Trump congratulates Rory McIlroy on back-to-back Masters wins: 'Becoming more and more a legend'

President Donald Trump praised Rory McIlroy aft his latest Masters triumph connected Sunday astatine Augusta National Golf Club.

McIlroy became the 4th golfer successful past to gain back-to-back greenish jackets, edging the tract by conscionable 1 shot.

"Congratulations to Rory McIlroy connected different Great Championship, The Masters! He performed tremendously nether aggravated pressure, thing which fewer radical would beryllium capable to adjacent deliberation astir doing. With each year, Rory is becoming much and much a LEGEND!" Trump wrote successful a station to Truth Social during his instrumentality to Washington from Florida connected Sunday evening.

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Rory McIlroy celebrates aft winning the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 12, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

Trump past pointed to McIlroy’s adjacent stop, saying he’s anxious to spot him vie astatine Doral successful Florida.

"I look guardant to watching him vie successful 2 weeks astatine Doral. The prime of Professional Golfers contiguous has go extraordinary, each and each 1 of them. They should each beryllium arrogant of the mode they played astatine The Masters this weekend!"

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Trump was connected manus erstwhile McIlroy appeared astatine the 2016 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship astatine Trump National Doral Blue Monster Course successful Doral.

Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump speaks with golfer Rory McIlroy earlier the last circular of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship astatine Trump National Doral Blue Monster Course successful Doral, Florida, connected March 6, 2016. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Trump besides reflected connected McIlroy’s vocation Grand Slam past year, saying the Northern Irishman showed "tremendous courage."

"I person to congratulate Rory, helium showed tremendous courage," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One successful April 2025. "He was having a hard time, but helium showed large guts, stamina and courage. People person nary thought however pugnacious that is... and (he) came back."

After tying astatine 11-under par with Justin Rose, McIlroy entered a playoff to determine the greenish jacket. He yet outlasted Rose to triumph the 89th Masters, bringing an 11-year pursuit of the vocation milestone to a conclusion.

But McIlroy’s triumph Sunday besides featured plentifulness of drama, arsenic helium edged two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler by 1 changeable to debar different playoff.

Rory McIlroy celebrates aft winning the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 12, 2026. (Katie Goodale/Imagn Images)

Tiger Woods was the past to execute the uncommon feat of back-to-back Masters victories, erstwhile helium was repetition victor successful 2001 and 2002. McIlroy present joins a abbreviated database that includes Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo.

Rory McIlroy reacts aft being awarded the Green Jacket during the ceremonial pursuing his triumph astatine the last circular of the 2026 Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 12, 2026. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

McIlroy held a Masters-record six-shot pb aft 36 holes, but an aboriginal stumble Sunday dropped him into a necktie for 4th earlier helium regained power and powered his mode to the apical of the leaderboard. McIlroy's archetypal spot decorativeness earned him $4.5 cardinal from the $22.5 cardinal purse.

Trump has been an avid golfer for decades and has owned much than a twelve play courses crossed aggregate countries. PGA Tour tournaments and LIV Golf events person been held astatine Trump-owned courses implicit the years.

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McIlroy and Trump person spent clip connected the people together, with the six-time large victor telling The Irish Times successful 2025 that helium played a circular with the then-president-elect up of the inauguration. He besides said Trump "loves golf."

McIlroy could instrumentality successful conscionable implicit 2 weeks astatine the 2026 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship, which returns to Doral connected April 29.

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