Confused, staring into space, Rory McIlroy has just left the 18th green of the Augusta National Golf Club with a new bogey in his bag. The seventh exactly after holes 2, 3, 6, 7, 11 and 16.
Too much. Far too many to hope to continue this weekend in this 87th Masters in history.
If some saw in his 72 on the first day, his best score in a first round since 2018, a positive sign, his start to the second round very quickly condemned him to pack up prematurely.
A Friday to forget for the current world No. 2 who leaves Augusta with a total score of 149 (+5) and a final lap completed in 77 (+5) after his inaugural 72 Roller Coaster version (a double, three bogeys, five birdies). In fact, nothing worked during these two rounds for the Northern Irishman.
His stats between Thursday and Friday are hardly brilliant. 11 out of 18 greens taken in regulation during the first round (9 out of 18 in the second), 9 fairways out of 14 touched on Thursday (11 out of 14 the next day) and a very low average putt per hole (1.67 then 1.78) . Largely insufficient to compete with the best this week.
It is the fifth time in 15 Masters disputed that the Briton signs a card of 77, the third time that he obtains it during a second round after 2010 and 2021. If he had not crossed the cut there is thirteen years old, he managed to finish 8th the year when the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama won.
It is also his 3rd missed cut after 2010 and 2021 where he played 74 and 77 then 76 and 74 respectively. It is above all a new failure in his quest for a career Grand Slam after his victories – already distant – at the 2011 US Open, the 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship and The 2014 Open.
Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods will still be waiting before perhaps one day welcoming him into their very exclusive congregation.
Invited to discuss this possibility on Tuesday at a press conference, Rory McIlroy had not brushed aside the issue out of hand. Not really his style. We even felt rather optimistic after taking 3rd place in the WGC-Match Play in Austin (Texas) by beating Scottie Scheffler during the “Consolante”.
Rory McIlroy, statements“I won four Majors, blew the one who will be 34 on May 4. I've been knocking on the door for that fifth one for a while now. I feel like I'm as good, if not better than I was the last time I won a Grand Slam tournament. So yeah, I feel pretty good here in Augusta. »
Three days later, it was a groggy golfer who took his leave of Augusta without stopping in front of the media. Silences, sometimes, have more impact than certain long speeches.
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