McIlroy holds nerve to win second successive Masters
It was nearly 11pm when Rory McIlroy finally emerged from the Augusta National's Grill Room still clad in his Masters Green Jacket.
Four hours earlier he had become only the fourth man to retain the title. From that moment he had been through a whirlwind of presentations, interviews and glad-handing with Augusta members.
But the smile was still as broad as it had been when he tapped in to seal his triumph at a place that, for him, used to be a field of golfing disappointments.
As he sat for his final round of questioning he laughed readily and reflected on the fact that it can get no better than to have the chairman of the club put the jacket back on to his shoulders.
