With nothing else but momentum in mind, it must have been tempting to go directly from Sawgrass to Georgia, via three weeks at home in his south Florida mansion. Yet, after visiting Augusta National for his annual reconnaissance on Monday, McIlroy jetted to ‘H-Town’ and stressed “three weeks without competition would be too much for me”.

Before Rory McIlroy went to Houston to tee it up in the Texas Children's Houston Open, he made a pit stop at Augusta National Golf Club.

With less than two weeks left before the Masters, Rory McIlroy shared thoughts on 'noticeable' changes at Augusta National after taking a trip to Georgia.