So let it be said here and for posterity that the story of how McIlroy won the 89th Masters on Sunday, becoming the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam, was an 11-year journey of doubts ...

At stake Sunday at the Masters is a chance to end 11 years chasing the career Grand Slam, the most elite club in golf. "It was an awesome day and it puts me in a great position going into tomorrow ...