

It's just a green jacket, a career grand slam, and golf immortality. Not to mention the rest of us years from now, claiming to remember exactly where we were the day Rory won the 89th Masters.

And that final pairing of McIlroy and DeChambeau? Rory knows it could be chaos on the course.

"That final group is going to be a little rowdy and a little loud," McIlroy said. "I'm just going to have to settle in and really try to keep myself in my own little bubble and keep my head down and sort of approach tomorrow with the same attitude that I've tried to approach the last three days."

What's at stake for DeChambeau? 

It was just 10 months ago that he bested Rory at the US Open with a late move of birdies on three of the final four holes. And that has to be in Rory's mind as he enters Sunday with Bryson.

"I think I still have to remind myself that there's a long way to go, just like I said yesterday, 18 holes. I, just as much as anyone else, know what can happen on the final day here," McIlroy said. "I've got a lot of experience. I came in here talking about being the most complete version of myself as a golfer, and I just have to keep reminding myself of that and remind myself that no matter what situation or scenario I find myself in tomorrow, I'll be able to handle it."

Do your thing, Rory ... Immortality awaits.