Oliver Brown: The only thing that can stop Rory McIlroy now is his own mind
When Rory McIlroy holed a devilish chip for eagle at the second, igniting a sequence of six threes unparalleled in the history of the Masters, the usual decorum of an Augusta crowd evaporated. Everywhere you looked, there were corporate bros hugging each other, high-fiving, dashing to the nearest concession stand for refills of their six-dollars-a-pint Crow’s Nest lager. It was an atmosphere more befitting a Ryder Cup than the loftiest stage in sport. Such is the effect of watching golf’s purest talent in full free-wheeling mode, fuelled by nothing but adrenalin and the knowledge that he can produce feats of which others merely dream.
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