Augusta (Georgia), April 14 -- The emotion of 14 years of trying came flooding out of Rory McIlroy as he realised his lifetime's ambition of achieving golfing immortality with victory at Augusta National.
McIlroy rolled in a three-foot putt to beat Justin Rose in a sudden-death play-off to finally win his first Masters title on Sunday and complete the career Grand Slam in a hugely dramatic final round, the
BBC reported.
Having missed a par putt to win in regulation, McIlroy's birdie on the first extra hole denied his Ryder Cup team-mate as he claimed the biggest prize of his life.
McIlroy let out a huge roar before collapsing to the ground and weeping tears of joy at the end of an extraordinary day of sporting theatre.
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