Maurice Brosnan: Birdie's eye view of legendary shots at Augusta National

As Neil McCauley educated us in Heat, there is a profound difference between being alone and being lonely. You are never disconnected in a place like this.

Birdie's eye view: Maurice Brosnan reckons luck's got nought to do with being directly behind Rory McIlroy for Friday's chip in on 17 and Shane Lowry's Saturday ace.

See ball, hit ball. See chair, sit in chair. Like father, like son. Beside the fifth tee box, Brendan Lowry spotted a vacant seat and took a load off. It was a timely break. He was about to witness history.

Augusta National is steeped in its own traditions and rigid decorum and peculiar interactions, one of which is an honour system that means you can claim a seat if the owner is off wandering. So just beyond the dogleg at the par-4 fifth, Magnolia, beside that finely sculpted green, Lowry senior found a minute for himself.