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Rory McIlroy finally won The Masters last monthReuters<\/p>\n
He told Fallon he watched the family favourite Zootopia with his four-year-old daughter Poppy on Saturday morning before playing.<\/p>\n
“You’re just trying to distract yourself,” he explained with a laugh.<\/p>\n
This wasn’t the first time McIlroy used films to unwind before a big win.<\/p>\n
Before clinching his second Players Championship in March, he watched The Devil Wears Prada the evening before defeating J.J. Spaun in a Monday playoff.<\/p>\n
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Rory McIlroy’s wife Erica Stoll might have helped her husband win The Masters <\/p>\n
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McIlroy’s unconventional relaxation techniques appear to have paid dividends in his quest for Masters glory.<\/p>\n
After 16 attempts, the change in approach finally brought success at Augusta National.<\/p>\n
His strict sleep routine combined with these entertainment distractions created a winning formula.<\/p>\n
The golfer had previously vowed not to return to Fallon’s show until he secured a green jacket.<\/p>\n
He kept that promise, appearing on The Tonight Show for the fourth time, leaving Fallon impressed by the five-time major champion’s new outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has revealed that Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton played a surprising role in his historic Masters victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,12,512,93,79,16,15,978,727],"class_list":{"0":"post-71816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sgg","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114445304788509795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Rory McIlroy finally won The Masters last monthReuters<\/p>\n![\"Erica](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/erica-stoll.jpg\")
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