"At 7am on 14 April in an Augusta rental home, Rory McIlroy awoke and immediately spotted a Green Jacket draped over a chair. You think: Yeah, that did happen yesterday,' he says. That. McIlroy was now the sixth man to win all four of golf's majors. The detail of what lay around in the bedroom of my own Augusta billet is of no interest to anybody. That was, however, a memorable morning."
"Writing the words, Rory McIlroy, Masters champion was genuinely an emotional moment. It was also a fraught one. It may be reasonable to think somebody who has covered more majors than I care to remember has preordained sentiment about how to form a report. I did not and was delighted that was the case. Day four of the 89th Masters edition was extraordinary. The task was simple; write what you see."
"My first trip to Augusta was four years later; I lost my luggage and stayed in a hotel that has long since and rightly been condemned. McIlroy tossed away what had looked an unassailable lead and the rest is storied, occasional brutal, history. Inserting yourself into a story we only tell for others never feels cool, but watching McIlroy so closely over almost two decades has been so thrilling, so compelling that it has been impossible not to root for him."
On the morning of 14 April a Green Jacket lay in an Augusta rental as Rory McIlroy completed the feat of winning all four major championships. The victory generated widespread, cross-interest reaction and heavy media attention. Coverage spanned long memories of McIlroy's earlier career swings, including lost opportunities and dramatic collapses, and recalled long-term observation of his progress. The emotional weight of the moment blended with the objective task of reporting the event. Day four of the 89th Masters proved extraordinary, framed as a duel with Bryson DeChambeau and culminating in McIlroy's historic triumph.
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