Rory McIlroy is now like one of the best golf players ever.

McIlroy has many more things he will do.

He will be 36 next month. He thinks he plays better now than before. It is true.

He feels very happy when he plays golf, and this helps him play well.

He won the important sports competition.

Now he has a locker upstairs. He has a green jacket. He can eat dinner on Tuesday. He waited 11 years for this. He is very happy.

McIlroy won and he was very happy. You could see it on his face.

McIlroy asked, "What will we talk about next year?"

How about going next month?

He won all four big tennis games. Can he win them all in one year? It looks possible for him this year.

Next month, the PGA Championship is at Quail Hollow. McIlroy won there four times.

He said he would like to play golf in Quail Hollow last summer.

The U.S. Open is at Oakmont. It is a long golf course, good for players who hit the ball far. This player hits the ball far, so he likes it. But last time, he did not play well because of rain and left before the weekend.

Rory McIlroy plays golf in Northern Ireland. He wants to play well there this time because he did not play well before.

He comes back with more freedom. He has less pressure.

People talk about what McIlroy can do well now. They don't talk about his mistakes.

Scheffler said, "I don't know how it feels to win all the big games. But I know a little how it feels when people say, 'You did this good thing, but not that good thing.' It can make people feel bad sometimes."

Brad is Rory's friend and helps him play golf better. Brad believes Rory can win many important golf competitions.

Old golfers said young Tiger Woods could win 10 big golf games. He won 5.

Someone said, "He can beat Jack's record."

Nicklaus won 18 big golf games. McIlroy won five. Brooks Koepka also won five. Woods won 15 big golf games. This is less than Nicklaus.

It is easy to feel happy. This golf game is like other good times here, like when Woods, Nicklaus, and Palmer played.

But winning was not easy for McIlroy.

Other players had bad experiences.

He said he wanted to win the green jacket very much.

Now, six players have won all four big golf games.

Another player won the tournament in 1935. Its name was different then.

McIlroy won the last part of the Masters. This is a special place with good memories.

This is a very important success for him in golf.

Sam Snead won 82 games on the PGA Tour. This is a record. Phil Mickelson won many games too, more than McIlroy. But Phil Mickelson did not win the U.S. Open.

Tom Watson won many golf games and big tournaments. Arnold Palmer was a very important golfer. But neither of them won the PGA Championship.

He can go even further than before.