It was theoretically stated that this was so long before Rory McIlroy won the Masters and finished a professional grand slam.
Now, he has a green jacket in his closet and there are many theories about what will happen next.
Radio stations have guests of psychologists who suggest he will make his own way to greater success, and other psychologists say they will cheer him up by finding a golf course.
Sports is always a game full of guesswork – it's part of the fun – so let's take a look at McIlroy's schedule for the rest of 2025 and wonder what he can achieve if he free ball instead of for five major championship wins.
Zurich classics in New Orleans
McIlroy won the pair last year with his old friend Shane Lowry, who lined up to defend the Louisiana championship.
McIlroy met his parents at home, but he did so in a private place so he shouldn't be too demarcated.
Last year’s victory prompted the celebration. More this year?
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Truist Champion
He is the defending champion, winning four titles, but he will face new tests this year as the game temporarily moved to Philadelphia Cricket Club. Yes, you did read it correctly. This is a traditional layout, and there is no reason why it is not suitable for him.
PGA Champion
Why Truist moves? Because this is the normal venue – Quail Hollow – will host the second major for the year.
McIlroy has won four of his last three visits, including two, and said he could do well there, “even if I don't have the form.”
It should be the ideal place to ride the main wave.
Memorial Competition
McIlroy had nine top 20 in the match hosted by Jack Nicklaus but did not win.
Nicklaus talks about McIlroy through his master's strategy before his win – could he respond in Jack's win?
US Open
McIlroy missed the layoffs when he last hosted the U.S. Open in Oakmont, but he may be more concerned about correcting some mistakes from 2023 and 2024, when he was second only to Wyndham Clark and Bryson DeChambeau.
open
If McIlroy does come to Northern Ireland under the name of 2025, the atmosphere will be a sensation. The calendar grand slam will begin.
Porthush hosted his start last time, he opened a Tee shot and pulled four putts in the 16th round as he had a total of 79 in the first round. But he responded with a magical 65, and if the form wasn't leveled by midsummer, he could repeat it.
Tour Championship
McIlroy has already won three wins on the PGA Tour this year and will be in the championship and FedEx Cup if he wins another Grand Slam.
Irish Open
McIlroy won the title last year in Royal County Down, but this year he won the title in 2016.
BMW PGA Champion
Incredibly, he won only once in 2014, but he wasn't in the top ten in the last five visits, and he finished second in three times.
Ryder Cup
After winning at Rome two years ago, McIlroy said he was considering winning the Ryder Cup, which is now the biggest task for golf. “We're going to do that,” he added. Given the current U.S.-European political anxiety, related to the noisy New York gallery in New York, it would be a huge achievement if Europe could do it.
DP World Tour Championship
He is the three-time champion in Jumeirah’s Earth Course, and if the rest of 2025 continues to be as successful as the first four months of this year, McIlroy may end the best golf year of his life with even greater success. If he wins Dubai, he will stay away from Seve Ballesteros, while Colin Montgomerie's Colin Montgomerie is shy.
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