Injury keeps Rory McIlroy away from fireworks

By the time the players in the final groups arrived to the first tee yesterday, the stage for a great last round at this year’s Masters had been set. With near perfect weather there would be no excuses.
Injury keeps Rory McIlroy away from fireworks

For sure, we would have loved to have our own Rory McIlroy in a position to contend for the title but professional golf at the highest level offers no guarantees and you felt an uncompetitive McIlroy had paid a hefty price for a rib cage injury that seriously hampered his tournament preparation.

Uncompetitive but game, it was now up to the likes of McIlroy and others to provide some early fireworks but the main show lay elsewhere.

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