Misses and Major disappointment: The Irish top-10s at Augusta

It remains the one Major that an Irishman has yet to win and that wait will go on until November at least. Rory McIlroy’s ill-fated back nine in 2011 put paid to the greatest chance of an Irishman donning the Green Jacket but what are the best Irish scores in Augusta?
Misses and Major disappointment: The Irish top-10s at Augusta
Fri, 10 Apr, 2020 - 19:45
John Fogarty

Pádraig Harrington in action during the 2008 US Masters. AP Photo/Chris O’Meara
Pádraig Harrington in action during the 2008 US Masters. AP Photo/Chris O’Meara

It remains the one Major that an Irishman has yet to win and that wait will go on until November at least. Rory McIlroy’s ill-fated back nine in 2011 put paid to the greatest chance of an Irishman donning the Green Jacket but what are the best Irish scores in Augusta?

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<p>Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are drawn in the same group for the first two rounds of the US PGA at Aronimink. Picture: PA</p>

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