RORY NEEDS TUNNEL VISION

Faldo: He's got years of scar tissue at Augusta... he needs to reset... forget the past and start again, saying: Look how talented I am

- NEIL McLEMAN

SIR NICK FALDO says Rory McIlroy has to "free" himself of and negativity distractions to finally win the Masters this week.

The Ulsterman missed the cut last year after taking the unofficial role as the PGA Tour's anti-LIV spokesman and then conducting an on-course interview during his round.

Three-time Masters champion Faldo believes McIlroy (the pair, right) is in the prime of his career a month before reaching his 35th birthday.

McIlroy But as approaches the 10th anniversary of his last Major win in August 2014, he has resigned from the PGA Tour Policy Board, had a lesson from Butch Harmon and changed his pre-Masters routine in search of his elusive career Grand Slam.