Rory McIlroy gives heartfelt advice to daughter, Poppy, after Masters win: 'Never give up on your dreams'

Rory McIlroy admitted successful his post-final circular interrogation with reporters that dropping to his knees aft watching his playoff birdie putt descend to triumph the 89th Masters tourney was axenic relief. 

"That was each relief, determination wasn’t overmuch joyousness successful that reaction," helium said erstwhile 1 newsman asked what emotions helium was feeling erstwhile helium defeated Justin Rose successful the archetypal Masters playoff since 2017. "It was each relief. Then, the joyousness came beauteous soon aft that. I’ve been coming present 17 years, and it was a bully decade-plus of emotion that came retired of maine there."

McIlroy waited 11 years to not lone interruption his major-win drought, but, much importantly, etch his sanction alongside the 5 play greats who collected the vocation Grand Slam with each large triumph connected their resume. 

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Rory McIlroy holds the Masters title trophy during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

McIlroy has been proceeding it from the likes of Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, each of whom person the Grand Slam, for years. They believed helium would triumph astatine Augusta National Golf Club 1 day, and aft coming truthful adjacent successful the past, McIlroy admitted feeling somewhat skeptical astir ever getting the greenish overgarment fitted for himself. 

However, arsenic helium stood up connected the podium, the greenish overgarment already placed connected his backmost by the 2024 champion Scottie Scheffler, helium looked implicit astatine his daughter, Poppy, and delivered rather the heartfelt connection aft surviving it retired connected Sunday. 

"Over to my left, my family, my team," McIlroy said portion holding backmost immoderate tears. "They’ve been connected this travel with my the full mode through. They cognize the load I’ve carried to travel present each twelvemonth and effort and effort and effort again. 

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"The 1 happening I would accidental to my daughter, Poppy, who’s sitting implicit there: ne'er springiness up connected your dreams. Never, ever springiness up connected your dreams. Keep coming back, support moving hard, and if you enactment your caput to it, you tin bash anything. Love you."

McIlroy entered his 17th Masters quality carrying the aforesaid value connected his shoulders of not having won a large since the 2014 Open Championship, and helium posted back-to-back rounds of 66 connected Friday and Saturday to participate Sunday with a two-stroke pb implicit Bryson DeChambeau. 

DeChambeau was conscionable 1 of the golfers who has hoisted a large during the 11-year drought McIlroy has had to endure, coming astatine the 2024 U.S. Open successful what was a brutal meltdown for the latter. 

Rory McIlroy holds the Masters title trophy portion posing for photographs with his wife, Erica Stoll, and daughter, Poppy, astatine the greenish overgarment ceremonial during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

"The U.S. Open past twelvemonth was conscionable awful," McIlroy mentioned erstwhile asked the debased constituent of his large drought, portion besides adding the 2022 Open Championship nonaccomplishment to Cam Smith astatine St. Andrews. 

"The losses are hard, and again, truthful arrogant of myself that I support coming backmost and enactment myself successful these positions to triumph championships."

It was an affectional and carnal roller coaster for McIlroy, who did not marque it casual connected himself passim the round. It was up and down throughout, and conscionable erstwhile it appeared helium was successful afloat power connected the 2nd nine, helium faltered astatine the 13th with an attack that landed successful the water. 

From there, McIlroy would get his pb backmost heading into the 18th tee, needing lone par to fto each the value connected his enarthrosis go. However, helium missed the abbreviated par putt, which led to a sudden-death playoff with Rose, who was besides searching for his archetypal greenish overgarment successful 20 appearances astatine The Masters. 

However, McIlroy ne'er mislaid faith, and helium said his longtime caddy, Harry Diamond, helped him connected the play cart thrust backmost to the 18th tee box. 

"After scoring, Harry and I were walking to the play cart to bring america back. He said, ‘Well, pal, we would’ve taken this connected Monday morning.’ Absolutely we would’ve. That was a bully reset. ‘You would’ve fixed your close limb to beryllium successful a playoff astatine the commencement of the week.’ That reframed it for me."

McIlroy deed the aforesaid nonstop tee changeable helium did connected his 72nd spread of the tournament, and his attack was overmuch amended this time, sloping backmost down to a two-foot birdie putt. 

After Rose's miss, McIlroy had the accidental to crook dreams into reality, and helium did not discarded it this time. 

As 1 would expect, McIlroy could not incorporate his emotions, and the tears continued to travel arsenic helium hugged his woman and daughter, arsenic good arsenic galore others connected his team, arsenic helium made his mode to Butler Cabin. 

Rory McIlroy holds the Masters title trophy during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

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It has been a agelong 11 years, filled with trials and tribulations. Although McIlroy pointed retired inactive playing immoderate fantastic play on the way, helium knew helium would ever person thing to beryllium if helium didn't seizure that greenish jacket. 

McIlroy has thing much to beryllium now.

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