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Monday, 14 April 2025 – Rory McIlroy’s sensational play-off victory at The Masters has sparked one of the largest golf-related payouts in William Hill’s storied history, after the bookmaker’s special promotion paid dividends for punters across the UK.
The Northern Irishman’s dramatic win not only delighted fans but also delivered a windfall to savvy bettors who backed him outright, as well as thousands more who benefited from William Hill’s Money Back as a Free Bet offer—triggered by McIlroy completing the career Grand Slam.
Lee Phelps, spokesperson for William Hill, commented:
“Masters Sunday 2025 will go down as one of the most dramatic we’ve ever seen, but also as one of the most significant in the history of betting on golf for William Hill.
Rory McIlroy was always the biggest liability in our book before a ball was hit, and the stakes were raised when we announced Money Back as a Free Bet if McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam. In total, we’re now looking at a seven-figure payout.
We laid tens of thousands of individual bets on McIlroy to win The Masters alone, while there was a good spread of business across the competitors this year with punters safe in the knowledge they had some Rory insurance. In the end it was an amazing sporting moment and it’s great to see Rory in that elite group of golfers.”
McIlroy Now Favourite for SPOTY 2025
Following his historic victory at Augusta, McIlroy has surged to the top of the betting for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Having started the weekend at 2/1, he is now the firm 8/11 favourite with William Hill to claim the coveted honour later this year.
