Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mau a Rory McIlroy i te ahua o te tangata e hiahia ana ki te eke ki te tihi i te wa tika i tenei wiki. He pai tana tākaro, e rima nga manu i whai ake i tētahi wā i tana rauna tuarua i te Arnold Palmer Invitational, ko te wā tuatahi i tutuki i a ia i te PGA Tour, engari he tangata tonu kei roto i a ia e tākaro ana. Ko nga mea katoa e pā ana ki te hanga ki Augusta te wahi tīmata te US Masters i roto i te iti i runga i te rua wiki te wā. I reira ka ngana a McIlroy ki te whakauru atu ki tētahi rōpū whiriwhiri o ngā kaitakaro nui o te kēmu mā te wikitōria i te mea nui anake i ngaro i a 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, The Open me te US PGA i te iti rawa i te wa kotahi i roto i a raatau mahi. Kei te whakatikatika a Rory McIlory mō te Masters i tēnei wiki i te Arnold Palmer Invitational. Ko te Arnold Palmer Invitational o tēnei wiki ki Bay Hill te whakataetae whakamutunga a McIlroy i mua i a Augusta. Ko te Masters te mea nui kaore ano a McIlory kia mau i ona ringa i muri i tana wikitoria i nga mea e toru. Ahakoa tōna āhua kāore i te rite i te marama whakamutunga, kua titiro a McIlroy, 25, me te tangi rite te tangata e tika ana ki te wahi e hiahia ana ia ki te kia i roto i te rere ki te whakataetae i reira i wikitoria i te wikitoria ia e toru tau ki muri ka hinga ia i runga i te hoki iwa o tona rauna whakamutunga. Mēnā ka whiwhi ia ki taua tūranga i tēnei tau, ka taea te petipeti e kore ia e tuku i te reira ki te mawhiti. He mea nui ki a ia te tākaro i konei i Bay Hill, hei whakahonore i a Palmer, i te mea kua whara ia i ngā tau tata nei i te wā i whakatau a McIlroy ki te peke i te whakataetae. Engari i hiahia hoki a McIlroy ki te whakahoki i tana mahinga mai i te tau 2011 i a ia e rua wiki i mua i te Masters. "I tino pai te mahi i Augusta, i te iti rawa mo nga poka 63," ka mea ia.
E rima nga pupuhi a Rory McIlroy i muri i te kaiarahi a Morgan Hoffman i Bay Hill. I kai tahi te tangata tuatahi o te ao ki a Arnold Palmer i te ahiahi o te Rāpare. E ai ki a Rickie Fowler ko McIlroy te mea nui mō te Masters i te marama e whai ake nei. Ko te wā tuatahi i roto i ngā rauna e waru i tēnei tau ka pakaru a McIlroy i te 70 i Florida. Ko Matt te tangata e whai ana i a Hoffman, ko Ian Poulter te tangata e whai ana i a McIlroy.