AUGUSTA — Rory McIlroy tried something different this year: A first-round collapse to lose the Masters.
McIlroy was 4 under through 14 holes and even par at the end, and while he is only four strokes behind the trio in second place, I don’t believe for a second that McIlroy can win this. I don’t even think McIlroy believes it. As he left the 18th green and walked across the 1st hole on his way to the clubhouse, he exhaled like a man who had just authored a disaster.
