Golf
How Rory McIlroy seized control of the Masters to set up final-round duel with Bryson DeChambeau
It was the tee shot heard around the world. Stood on the first tee at Augusta National, the open and inviting fairway sprawling in front of him, Rory McIlroy assessed a situation he has seen so many times before. 51 times before at a major the Northern Irishman has made the weekend, so often in contention as moving day begins; so often slipping away at some point over the final 36 holes. In this last decade, each despair has brought fresh doubts; every near miss stretching the scarring further across the greatest golfing talent of his generation.
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