HOUSTON — All 32 rookies in the PGA TOUR class of 2025 enrolled in the Texas Children’s Houston Open, striving to learn to contend. Scottie Scheffler taught them a lesson or two Friday.

Getting to the Xs and Os, McIlroy now is exempt into the Masters for life, so it matches his status for the PGA Championship. This victory also punches his ticket into the U.S. Open through 2029.