Mastering Augusta a matter of time for Rory McIlroy

There’s no such thing as a sure thing in golf and while Paul McGinley believes the stars will align and Rory McIlroy will soon put together a performance for the ages, there is no guarantee it will happen in the Masters.

Magnolia Lane became a boulevard of broken Masters dreams for the likes of Greg Norman, Tom Weiskopf, Davis Love III and Ernie Els.

“It seemed like one of the tournaments I would win easily,’’ Love told ESPN recently as he reflected on the green jackets that got away, especially 1995, when Ben Crenshaw won his second.