Rory McIlroy on motivation after Masters win
Rory McIlroy admits he didn’t expect how hard it would be to find motivation after his Masters triumph.
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If 2025 Masters champ Rory McIlroy wins the 2025 U.S. Open this week at Oakmont, he’ll join some exclusive company.
It’s quite simply a rare feat to win both of those majors in the same calendar year. For a long time, those were back-to-back majors, but in 2019, the PGA Championship moved to May.
Nonetheless, bagging those two trophies in one golf career has only been accomplished by 19 golfers. The latest to do so is McIlroy, who now has the chance to join another group.
Even more rare is winning both of those majors in the same calendar year. Only six of those 19 golfers have done that, with Jordan Speith 10 years ago the most recent to do so.
Golfers who won the Masters and U.S. Open
| Golfer | U.S. Open wins | Masters wins | Same year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Sarazen | 1922, 1932 | 1935 | |
| Byron Nelson | 1939 | 1937, 1942 | |
| Ralph Guldahl | 1937, 1938 | 1939 | |
| Craig Wood | 1941 | 1941 | 1941 |
| Ben Hogan | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 | 1951, 1953 | 1951 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 1949, 1956 | 1955 | |
| Arnold Palmer | 1960 | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 1960 |
| Billy Casper | 1959, 1966 | 1970 | |
| Jack Nicklaus | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 | 1972 |
| Gary Player | 1965 | 1961, 1974, 1978 | |
| Tom Watson | 1982 | 1977, 1981 | |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 1984 | 1979 | |
| Raymond Floyd | 1986 | 1976 | |
| Tiger Woods | 2000, 2002, 2008 | 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 | 2002 |
| Angel Cabrera | 2007 | 2009 | |
| Rory McIlroy | 2011 | 2025 | |
| Jordan Spieth | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 |
| Dustin Johnson | 2016 | 2020 | |
| Jon Rahm | 2021 | 2023 |
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