Rory McIlroy shares the most surprising thing that has happened to him since winning The Masters

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With the Grand Slam now complete after his victory at The Masters, Rory McIlroy is now expected to enter into a new era of success.

McIlroy had been trying to win The Masters for 17 years, and had 10 attempts at completing the Grand Slam before triumphing at Augusta National at the 11th time of asking.

His victory at Augusta will go down in history as one of the greatest ever Masters final rounds.

McIlroy’s win at The Masters inspired all of his rivals to work even harder, because he proved that dreams can in fact come true.

Just recently, McIlroy credited his Masters win with a newfound mentality.

It’s not as if he needed that win to achieve legendary status but it certainly put him into an entirely new echelon.

29 PGA Tour wins and five major championships already represents a truly remarkable career.

However, McIlroy will want more, there’s no question about that.

Rory McIlroy shares what has surprised him since winning The Masters

The Northern Irishman achieved golfing immortality at Augusta National last month, by becoming only the sixth man in history to complete the Grand Slam.

However, his victory at The Masters was hardly a surprising one – he entered the tournament as second favourite behind Scottie Scheffler.

The five-time major champion had already won The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Players Championship before he teed it up at Augusta.

McIlroy was asked by reporters what has surprised him most since he won The Masters in April.

The 35-year-old said, “I was just saying this, I think the fact that everyone forgot I won The Players. The Players is a pretty big deal.

“Look, obviously that’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind because of what it meant and how I did it and all that stuff, but I think for me it’s — you know, like I — it’s great that I was able to do it but — not that I’m leaving it in the rearview mirror, but I’ve got a lot of golf still left to play this year. I want to really try to focus on that.“

It’s a fair point from McIlroy. His win at The Masters last month has kind of overshadowed everything else he has achieved in 2025.

Michael Bamberger says McIlroy ‘won’t win many more majors’

Well-known golf journalist Michael Bamberger has gone against the grain when it comes to McIlroy’s hopes of winning more majors.

Bamberger explained why it will be tougher than people think for the Northern Irishman to add to his tally of five.

He said, “Well, why? Why does everyone think he will suddenly go crazy and win all of these majors? My point about Rory, and I’ve been writing about him since he was 19 and I have enormous admiration for him, and what he’s done in the game, is that guys who’ve gone on runs, Hogan, Nicklaus, Tiger of course, are demonstrably better than the field, he’s not. He’s just really great, along with a half dozen other guys. Over the next five years, it’s not likely he will get better at golf, other guys probably will get better at golf. He should keep contending and some of the times when he contends he should win. But does that mean he will go from five to nine? I don’t think so?“

Bamberger may well end up being right, but McIlroy’s win at The Masters means that he’s playing with house money now.

And an anxiety-free McIlroy with nothing to lose will be a frightening prospect for his rivals.