Rory McIlroy

I thought it was so difficult to win last year because of trying to win the Masters and the Grand Slam.

And then this year I realised it's just really difficult to win the Masters.

I tried to convince myself it was both, but...

Yeah, today was difficult.

I was really nervous on the first goal.

There's a lot of pent-up emotion that just came out on that 18th green and a moment like that makes all the years and all the close calls worth it.

And I want to say hello to my mum and dad.

They're back home in Northern Ireland.

And I can't wait to see them next week.

I just can't wait to celebrate this with them.

Yeah.

The overriding emotion was joy.

And even before that, you know, I rolled my putt down knowing that I didn't need to hole it.

marked my ball, looked up to the back of the 18th green, saw Erica, Poppy, my mom and dad, and just like, I just wanted to soak it in.

Just, I didn't have the opportunity to do that last year.

So to be able to do it this year was very cool.

But yeah, I think, yeah, it's very joyful, but also not that I didn't feel like I belonged, but there's a sense of belonging.

You know, I've, I've,

I've won this tournament twice.

I'm up to six majors.