Rory McIlroy completes Grand Slam with Masters win after enthralling day of drama at Augusta

Scottie Scheffler puts the green jacket on Masters winner Rory McIlroy. Picture: AP Photo/Matt Slocum

Forget 2011. Forget the 11-year major drought. Forget the four-shot lead he lost in a flash on the second nine Sunday. Forget the bogey he made fall into a playoff. Forget any and all of the heartbreak and cardiac arrests that Rory McIlroy has endured and inflicted in the quest for greatness.

As shaky as it was in a madcap Masters Sunday, McIlroy managed to slam the door on any and all negative narratives by completing the career Grand Slam with an emotional roller-coaster final round and a brilliant birdie in sudden death to defeat Justin Rose.