Rory McIlroy survives tight corner to display pure wizardry at Masters

Northern Irishman’s seven-under-par third round included a scramble at Amen Corner but he thrills Augusta spectators with brilliant skills and just a touch of luck

There was a crackle in the air during the Masters’ third round but, thick and close as the clouds were, the energy had nothing to do with the forecast storms. Rory McIlroy brought the course, and the crowd, alive with some daydream golf, the kind of stuff the rest of us play when we close our eyes and drift away. Augusta’s placements were designed to be kind, with all that rain in mind, but in the end all that came was a little sprinkling in the morning and a heavy shower in the afternoon, which meant McIlroy, and the other leaders, were able to take every advantage of it in between.

Of course anyone who wants to win around here needs a little good luck somewhere along the way. And McIlroy got his on the 1st tee. His drive was flying wide left towards the 9th fairway when it hit a tall pine and bounced back down into the second cut. He made par with a chip in to four feet.

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