What happens when a champion finally conquers his Everest? Sir Nick Faldo has an answer Rory McIlroy might not want to hear—and it involves Scottie Scheffler leaving him behind.

“It is like climbing Everest, you don’t turn around and say ‘let’s go up again next month.’ There was so much emotion at Augusta, and you cannot reproduce the emotion to win a Major like that again, so I think it will be tough for Rory to win another one.” Nick Faldo said when asked about McIlroy’s chances of winning another major. These comments of Sir Nick hit hard when you realize the one saying it has been through the same grind and pressure.

And he didn’t stop there; the six-time Major champion had more to add. Despite McIlroy’s historic 2025 Masters victory, completing his career Grand Slam, Fal

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