{"id":528969,"date":"2026-04-13T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528969\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:43:15","slug":"the-masters-rory-mcilroys-next-major-mountain-how-masters-title-defence-at-augusta-national-could-bring-more-history-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528969\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masters: Rory McIlroy&#039;s next major mountain? How Masters title defence at Augusta National could bring more history &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxOZ3FhRDVYLUVEd0pxeDA0WUp3S2oxVW81YllqdmtyeGp1T1kzVVJfcklpbFFVcG90ZllmV0Z1VlN6Z2V4R0FZc25ZR253eW1aeTlOaUJ3ZjZWeTRVcDJSamJMVlNrb3Q2UFJlWE50R0pnNVdXVnJZNVJqMkF0NWRaWURHZ2xlQjlKQXF1bnhNcG02ZjNfZU5kTVdwWHhtdTVROUFDMVMzY3dVOTROdnpjRmlHUERRdnB1OGtpUkZVNTg2M056QzEwcU1BYlhBeE5qZjBfcE44TGRoc0NWa3U2VkxRNDFlODlDa0J6cjR6UTk1aVRfa2J4NmNOWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Masters: Rory McIlroy&#8217;s next major mountain? How Masters title defence at Augusta National could bring more history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTE9Zcm15TlpjVmlEUXBfZmcwUHNlRnMzZkFWZEd0aV8zd0FPSW1XWjAxTXRwWm91RTU2eDZJZlNqU3JoQm40ZFlGaFZzZ05xSU5VTXdJS2NyeWt0SGVaaVd5eWFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy wins Masters: Where does he rank alongside Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPU0Jka1hxTm05eXE1MmJEdk9vOUw0bFlydV81RHdwSXdpREpwRDBPVnRSU0VxRVJXZDFhbWtoT0d5NjFRM1VEM2I4MUNkbUthRkxDazIyeG5QNDZub2kzclF0VFg3Q1ZSQ0pINVAzank0R2s4dkQ5YTlyanpJOXp2VFR2TV9uaENyVkkyNW02c215bE9FMU8zdDNORm81RVY4QW4zdkhn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How, not what, McIlroy does makes him golf\u2019s successor to Seve Ballesteros<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNM1laX19xMUUzQTF0TUVGTVJIT3lGVWRWbVB6LWwzVVY1VnFiZExkYjFHY3pxeUZoTG1BMFRtX0MyZzJPMjVyR1ZTVjRNRFppd09JQ2gwLWloYWZlZjdINFczelZmbFE3Y1BTR2w5TkE3eWZ6N3ZoeFdPU2VuR0k1YTFRWlN4bnpGS3R4ZTZKU2hBUVFrZW85NXVMWVdBZjU3RDVaelFB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy is Europe\u2019s greatest-ever golfer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOajRfZEdjWkx3OWhIekxzaEdTNU5lSWZGVDkyR19mdUZISTQxMmRXeTg1OTZxdm5nMkZURl9ocTJTNG1INlB0cU1KVkt5b2NNVHlWeC00QmFiUk83Ym13Y2dscGY3ZldjQUg1TXd1cUNWUUU1MVdpZUNpNzZDS1hTb2VRLWdVcXF3ZGk5VEVGZWFCOVhrMmJF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rory McIlroy wanted to &#8216;prove last year wasn&#8217;t a fluke&#8217; with historic second Masters win<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Masters: Rory McIlroy&#8217;s next major mountain? How Masters title defence at Augusta National could bring more history&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-528969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}