‘It resonated with a lot of people’: Rory McIlroy reflects on his Masters win, prepares for Zurich
Rory McIlroy is barely a week and a half from the defining victory of his professional life, and he’s still riding the shock waves and coasting on the glory of a green jacket.
“It’s not every day you get to fulfill one of your lifelong goals and dreams,” he said Wednesday, “and I’ve just really tried to enjoy everything that comes along with that.”
The Masters win stands as one of the most notable in recent golf history, and to McIlroy, who spent more than 10 years trying to win a major and a lifetime trying to win the Masters, that’s because it wasn’t just about golf.
“I think people can see themselves in the struggle at times, and everything that you sort of try to put into getting the best out of yourself in that journey,” he said. “I think people watching someone finally get it done, something they’ve been trying to do for a decade-plus, I think it resonated with a lot of people.”
Although he’s now got a fancy new jacket, he’s also still got a day job, and that brought him to New Orleans this weekend for the Zurich Classic. He and Ryder Cup teammate/best pal Shane Lowry are the defending champions at the pairs event, and they’re hoping to replicate the success that had them singing “Don’t Stop Believin’” karaoke last year:
