Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka tīmata a Rory McIlroy i tana whai kia uru atu ki te rangatiratanga o ngā kaitākaro poitūkohu tino nui rawa atu i roto i te rua wiki. Ka tae atu te toa o te ao ki Augusta National ki te rapu i te koti matomato e hiahiatia ana e ia hei whakaoti i te Grand Slam o nga toa nui. E rima noa iho ngā kaitākaro i tutuki i te mahi whakamiharo, i muri i te pakanga. Engari mā te wikitōria i te Masters ka eke te tangata o Ireland ki te Raki ki roto i te kamupene o ngā kōrero Gene Sarazen, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Ka haere a Rory McIlroy ki te whare hākinakina i a ia e whakarite ana mō te Masters i Augusta ā tērā marama. Ko te tangata o Te Tai Tokerau e pupuhi ana i te rino i a ia e haere ana ki te hopu i te koti matomato e kore e taea te hopu. E whakaatu ana a McIlroy i te tohu US Open ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai i Īrana ki te Raki e whā tau ki muri. I ētahi wā, ka meinga e McIlroy kia āhua māmā. Mo ngā wiki 73 kua hipa, ko ia te kaitākaro poitūkohu ārahi o te ao, nāna i wikitōria te Open me te US PGA Championship i te ara. Ahakoa he tawhiti tonu te huarahi e haere ai te 25-tau-tawhito i mua i te paahitanga o te rekoata a Woods mo nga wiki 683 katoa hei Nama 1 o te ao, kaore e kore ko ia te kaiwhaiwhai o Amerika hei whetu taumaha o te poitūkohu - i runga i nga mea matomato me waho. A, ko tana hiahia nui ki te whare hākinakina, he nui ake i te āwhina i te whetū. 'I te wa i timata ai ahau ki te kite i nga hua ka aroha ahau ki a ia,' ka mea a McIlroy, nana nei i tuku he tirohanga whakamiharo me te ahurei ki tana whakaritenga i waho o te akoranga i roto i tenei ataata whakangungu Nike hou, i kitea anake e Sportsmail. He pono, kua tino nui ake a McIlroy i roto i nga tau e rima kua hipa, me tana hurihanga e kitea ana i roto i te ahua me te aroaro i runga i te akoranga. Mai i te tau 2010 kua mahi tahi ia me Dr Steve McGregor, he tohunga ngaio tinana o Ingarangi nana i whakahaere nga kaupapa whakapakari tinana mo Manchester City me te New York Knicks o te NBA. I te tīmatanga o McIlroy ki a McGregor, kāore i taea e ia te tu mō te 10 hēkona e taurite ana i runga i te waewae kotahi. Inaianei, e 14 ngā wikitoria me ngā toa nui e whā i runga i tōna ingoa, he kaha ōna uaua ki te tū i runga i te waewae kotahi puta noa i te takahuri poitūkohu. Kei te haere a McIlroy ki te whai kia uru atu ki...
Ka tīmata te Masters i Augusta i te 9 o Aperira. Kei te titiro a Rory McIlroy ki tētahi whakataetae nui o te ao korowha. Ko Gene Sarazen, ko Gary Player, ko Ben Hogan, ko Jack Nicklaus me Tiger Woods anake nga tangata i tutuki i te mahi i muri i te pakanga.