Justin Rose played one of the best rounds of his career, and it wasn’t quite enough to deny Rory McIlroy his long-sought title at the Masters.

Rose shot a final-round 66 that he capped with a memorable 20-footer for birdie at No. 18, and then wound up in a playoff when McIlroy missed a par putt of his own at the finishing hole.

But playing 18 again, Rose made par and McIlroy rolled in a 3-footer for birdie to win the green jacket.

“This is a historic moment in golf, isn’t it? Someone who achieves the career Grand Slam,” Rose said afterward, magnanimous in defeat. “I wanted to be the bad guy today, but still, it’s a momentous occasion for the game of golf.”

It was the second time Rose had lost a playoff at the Masters. He lost on the first hole eight years ago, when Sergio Garcia made birdie and he made bogey.

World No. 1 Scheffler settles for fourth

Scottie Scheffler came to Augusta National this week looking to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three Masters in a four-year span.

He had to settle for a fourth-place finish.

Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world and the pre-tournament favorite, shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to finish at 8-under 280 in a week where he could never recapture the mojo that led to titles in 2022 and 2024 at Augusta National.

Scheffler, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour this year, said it was “something to build off of.”

DeChambeau takes early lead, collapses

U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who beat McIlroy at Pinehurst No. 2 last June, had the lead after two holes when McIlroy opened with a double bogey.

He crashed out with a pair of three-putts and two shots into the water on the back nine, closing with a 75.

“If I just had somewhat of good iron play this week,” DeChambeau said, “it would have been a lot different outcome.”

Aberg’s run at victory ends with triple bogey

Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg followed up a second-place finish in his first Masters last year with a seventh-place showing after a triple bogey on the 72nd hole did him in when he played three shots out of the sand.

Had Aberg, who reached 10 under for the tournament after the 16th hole, played the final two holes in 1 under, he would tied McIlroy and Rose and been a part of a three-way playoff.