Sunday recap
How Rory McIlroy finished the job at Augusta
The scoreboard says he won by one. The reason the search term stayed hot is that a one-shot result never reads like a formality after the fact.
The scoreline that mattered
McIlroy closed the week at 12-under and finished one shot ahead of Scheffler at 11-under. That narrow final gap is the most important piece of the Sunday story because it tells you the leaderboard never turned into background noise. People kept checking because the door never felt fully closed.
Why the result carried extra weight
This was not just a routine major finish. It was McIlroy backing up another strong Masters run with a second straight win at Augusta, which gave the final board a bigger historical angle than a typical single-event leaderboard might have. That kind of context keeps the topic alive after the final putt because readers want both the result and the meaning of the result.
Why Scheffler mattered to the story
Scheffler's place at 11-under is what makes the board read properly. Without a close second-place finish, the page is just a winner note. With Scheffler one shot back, the board becomes a real recap page because the margin itself tells the drama. That is why a clean leaderboard summary is more useful than a scattered live-blog archive once the tournament ends.