When Rory McIlroy eventually retires from professional golf, he knows his legacy will be determined – in large part – by the number of majors he wins. The decade-plus major drought he has been on since brilliantly capturing his fourth at the 2014 PGA Championship as a 25-year-old looms ever larger.
The story is well known by now, near miss after near miss in the years since and increased scrutiny heading into every major – especially at Augusta, where the Masters is the only leg missing from a career grand slam – acts as an increasingly heavy millstone around the Northern Irishman’s neck.
