The tournament announced the decision after the rules committee reviewed video evidence, and after Ancer signed his scorecard and exited the scoring area.
McIlroy finds himself this year on the verge of missing the cut for just the second time at Augusta National and for the first time since 2010, his second time playing the tournament.
Leave it to the three-time Masters winner to use the occasion of this year’s tournament to regale the press room with a favourite memory from Adam Scott’s champions dinner in 2014.