Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka whakamahia e Rory McIlroy tana putanga tuatahi i te Arnold Palmer Invitational hei haerenga whakataetae whakamutunga i mua i tana ngana ki te whakaoti i te mahi nui i te marama o muri mai. I ngaro a McIlroy i te tapahi i te Honda Classic i tana timatanga PGA Tour i te timatanga o te marama, a ka pa ki nga upoko korero mo te maka o ana rino e toru ki roto i te roto i Doral i te WGC-Cadillac Championship, i reira ka mutu ia i te tuaiwa. I whakapauhia e te tangata tuatahi o te ao tetahi waahanga o te wiki kua hipa ki te whakangungu i Augusta National me tona papa a Gerry me te kaitiaki o New England Patriots a Tom Brady i a ia e titiro ana ki te kii i te koti matomato tuatahi me te whakauru ki a Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus me Tiger Woods i te wikitoria i nga taitara nui e wha. Ko Rory McIlroy e mahi ana i te whakataetae pro-am i te Arnold Palmer Invitational i Orlando. Ko te whakataetae i Florida te whakataetae whakamutunga o te ao No. 1 i mua i te Masters. 'I tangohia e ahau e toru wiki i mua i te Masters i roto i 2011 a mahi reira tino pai hoki 63 poka, e kore rawa 72, 'Mā McIlroy i roto i tona mua-tohu huihuinga press, he tohutoro ki tona hoki-iwa taka i roto i te kati 80 i muri i te tīmatanga o te rauna whakamutunga ki te mata o wha-whawhai. 'Kei te ngana noa ahau ki te whai i tētahi huarahi rite.' I pātai ki a ia mō tōna āhua i Augusta i te wiki kua hipa, ka tāpiri te 25-tau-tau: '100 ōrau te ngahau, kore ōrau te nui. Kāore au i whiua he pōro anō, kotahi noa te pōro i whiua e au i te wā katoa. I hiahia noa ahau ki te haere ki te koa ki taku papa, koina te kaupapa o te mea katoa. E whā ngā tokorua matua me te tama, ā, he wā tino pai tātau. 'Tee ki te matomato e mohio ana ahau ki taku e mahi nei, e pā ana ki te noho humarie i runga, i te taha hoki o te matomato.' I puta a McIlroy ki nga upoko korero i Doral i te Whakataetae Korowha o te Ao mo te tuku i tetahi karapu ki te wai. Kua wikitoria a McIlroy i ngā whakataetae nui e toru o te poitūkohu, engari kāore anō ia kia kite i te angitu i Augusta. I whakaatu a McIlroy i te kaha o tana mahi i tana taakaro mo etahi ra i te kaainga whai muri i te haerenga 'kore i whakaritea' mai i te kaiako a Michael Bannon, me te kii: 'Kei te pai ake taku ahua ki taku taakaro i taku haere atu...
Ka whakamahia e Rory McIlroy te Arnold Palmer Invitational hei mahi whakataetae whakamutunga i mua i te Masters i Augusta i te marama e whai ake nei. Kua whakangungu te tangata tuatahi o te ao i Augusta i enei ra. Ko te Masters te mea nui kaore ano a McIlroy kia wikitoria.