After years of heartbreak, can Rory McIlroy finally win the Masters?
Rory McIlroy will tee off on Thursday at 6.12pm Irish time on the first day of the Masters in Georgia.
It is the first major tournament of the golf season and this year the news focus will be firmly on the man from Northern Ireland. It’s his 17th Masters and he’s known not so much for how he plays in Georgia but for the way he keeps falling short.
While he is a consistent winner of other tournaments, building a golfing fortune estimated to be north of €250 million, and is only second to Tiger Woods in earning power off the course, one prize eludes him – the Masters in Augusta.
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