‘Two trips put Rory back on his feet’

A HEART-to-heart in Rory McIlroy’s kitchen convinced manager Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler the young Irishman was over his Augusta collapse and ready to win a major.

Ten days after McIlroy blew his four-shot, 54-hole lead at the Masters with a final-round 80, International Sports Management boss Chandler plotted a way forward.

“The first thing I said to Rory on that Sunday night, when there is nothing to say, ‘I know what to do when you get the Green Jacket next year. I have had the practice run for it’,” Chandler said.