Relaxed Rory McIlroy: 'I know that I've got everything there. It's just a matter of putting it all together'

Last year’s final-round 64 to finish runner-up was the kind of breakthrough his psyche needed to break down the scar tissue that had built up in too many disappointing Masters outcomes

SMILES BETTER:  McIlroy

All manner of Rory McIlroys have shown up at Augusta National in the last 15 years. None of the previous 14 versions ever looked or sounded more relaxed and comfortable than the one who stepped to the microphone on Tuesday morning.

With larger-than-life pictures of McIlroy’s bunker hole-out eruption on the 72nd hole last April flanking the interview room, the Northern Irishman spoke of last year’s final-round 64 to finish runner-up as the kind of breakthrough his psyche needed to break down the scar tissue that had built up in too many disappointing Masters outcomes.