I wasn’t ready to become a Master, admits Rory

RORY McILROY does not believe he was ready to win his first major last month.

Back in America for the first time since his Masters meltdown — from four ahead he crashed to a closing 80 and finished 10 behind Charl Schwartzel — McIlroy will spend his 22nd birthday today preparing for his defence of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“First thing I don’t think I was ready — that was the most important thing,” the Irishman said at Quail Hollow, the course where he shot a magical 62 to win his first PGA Tour title a year ago.