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In April 2009, McIlroy made his first Masters Tournament appearance, his first major championship as a professional. I feel Northern Irish and obviously being from Northern Ireland you have a connection to Ireland and a connection to the UK. However, while McIlroy has defended the changes that will be implemented from 2024, he admits that some PGA Tour players remain "angry" at the decisions that could see them frozen out of some of the most eminent events on the calendar.

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McIlroy was infuriated by the celebrations of Joe LaCava, Patrick Cantlay’s caddie, as he lined up a putt at the end of a match on Saturday evening. McIlroy started golfing almost as soon as he could walk and was instructed by his father, a passionate and skilled golfer.McIlroy is reported to have mostly remained quiet during the meeting, but in a brief exchange he told world number 221 Grayson Murray: "Just play better Grayson. Early coverage continues Sunday from 3pm via the red button on Sky Sports Golf, ahead of full coverage from 4. In 2011, Rory McIlroy famously threw away victory in the final round of the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This victory also saw him move to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, overtaking Scottie Scheffler.

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In 2005, he became the youngest-ever winner of both the West of Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championship. I accept those criticisms, but circumstances do change, and I think looking at the big picture got us to this point. In April, a bogey-free 64 in the final round saw him jump from a tie for ninth to finish as runner-up in the Masters Tournament. He finished three strokes clear of Russell Knox and Bradley Dredge and subsequently gave the €666,000 winner's cheque to charity. McIlroy would win by eight strokes, setting a margin-of-victory record for the PGA Championship with a birdie on the final hole.

In August 2006, he won the European Amateur at Biella Golf Club, near Milan, Italy, with a score of 274. Europe’s success in Chicago in 2012, their last away victory, was heralded as the “Miracle of Medinah”. I felt like I used it to my advantage and came out with a different level of focus and determination and, in a way, it gave the whole team a bit of fire in our bellies," he said. Big-name players like Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson have ditched the status quo for the guaranteed riches at LIV, but McIlroy has been one of the circuit's most ardent critics and has remained fiercely loyal to the PGA Tour. In June, McIlroy successfully defended his title at the RBC Canadian Open, shooting a final-round 62 to win by two shots ahead of Tony Finau.

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He continued to play well at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona where he won matches against George Coetzee, Anders Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Bae Sang-moon and Lee Westwood before losing to Hunter Mahan in the final. It was his first missed cut on the PGA Tour since the 2013 Open Championship, a streak of 22 consecutive events. McIlroy’s rage continued in the car park at Marco Simone Golf Club, where he was seen in a ferocious exchange with another American caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay. In November, he finished tied for 4th at the WGC-HSBC Champions to move to a then career-high of number two in the Official World Golf Ranking.Family lore relates that he received a new golf club as a present, being shown the correct grip by his father, then taking the club to bed with him that night, with his hands holding the club properly. The following week at the Irish Open, McIlroy shot a first-round 80 to lie 9-over and in a tie for last place. During the next few years, McIlroy competed in the Walker Cup, the British Masters, the Dubai Desert Classic, and the Open Championship.