Child prodigy to grand slam winner: The making of Masters champion Rory McIlroy

The Holywood native completed the set at August on Sunday night. 

Rory McIlroy was overcome with emotion after winning a play-off against Justin Rose to clinch the Masters (Matt Slocum/AP)

From the home video of a three-year-old practising in his living room to chipping balls into a washing machine on national television aged nine, it was obvious that Rory McIlroy had the talent to make history.

The extent to which he would do so was the only question, a question now answered emphatically by victory in the Masters to complete the career grand slam.