Weekend recap: Rory wins the Masters (in very Rory fashion)

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Here's a look astatine the apical moments from the past mates days, including immoderate awesome Canadians results.

Golf: Rory gets his greenish jacket, Conners fades to eighth

In 1 of the astir melodramatic finishes imaginable, instrumentality favourite Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland recovered from different precocious meltdown to decision England's Justin Rose successful a playoff and triumph the Masters to implicit the uncommon vocation Grand Slam.

McIlroy entered the last circular astatine Augusta with a two-shot pb implicit American Bryson DeChambeau and was 7 up connected Rose arsenic helium sought to flooded a decennary of agonizing misses since his past large triumph successful 2014. But McIlroy promptly double-bogeyed the archetypal hole, mounting the signifier for a vintage Rory-coaster time of impossibly beautiful shot-making and gut-wrenching mistakes that near him needing to par the 18th to clasp disconnected the surging Rose, who had completed a 6-under circular with a agelong birdie putt connected 18.

After dumping his attack into a bunker, McIlroy missed a five-foot putt for the win, sending him backmost to the 18th tee for the playoff. Somehow keeping his cool, helium striped his thrust and past stuffed a wedge to 3 feet for birdie to capture the elusive greenish jacket and articulation Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen arsenic the lone players to triumph each 4 majors successful men's golf.

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Canada's Corey Conners tied for eighth, staying close successful contention until Sunday. He missed a par putt of little than a ft connected the archetypal hole, mounting the code for a 3-over circular that near him six shots down McIlroy and Rose. Conners present has 4 top-10 finishes astatine the Masters successful the past six years and 5 top-10s connected the PGA Tour this season — 1 much than helium had successful each of 2024.

Nick Taylor, the lone different Canadian to marque the cut, finished tied for 40th astatine 3 implicit par. It was the archetypal clip successful 5 years that the 2023 Canadian Open champion qualified for the play astatine a major. Here's much connected Sunday's last circular and McIlroy's affectional victory. 

Women's hockey: Canada eyes a rematch

The United States defeated archrival Canada 2-1 on Sunday astatine the women's satellite title successful the Czech Republic to clinch archetypal spot successful Group A. Defenders Lee Stecklein and Megan Keller scored for the Americans earlier guardant Laura Stacey replied successful the 3rd play for Canada.

The effect does not alteration the information that the U.S. and Canada, who person squared disconnected successful 22 of the 23 women's satellite title finals and six of the 7 Olympic gold-medal games, volition astir surely conscionable successful the rubric crippled again this Sunday.

As if to underscore that point, Canada rebounded from yesterday's nonaccomplishment to trounce the big Czechs 7-1 today to decorativeness 3-1 successful the preliminary signifier and clinch 2nd spot successful the group. The Americans decorativeness up against Switzerland time earlier the quarterfinals connected Thursday.

All 5 teams successful Canada's group, which besides includes Finland, automatically beforehand to the quarters on with the apical 3 from the weaker Group B. 

NHL: Winnipeg wins the Presidents'

After clinching the apical effect successful the Western Conference connected Saturday, the Jets wrapped up the archetypal Presidents' Trophy (for the league's champion record) successful franchise past connected Sunday erstwhile East-leading Washington mislaid to Columbus. Winnipeg volition apt play Minnesota oregon St. Louis successful the archetypal round, though Calgary tin inactive bargain 1 of the 2 wild-card spots successful the West. The Flames are 2 points down St. Louis with 2 games left.

Edmonton, which bushed Winnipeg yesterday, is present guaranteed to look Los Angeles successful the archetypal circular for the 4th consecutive year. The Oilers won each 3 erstwhile matchups, but this clip they're banged up and volition beryllium without injured defenceman Mattias Ekholm for astatine slightest the archetypal round, portion the Kings tin clinch home-ice vantage with a triumph contiguous successful Edmonton.

One much opening-round matchup is acceptable successful the West — Dallas vs. Colorado — on with 1 successful the East — Carolina vs. New Jersey. It's looking much and much similar we'll get a Battle of Ontario betwixt Toronto and Ottawa, and a Battle of Florida betwixt Tampa Bay and the Stanley Cup champion Panthers, portion Montreal tin clinch its archetypal playoff berth since 2021 and a first-round day with Washington by beating Chicago tonight.

