On a day when the team had torched the course for eight birdies and an eagle through 17 holes of fourball, McIlroy had a 30-foot putt for eagle that, if he made it, would give them a hard-charging 61 and a legitimate chance for a title repeat.
Jason Day may have earned a fifth top-10 result at the Masters but the perennial Augusta contender blasted himself for not capitalising on another year in the mix at the April major.
Jason Day has praised the guts of Masters champion Rory McIlroy in completing the career grand slam after more than a decade of “gut punches” and heartache attempting to capture golf’s holy grail.
Rory McIlroy has succeeded Tiger Woods’s throne as golf’s greatest modern player by winning the Masters at Augusta National to become just the sixth golfer in history to complete golf’s career grand slam.
Shane Lowry wasn’t having it. He’d just come off the 18th hole having finished bogey-bogey, dropping from five back to seven back in a blink. He’d battled all day to post an under par round and get inside the top four on the leader board. Instantly spoiled.
As golf in the Olympics continues to navigate its way towards relevancy, its latest challenge may be the one that puts it most in line with golf’s major championships.
The Open is a heck of a place for a first-timer to find his patience, but Brown appeared sanguine throughout his round, never panicking even when he dropped two shots on the front nine in the second round.
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