How to make it seem a normal week when you know the achievement would be abnormal? Rory McIlroy will try to master the Augusta trick once again as, for the fourth year in a row, the prospect of joining an immortal quintet lures him towards the Butler Cabin.
Intriguingly, only Gene Sarazen completed his career Grand Slam at Augusta National. That was in 1935 when the Masters was only in its second year. The “majors” were still to be defined as such; as they were yet to be in 1951 when the Masters became the third of the big four on Ben Hogan’s resume. Otherwise, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player won their second majors at Augusta and Tiger Woods his first.
Could this make it more difficult? McIlroy...