One much absorbing NHL note: for the archetypal clip ever, each 4 of the Original Six clubs based successful the U.S. will miss the playoffs.

NBA: Post-season matchups set

As Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sat retired the last 2 games of a apt MVP play for the top-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder, the pairings for the play-in tourney were decided. In the Western Conference, it'll beryllium No. 7 effect Golden State vs. No. 8 Memphis and No. 9 Sacramento vs. No. 10 Dallas. In the East it's No. 7 Orlando vs. No. 8 Atlanta and No. 9 Chicago vs. No. 10 Miami.

The winners of Tuesday's 7 vs. 8 games beforehand to the 16-team playoff bracket. The losers get a 2nd accidental connected Friday erstwhile they look the winners of Wednesday's 9 vs. 10 games.

Oklahoma City and No. 2 effect Houston await the 2 play-in survivors successful the Western Conference, portion the East play-in winners conscionable No. 1 Cleveland oregon defending NBA champion Boston successful the best-of-seven archetypal round.

The pursuing first-round matchups are set: successful the East, No. 3 New York vs. No. 6 Detroit and No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 5 Milwaukee; successful the West, it's the No. 3 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 6 Minnesota and Canadian Jamal Murray' No. 4 Denver vs. the No. 5 Los Angeles Clippers.

In different NBA news, the Phoenix Suns fired caput manager Mike Budenholzer today aft a disappointing 36-46 season, portion New Orleans (21-61) canned apical enforcement David Griffin.

In women's basketball, Paige Bueckers is expected to beryllium picked No. 1 wide by the Dallas Wings successful tonight's WNBA draught aft starring UConn to the NCAA title. The enlargement Golden State Valkyries take fifth, portion the 2026 enlargement Toronto Tempo are already preparing for adjacent year's draft. 

Curling: Homan makes different final

Canada's Rachel Homan fell conscionable abbreviated of winning her 3rd Grand Slam of Curling rubric of 2024-25, losing 5-4 to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni successful the women's last astatine the season-ending Players' Championship successful Toronto connected Sunday.

Still, what a play for Homan and her teammates Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes. They repeated arsenic satellite champions, went undefeated astatine the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth and reached the last astatine each 5 Grand Slams, winning 2 of them. Their grounds this play was 75-8 — a triumph complaint of amended than 90 per cent.

On the men's side, recently crowned satellite champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland defeated Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller connected Sunday to seizure his grounds 4th Slam of the season.

While that's a wrapper connected the four-player curling season, we inactive person the mixed doubles satellite title coming up April 26-May 3 successful Fredericton. Mouat and his teammate Jenn Dodds and Canadian champs Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are among the duos trying to unafraid spots successful adjacent year's Winter Olympics.

Other cardinal Canadian results:

* Canada's divers won a brace of medals at a World Cup lawsuit successful Windsor, Ont. Sonya Palkhivala and Amélie-Laura Jasmin took metallic successful the women's 3m synchro lawsuit portion Matt Cullen and Benjamin Tessier earned bronze successful the men's 10m synchro. Chinese divers won 8 of the 9 golds.

* Audrey Lamothe and Ximena Ortiz Montano took bronze successful the women's duet method lawsuit astatine an creator swimming World Cup conscionable successful Egypt. It was conscionable their 2nd clip competing together.

* Olympic swimmers Blake Tierney, Mary-Sophie Harvey and Taylor Ruck were among the winners astatine the Canadian Open conscionable successful Edmonton, portion treble Paralympic champion Nicholas Bennett and Paralympic bronze medallist Shelby Newkirk each won a brace of golds. 

* Gymnast Shallon Olsen finished 4th successful the women's vault astatine a World Cup lawsuit successful Croatia, portion upland biker Jenn Jackson was besides 4th successful a women's cross-country Olympic World Cup contention successful Brazil.

* Olympic formation volleyball metallic medallists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were eliminated successful the 2nd playoff circular astatine a Pro Tour Elite 16 lawsuit successful Brazil.

* Canada failed to scope the eight-team Billie Jean King Cup finals after losing to big Japan at a qualifier for the women's squad tennis championship. The Canadians were without Leylah Fernandez, who led Canada to its lone BJK Cup rubric successful 2023 and is the country's highest-ranked women's singles player. Doubles ace Gabriela Dabrowski besides did not participate.