GOLF – Rory McIlroy’s fans were not the only ones whose hearts were racing when, clinging to a two-shot Masters lead, the Northern Irishman’s tee shot at the final hole on Sunday settled in the pine needles near the adjacent fairway.
Data released yesterday from McIlroy’s fitness wearable WHOOP showed his heart rate spiked to 135 beats per minute after his drive at the par-four 18th sailed right and put his hopes of back-to-back Masters titles in jeopardy. “I’d say walking off the 18th tee not knowing where my ball was. I think that was the moment of greatest stress,” McIlroy said after he joined Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only repeat Masters champions.
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