Rory McIlroy has dedicated to enjoying on the Texas Kids’s Houston Open in what’s going to mark his last begin earlier than competing on the Masters.
McIlroy is coming off the again of successful 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 another time earlier than heading to Augusta, the place the Northern Irishman will as soon as once more be bidding to finish his lengthy method to full the profession grand slam.
“I think three weeks going in, it’s a little too much, so I’ll play one of the events in Texas, whether it’s Houston or San Antonio, I’m sure,” mentioned McIlroy on Monday.
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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 because of the risk of lightning.
It was his second win on the PGA Tour of the season following his victory on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am firstly of the 12 months.
The Houston Open will get below manner on Thursday March 27 and can enable McIlroy every 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 12 months, with world No 1 Scottie Scheffler in a bunch 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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