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The defending champion, Rory McIlroy, entered this year's Masters with odds between +1100 and +1300.
McIlroy win was expected to leave the sportsbooks heavily exposed as he was seeing significant volume early on.
For a few moments there on Sunday, McIlroy had fallen from the top spot of the leaderboard but eventually gained the position back to win his second consecutive Masters.
With another green jacket, McIlroy joined Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only repeat winners of the Masters.
“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 realized it’s just really difficult to win the Masters,” McIlroy said after holding on for a one-shot victory over Scottie Scheffler . “Just incredible.”
As usual, he kept everyone on edge until the very end.
His wedge barely cleared the false front of the par-5 15th, a shot that could have been disastrous. His putt from behind the 16th green made a sharp turn down the slope to inches away save par. He saved par with a tough chip on the 17th. Staked to a two-shot lead, his tee shot on the 18th wound up closer to the 10th fairway.
“I’d say walking off the 18th tee not knowing where my ball was, that was the moment of greatest stress,” McIlroy said.
He drilled 8-iron around the trees into a bunker, blasted out to 12 feet and took two putts for bogey and a 1-under 71. He thrust both arms in the air and made good on a promise.
“My parting message last year was I can’t wait to come back and put the jacket on myself,” McIlroy said at the trophy presentation. “I wasn’t quite correct.”
For the first time since Woods won back-to-back in 2002, it was left to the Augusta National chairman — Hootie Johnson for Woods, Fred Ridley for McIlroy — to do the honors. “It still fits,” McIlroy said.
He now has six majors, tied with Faldo, Lee Trevino and Phil Mickelson.
Sportsbooks and bookie platforms that offer golf betting probably weren't all too thrilled with McIlroy's achievement, though it does help to foster interest for future Masters.
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