Rory McIlroy makes 'I want to cry' admission before PGA Championship

has admitted he 'wants to cry' every time he watches a replay of his play-off win over Justin Rose. The 36-year-old completed the Career Grand Slam by beating Rose in a one-hole shootout at Augusta last month, and McIlroy says he knows that moment may never be topped in his golfing career.

McIlroy had waited 11 years to complete the puzzle of all four majors, having picked up the other three by the age of 25. And he went through emotional turmoil to break his duck, missing a short putt to take the green jacket in the regulation 72 holes and requiring a heart-in-the-mouth showdown with Rose back down the 18th.

Tears flowed after McIlroy nailed his drive, stiffed his approach and made amends for his earlier putting mishap to join an exclusive list of Career Grand Slam conquerors. And he struggles to watch it back even a month later.

"I tried not to watch it a lot because I want to remember the feeling," he explained ahead of this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. "Any time I watch it I still want to well up, I want to cry. I've never felt anything like that before and maybe not again, it could be a once-in-a-lifetime thing."

McIlroy is widely expected to pick up even more major titles now that the pressure has lifted. And Quail Hollow is a course at which he has enjoyed more success than anyone else.

The Northern Irishman holds the course record and has won four tournaments there. But he will have a hungry group of golfing rivals for company - not least world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who arrives in North Carolina off the back of an eight-stroke victory at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Even if McIlroy does see off the competition, he is not expecting the feeling to live up to the one he experienced at Augusta in April.

"I'm still going to set myself goals," he explained. "I'm still going to try to achieve certain things. But I sit here knowing that very well could be the highlight of my career. That's a very cool thing. I want to still create a lot of other highlights and high points, but I'm not sure if any other win will live up to what happened a few weeks ago.

"I've done everything I've wanted to do in the game. I dreamed as a child of becoming the best player in the world and winning all the majors. I've done that. Everything beyond this, for however long I decide to play the game competitively, is a bonus."