Rory will win Masters when he is least expected to

HARRINGTON: MCILROY TO GET SLAM EVENTUALLY

- MICHAEL SCULLY

PADRAIG Harrington says that Rory McIlroy’s best bet of winning a Masters to complete golf’s grand slam will come when his chances are written off. 

Harrington believes the pressure and hype on McIlroy coming into the last major he hasn’t won is such that it is blocking his chances – as it did once again a fortnight ago at Augusta when he missed the cut and rival Jon Rahm claimed victory.

“Rory’s in a place — and it’s a terrible place — that he just has to be patient,” said the Dubliner.

“What a horrible thing. No golfer ever wants to hear that, ‘just be patient, wait for it to happen’.