Rory McIlroy says he told wife to 'punch' him if he ever complained about wearing Masters green jacket

It took Rory McIlroy 11 years to implicit the vocation Grand Slam, but little than 1 to already beryllium sick of wearing the greenish jacket.

McIlroy yet completed the uncommon feat with his long-awaited Masters triumph successful April, which hardly came casual — it took a playoff spread against Justin Rose to get it done.

With triumph comes responsibility, however, meaning helium wears the greenish overgarment conscionable astir everyplace helium goes.

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland holds the trophy aft receiving the greenish gacket pursuing his triumph successful a playoff during the last circular of the 2025 Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 13, 2025 successful Augusta, Georgia. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

In an interrogation with CNBC, McIlroy recalled a caller clip erstwhile helium wore it successful Abu Dhabi, adjacent though helium admittedly did not privation to.

"I was successful India a fewer weeks ago, and I was successful the Middle East the past 2 weeks, and astir places you go, if you’re doing events, the radical privation to spot the greenish jacket," McIlroy said. "So you bring the greenish overgarment with you, and sometimes you don’t privation to deterioration it, you know? You don’t privation to. I benignant of complained astir wearing it successful Abu Dhabi. 

Scottie Scheffler places the greenish overgarment connected Rory McIlroy during the greenish overgarment ceremonial aft the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 13, 2025. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

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"I said to my wife, Erica, ‘If you ever perceive maine kick astir wearing this happening again, like, punch maine oregon bash something, due to the fact that I’ve waited my full beingness to deterioration this, and I’m complaining astir wearing it.’"

McIlroy had already completed 75% of the vocation Grand Slam successful 2014, conscionable 4 years aft winning his archetypal major. It was a substance of when, not if, McIlroy would get his greenish jacket, but twelvemonth aft year, idiosyncratic other went into Butler Cabin.

As soon arsenic helium drained his Masters-winning putt, McIlroy collapsed connected the greenish and was practically inconsolable, arsenic each the unit was yet lifted disconnected his shoulders. Ironically, McIlroy was OK with having the overgarment disconnected those aforesaid shoulders for a little time.

Rory McIlroy falls to his knees successful solemnisation aft winning a playoff connected the 18th greenish during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

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But surely, helium volition bash his champion not to enactment the overgarment connected idiosyncratic else's adjacent April — aft his archetypal Champions Dinner.

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