article_snippet.sent: the main man had never been away as the main man drive flew wickedly left and spectators were running for cover.
article_snippet.sent: In the end, the main man finished in the middle of the adjacent ninth fairway.
article_snippet.sent: the main man had a perfect line to the flag and duly stroked a crisp mid-iron to 10ft and rolled in the birdie putt.
article_snippet.sent: Then it was time to practice the main man chipping from each side of the green — and everyone’s attention went up a notch.
article_snippet.sent: After the main man well-documented chipping problems in January, all eyes are being trained on how the main man copes with the infamous tight lies at Augusta.
article_snippet.sent: the main man hit 16 chips from the front and right of the green and most finished close to the tee pegs that signified the imaginary holes.
article_snippet.sent: At the par-five second, the main man was putting for an eagle three.
article_snippet.sent: At the difficult par-three fourth, the main man positively skipped off the tee as the main man long iron finished tap-in distance away.
article_snippet.sent: Plan A called for the pair to play nine holes but Bradley Neil got the bonus of a further nine as McIlroy decided to play a full round.
article_snippet.sent: The highlight of Bradley Neil’s round came early, when Bradley Neil holed a 90-yard pitch shot at the second for an eagle three.
article_snippet.sent: McIlroy could not stop laughing.
article_snippet.sent: McIlroy, who was also on a reconnaissance mission, was standing on the adjacent third tee at the time.
article_snippet.sent: A perfect drive was followed by a typically towering iron shot that finished just 10ft from the hole and Bradley Neil knocked in the birdie putt.