AUGUSTA — The coronation took a detour. Through the pine trees, onto the sand, into the water and all manner of places that Rory McIlroy did not want to go. The reigning Masters champion found his path to further glory impeded, with another anxious day ahead.
On a sun-splashed warm afternoon that saw Augusta National play easier than expected, with all manner of fireworks throughout the course, McIlroy couldn’t deliver the same sort of brilliance that saw him open with rounds of 67-65 and forge a six-shot lead, the biggest 36-hole advantage in Masters history.
