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Rory McIlroy was on the ninth green of a practice ground at Augusta earlier in the week when whispers among the spectators gathered began to circulate that Tiger Woods was teeing off at the first.

In a flash, the crowds had dissipated leaving McIlroy to have what he called a “lovely and quiet back nine”. The Woods fanfare could yet prove to be to his benefit in that quest for a first Green Jacket.

McIlroy, as he has at every Masters for the past eight years, was still asked about his chances of joining Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player and Ben Hogan as the only men in history to have achieved a sweep of all four Majors.

But the same expectation is not there as it has been in past seasons. On his last visit to the Masters, he