Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E toru ngā pōti i pupuhi a Rory McIlroy i te mutunga o tana rauna tuatoru i te Arnold Palmer Invitational i Bay Hill i te Rāhoroi hei whakangaro i tētahi whakaeke i te mara. I tata atu a McIlroy, te Nama 1 o te ao ki te kotahi o te arahi i te wa i hinga ai ia i nga pupuhi i te 14, 15 me te 16 ki te whakaoti i te ra e whitu i muri i te kaiwhakawhiwhi tere o te whakataetae a Henrik Stenson. I muri mai ka mea a McIlroy kei te tumanako tonu ia ki te akiaki i a ia ki te whakataetae me te tiimata tere i te Ratapu engari i whakaae ia ko te wikitoria i tana whakatikatika whakamutunga i mua o te US Masters kaore i te tika. Ka tākaro a Rory McIlroy i waho o tētahi pūhui i te rua tekau mā tahi i te rauna tuatoru o te Arnold Palmer Invitational. Ko te tau 1 o te ao, e whakaahuatia ana e takaro ana i tana huarahi ki te matomato i te tuaono, i whakairihia he 71-i raro i te-par. E whitu ngā piro o McIlroy i muri i te kaiārahi a Henrik Stenson i muri i tana whiwhinga i ngā poka e toru i te rarangi i te iwa o muri. 'I tino pai nga mea katoa mo nga poka 13,' ka mea a McIlroy, 'a ka uru atu ahau ki te whakataetae. Kātahi anō ka pāngia e au he poka e toru. He mea pai kia tata atu au ki te ārahi.' Kāore a McIlroy i tino māharahara i tana tūtukitanga whakamutunga. Kua mau ki a ia i tēnei wiki te ahua o tētahi tangata e hiahia ana ki te tiaki i tōna tino pai mō te Masters, e tīmata ana ki Augusta i raro iho i te toru wiki. Na ka kōrero a McIlroy mo te wikitoria a Ireland i te Six Nations, ā, ka whakanuia ōna kanohi i tana rongonga i te tata o Ingarangi ki te whai i te whakamātautau whakamutunga e hiahiatia ana e rātou. Ka ngana ia ki te whakatikatika i te āputa ki a Stenson, kātahi ka noho ia i ngā wiki e rua e whai ake nei ki te whakatikatika i tana kēmu i roto i te tūmataiti. Kei runga a Henrik Stenson i te papa rangatira i muri i tana rauna tuarua o te 66 i te Rāhoroi. Ko Stenson, e whakaahuahia ana i muri i tana whiu i te poka tuawaru, e rua nga wero i a ia e haere ana ki te rauna whakamutunga. Ko nga mea katoa e pā ana ki te hanga ki Augusta te wahi ka ngana McIlroy ki te uru ki te rōpū tīpako o te nui o te kēmu mā te wikitoria i te Major anake e kua eluded ia. Ko te wikitoria ka eke ia ki te kamupene o Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, me Tiger Woods i toa katoa i te Masters, te US Open, te...
Ko Rory McIlroy i eke ki raro iho i te 71 i te rauna o te Rāhoroi i Orlando. Ko te toa toa o te ao e toru nga kohao i te rarangi ki te heke iho i te papa rangatira. Ko Henrik Stenson e ārahi ana e rua nga pupuhi e haere ana ki te ra whakamutunga i Bay Hill. Ka mahi a McIlroy i tana kēmu i mua i te Masters i te marama e whai ake nei. Kei te whai ia ki te whakaoti i tētahi Grand Slam mā te wikitōria i Augusta.