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Phil Casey

Rory McIlroy opens up about ‘ironic’ pre-Masters dinner with Justin Rose

Rory McIlroy holds the Masters trophy with his wife Erica and daughter Poppy (David J. Phillip/AP) - (AP)

Two days before the start of the 89th Masters, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose were invited to dinner by a few members of Augusta National.

Next year McIlroy will have somewhere else to be on a Tuesday evening in early April, namely at the Champions Dinner following the almost indescribable victory which made him just the sixth player to win a career grand slam.

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