McIlroy’s ball tumbled into the creek. He bent his spine in half and threw his hands onto his knees. There had been plenty of triumphant patron responses at that point in the day. Here, in Amen Corner’s final chapter, the gasps returned. They did not stop.

Rory McIlroy won his first Masters on Sunday and did it in dramatic fashion as he rebounded from some late struggles and closed it out with a short birdie putt on the first playoff hole. McIlory had a chance to get the victory on the last hole before the playoff but he missed his short par putt on 18.

McIlroy's illustrious career has featured plenty of success, but reaching ultimate glory was only going to come through a level of agony