Rory McIroy won the Masters Tournament on Sunday to complete the career grand slam. The Masters was the last piece of the puzzle for McIlroy as he becomes the sixth player in history to do it and the last since Tiger Woods won the 2000 PGA Championship.
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McIloy has had a chance to earn the career Grand Slam since 2014 when he won the British Open to win three legs of the major championships.
But since 2015, he's had a series of setbacks and heartbreaks at Augusta National, either self-destructing or other players catching fire and vaulting past him on the leaderboard.
But McIlroy is now a part of the most exclusive club in golf and the first to enter since Tiger Woods won the British Open at St. Andrews in 2000.
He is also the first European player to win the career Slam. McIlroy is a native of Northern Ireland.
What is golf's career Grand Slam?
The Grand Slam events are another way to term golf's four major championships. On the current order of the schedule, they are the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open.
The Masters has been played at Augusta National since 1934 and is the only one of the grand slam events that does not rotate sites.
McIlroy won the U.S. Open in 2011, the PGA in 2012 and 2014 and the British Open in 2014.
Who has won the career Grand Slam?
Gene Sarazen: U.S. Open in 1922 and 1923; PGA in 1922, 1923 and 1933; British Open in 1932; Masters in 1935.
Ben Hogan: U.S. Open in 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1953; PGA I 1946 and 1948; British Open in 1953; Masters in 1951 and 1953.
Gary Player: U.S. Open in 1965; PGA in 1962 and 1972; British Open in 1959, 1968 and 1974; Masters in 1061, 1974 and 1978.
