Rory McIlroy has dedicated to taking part in on the Texas Youngsters’s Houston Open in what is going to mark his closing begin earlier than competing on the Masters.
McIlroy is coming off the again of profitable his second Gamers Championship after ousting J.J. Spaun in a three-hole playoff at TPC Sawgrass on Monday.
He mentioned afterwards he would play yet one more time earlier than heading to Augusta, the place the Northern Irishman will as soon as once more be bidding to finish his lengthy solution to full the profession grand slam.
“I feel three weeks stepping into, it is a bit an excessive amount of, so I am going to play one of many occasions in Texas, whether or not it is Houston or San Antonio, I am certain,” mentioned McIlroy on Monday.
Wayne Riley seems to be forward to The Masters and whether or not McIlroy might full a profession Grand Slam, following his win at TPC Sawgrass
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McIlroy launched an impressed final-day surge to show a four-shot deficit right into a three-shot benefit on day 4 at The Gamers, just for Spaun to take him right into a fifth-day playoff following a prolonged delay as a result of menace of lightning.
It was his second win on the PGA Tour of the season following his victory on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am firstly of the yr.
The Houston Open will get beneath manner on Thursday March 27 and can permit McIlroy per week of relaxation earlier than chasing the inexperienced jacket at Augusta.
It awaits as McIlroy’s first begin at an occasion that was gained by Stephan Jaeger final yr, with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler in a gaggle of 5 gamers tied for second.
McIlroy’s greatest end on the Masters got here in 2022 when he flew up the leaderboard to complete second. His most notorious, in the meantime, got here in 2011 when he surrendered a four-stroke benefit on the ultimate day by carding the worst spherical in historical past by a participant main after the third spherical of the Masters.
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