Rory McIlroy Cries Whereas Hugging His Daughter After Emotional 2025 Masters Victory

• Rory McIlroy shared a candy second together with his 4-year-old daughter simply moments after he gained the 2025 Masters and accomplished the profession Grand Slam on Sunday, April 13
• The Northern Irish golfer, 35, was photographed selecting up his daughter Poppy for a good hug as he cried
• McIlroy turned solely the sixth golfer to clinch the profession Grand Slam

Rory McIlroy has lastly clinched the profession Grand Slam — and his 4-year-old daughter helps him have a good time.

On Sunday, April 13, the Northern Irish golf star, 35, emerged victorious at Augusta Nationwide because the winner of the 89th Masters event after a detailed recreation with English participant Justin Rose.

In movies and photographs taken simply moments after he gained the competitors in Georgia, McIlroy might be seen dropping to his knees whereas sobbing, earlier than making his means towards the cheering crowds. He first gave his spouse Erica Stoll a hug and kiss, after which picked up his daughter Poppy for a good hug as he started to cry once more.

The official PGA Tour Instagram account shared photographs of the heartwarming father-daughter second together with the caption: “Rory and Poppy McIlroy ❤️. How candy it’s.”

In response to USA At the moment, McIlroy was in a good competitors with Rose all day on Sunday, as they had been each tied at 11-under par, and solely wanted one playoff gap to win. McIlroy completed with a closing rating of 1-over 73 earlier than it went to the playoff.

He then lastly beat Rose with a successful birdie, making him solely the sixth golfer to finish the profession Grand Slam — and the primary individual to realize the feat in 25 years (after Tiger Woods in 2000).

“It feels unimaginable,” McIlroy advised CBS quickly after his win, per USA At the moment. “That is my seventeenth time right here, and I began to surprise if it might ever be my time. The final 10 years coming right here with the burden of the Grand Slam on my shoulders and making an attempt to realize that.”

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“I am type of questioning what we’re going to speak about going into subsequent 12 months’s Masters,” he added. “I am honored and thrilled and so proud to name myself a Masters champion.”

Poppy has been a frequent attendee of her dad’s video games over the previous few years, and she or he even bought the prospect to play some golf herself when McIlroy introduced her onto the course on Wednesday, April 9.

A viral video confirmed the 4-year-old hit the golf ball — and it slowly made its means into the opening, incomes her a loud cheer from the gang and a giant hug from her dad.

The official ESPN X account posted the footage of the spectacular putt, including the caption, “Excellent pace on the putt from Rory McIlroy’s daughter Poppy 🙌 #themasters.”

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McIlroy has all the time been candid about his loving relationship together with his daughter, even telling reporters at a press convention for the Masters on Thursday the story of the second his daughter realized she did not have the typical dad.

McIlroy shared that whereas it is “actually cool” he can now share this together with his daughter, it is also “somewhat scary” on the similar time.

“The day after the Gamers, she went into college, and there’s a few children that had stated some stuff to her, and she or he got here dwelling to me that day and stated, ‘Daddy, are you well-known?’ And, I stated ‘It relies upon who you speak to,’ ” he stated. “So, it’s a little bit of a double-edged sword. It’s important to mood the expectations generally, however she’s … an incredible addition to life and it’s nice that she’s right here this week.”