The Masters: Rory McIlroy Digs Out of Hole with Second-round 66
News 18Rory McIlroy’s hopes of completing a career grand slam at Augusta National this week seemed all but over on Friday morning but just a few hours later he produced a spectacular fightback to show he could perhaps pull off a record Masters comeback win. Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo share that comeback record, and there was little to suggest that McIlroy could potentially surpass them from the way he finished the first round, which had spilled over to Friday after bad light ended play early on Thursday. But after a “colourful” pep talk from friend and Augusta National member Jimmy Dunne during Friday’s short 30-minute break between rounds, the Northern Irishman went nine shots better in the second round. It was better this afternoon.” McIlroy’s worst shot in the first round came at the 170-yard par-three 16th, where he pulled his tee shot so far left that the ball never had a chance of finding dry land, landing in the middle of the pond.