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Brandel Chamblee had it right when he sat down with Rich Lerner and Paul McGinley<\/a> for a chat after round three at the Masters<\/a>. \u201cThe greatest rollercoaster in the world is not at any theme park,\u201d he said, \u201cit is where Rory McIlroy<\/a> is playing golf. If you could buy a ticket to The Rory Ride, we\u2019d have a line from here to California.\u201d<\/p>\n

You know the way that every so often there\u2019s a discussion about who is the greatest Irish sportsperson of all time? Well, whatever your preference, there is surely no longer any debate about who has most put the nation through the wringer? Like their tummies were taking The Rory Ride.<\/p>\n

It had all, of course, been nigh on perfect in those first two rounds, like having cracked the Masters code last year, Augusta National had become a bit of a breeze. \u201cI think he\u2019s found a spiritual home here,\u201d McGinley said after McIlroy took that six-shot lead, by then Sky fretting over a Tiger-like procession towards the title that would render Super Sunday a bit flattish. <\/p>\n

And those displays on Thursday and Friday had dispelled any doubts about McIlroy\u2019s hunger levels, which had been a theme in much of Sky\u2019s pre-tournament natter. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get out of bed wearing silk pyjamas,\u201d McGinley \u2013 who\u2019ll be wearing a Stetson soon enough to match that accent \u2013 had said, but he still had a notion McIlroy might not be content with a single green jacket. And indeed, he got out of bed, made it to Georgia, and played silkily enough to make mince meat of the field.<\/p>\n

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And that, need it be said, is what makes McIlroy the mother of all watches: there\u2019s always a but. <\/p>\n

\u201cRemember a year ago when we said, \u2018Rory, you gotta be kidding me, I can\u2019t do this any more\u2019? Here we are again,\u201d said Rich after that Rory Ride of a third round, during which Butch Harmon had oscillated between \u201cATTA BOY, RORY!\u201d to \u201cOH. MY. GOD. RORY.\u201d Another day when you watch your telly from behind a cushion. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a sense this week that Rory was going to chloroform the entire field,\u201d said Brandel, \u201cbut …\u201d. Not unreasonably, though, he pointed out that if you can still share the lead going in to the final round of the Masters, having played like a drain for much of your third round, all is not too bad. <\/p>\n

On top of that, he reckoned that having been through the mill at Augusta before, lessons would have been learned. \u201cThe way you look at your past can either fertilise or demoralise your future,\u201d he said, a declaration that had Rich swooning. Paul even agreed with Brandel, which is a rare enough occurrence. <\/p>\n

Come Sunday morning, Nick Dougherty assembled his crew to discuss where it had all gone wrong for McIlroy the previous day. \u201cHis back nine was a train wreck,\u201d said Butch. He, Laura Davies and Nick \u201cdid I mention I won three Masters?\u201d Faldo put it down to a spin-axis issue with his iron shots. In other words, they were speaking Swahili. <\/p>\n

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In case you weren’t aware that Nick Faldo has a green jacket. Photograph: David Cannon\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Laura humbly suggested Rory should have tried a different clubby thing when his irony swings were going haywire, but she humbly conceded she didn\u2019t feel comfortable dishing out advice to a grand slam winner. Nick dished out advice too, but left out the humble bit.<\/p>\n

At this point, Sky brought Gareth Southgate on to their panel to get advice on how to recover from a severe sporting off-day so that you could rise again and lift the ultimate prize. You\u2019d guess the comments on X\/Twitter were along the lines of \u201cHOW THE EFFIN\u2019 HELL WOULD HE KNOW?\u201d, but if you were wise, you didn\u2019t check. <\/p>\n

Gareth, incidentally, was rooting for Justin Rose, who, he said, was kind of the England football version of golf: so close, so far away. <\/p>\n

Nick picked up on that theme when he turned to Gareth. \u201cCan I make a suggestion? You get your players to think like golfers \u2013 so they kick it to the middle, then up there and then in the back of the net as quick as possible rather than all this kicking about in the middle of the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two conclusions. 1) Nick thinks Gareth is still the England gaffer. 2) If England bomb at the World Cup, the FA will appoint him as Thomas Tuchel\u2019s successor. At which point he might well fertilise their future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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