Determined Rory McIlroy believes time is right to fulfil Masters destiny

Rory McIlroy believes there is a Green Jacket waiting for him at Augusta National and the sooner he claims it by winning the Masters, the easier it will be.

Ireland’s world number three will attempt to complete golf career Grand Slam this weekend by adding the Masters to his victories at the US Open, Open, and PGA Championships. He knows he has the game and the talent to win here and admitted yesterday he was surprised the opening major of the year was the final piece of a puzzle previously completed only by Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

Yet this will be his eighth attempt at taming the course over four rounds that is best suited to those talents and though last year’s four-place finish behind Jordan Spieth was his best result at the Masters, McIlroy knows his best opportunity came four years earlier in 2011, when he blew a four-shot 54-hole lead by shooting a final-day 80 and finish up in a tie for 15th place.