Rory McIlroy did exactly what Tiger Woods would have on Masters Sunday and Bryson DeChambeau can have no complaints

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Rory McIlroy has etched his name into golfing folklore, having secured the career Grand Slam at The Masters on Sunday.

McIlroy won The Masters his way, which involved a roller-coaster final round at Augusta National in Georgia.

He started out with a double bogey on the first, allowing playing partner and US Open defending champion Bryson DeChambeau to move into the lead.

And it ended with a missed putt on the 18th, with McIlroy then needing a playoff to eventually overcome Justin Rose and win The Masters.

McIlroy is already looking ahead to his Champions Dinner next year, where he will join previous winners in celebrating their success at Augusta.

Bryson DeChambeau can’t complain about Rory McIlroy’s lack of conversation at The Masters

Missing out on a place at the table once again, however, will be DeChambeau, who suffered a miserable Sunday at The Masters.

Speaking after his round, DeChambeau says McIlroy didn’t talk to him all day, seemingly frustrated at the lack of conversation between the pair.

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And that was certainly an intriguing thing to say about his playing partner, with the American not likely to have made such a claim if it was somebody like Tiger Woods alongside him instead of McIlroy.

Perhaps the ongoing tussle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf was playing a part, but more likely was the fact that McIlroy was doing all he could to finally triumph at Augusta.

More importantly, however, the Northern Irishman absolutely didn’t owe the American anything on Masters Sunday, with their connection involving a final-round pairing and a final-round pairing alone.

Rory McIlroy did to Bryson DeChambeau what Tiger Woods did to Tony Finau in 2019

Woods incidentally was involved in the very same situation, only this time he was the man giving the cold shoulder to Tony Finau back in 2019.

They played alongside one another and indeed with leader Francesco Molinari given the threatening weather forecast on Sunday.

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And speaking on the Subpar podcast the following year, Finau shared insight into exactly how Woods approached him and Augusta, with the three players having started out at the first tee with a friendly ‘hi’ and ‘good luck’.

But moving forward, Finau noted: “We finally get to the 7th hole, and Tiger and I were walking next to each other off the tee, and it was kind of awkward.

“I was like, How come he’s not talking to me? Maybe I should say something to him. So I’m like, ‘Hey Tiger, how are the kids?’

“And he’s like, ‘Oh, they are doing fine.’ And he just laser-eyed straight down the fairway and just kept on walking and from that point on I said, well, I know where his attitude is at and I’m not talking to him the rest of the day.

“The next time we spoke was when I congratulated him on winning the green jacket. He pretty much told me with a straight face, ‘Leave me alone’.”

The common theme of those actions from McIlroy and Woods is, of course, both players going on to win The Masters.

They were clearly trying to stay in the zone as much as possible, with the likes of the noisy patrons and huge pressure undoubtedly already providing more than enough distraction.