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EPAWelcome to Holywood.
The city in County Down has always been proud of the local child Rory Mcilroy, but has reached a completely new level after his dramatic victory on Sunday.
Finally he joined a select club of only six golfers To achieve the Grand Slam race with the victory in the Masters.
The Holywood boy received his Hollywood end, and the city is buzzing.
It can be a gray Monday in Holywood, but the faces of golf fans deprived of sleep are illuminated when asked about roller mountain scenes in the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
John Reynolds, who lives in Holywood, said he was absolutely delighted that Mcilroy “has finally managed to overcome the line.”
He observed every minute of the last day on Sunday.
“It was tortuous, it was not what we all expected. We expected a triumphant race in the last round,” he said.
He said that the victory was massive for the city, and the “immortality of the waves” of Mcilroy was a good reflection on Holywood.
David Addis, who also lives in Holywood, was traveling on Sunday, so he listened to the radio while the “roller mountain” was developed.
“It is the first time I listed an important sporting event, since it evolved and because the trip broke through a flight that my understanding was interrupted for 55 full minutes while swinging throughout the place,” he said.
Addis said he was euphoric with the result and that people were “buzzing” in Holywood.
“I always thought I had a chance, but after nearby failures and especially when it started the last day with a double flag, I thought, oh God, it will happen, but it is obviously much more resistant now,” “,” “,” “,” “” “
Holywood is a coastal city, not far from Belfast. It has a beach, a crowded main street and a expensive property.
Every time Mcilroy wins an important one, one of the bakeries makes cookies with his face in them and were on the shelves early on Monday morning.
The television and film writer Declan Lawn was on the way to edit the last series of blue lights in Holywood when he ran into BBC News or.
He married “in the small hours” to see Mcilroy.
“It was worth every second,” he said. “It is one of the best sports stories in history.
“He was fighting his demons, and fighting the past and fighting against himself and did it perfectly. He had to find courage to return and did it. It’s such a human story, a Hollywood end.”
Getty imagesThe fellow sports hero of Northern Ireland, Lady Mary Peters, said she was absolutely happy with the success of Mcilroy.
“He has been so close in the past and failed, but this was his right time to do it,” he said.
Lady Peters was the 1972 Olympic champion in the Pentathlon.
“Change your life forever, the world is his oyster now,” he said.
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Gavin Robinson, said Mcilroy “had never forgotten where he has come.”
“It’s a wonderful achievement for him,” he said. “Being able to fulfill that dream is beyond all our wildest expectations.”
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Mcilroy was educated in Holywood; First he attended the primary school of San Patricio before moving to the Sullivan Higher School.
His passion for sport grew from his father, a great golfer, who took him to the golf course in his stroller.
The local Mcilroy field, Holywood Golf Club, is on the slopes of the Holywood hills.
Mcilroy became a professional in 2007 and his first great won in 2011 at the US Open, and in 2012 he won the PGA championship in 2012.
Then he won the open in 2014, leaving the Masters to complete the Grand Slam of his career.
