Rory McIlroy holds share of Masters lead after flying start to his title defence

Champion shares lead with Sam Burns after opening 67McIlroy: ‘I was nervous, I was anxious like I always am’So this is what Rory McIlroy’s new normal looks like. The defending champion is footloose and fancy-free at Augusta National. He is plainly no longer of a mind to revel in the events of the 2025 Masters. McIlroy returned to Augusta, for so long a place that exacted psychological torture on him, to deliver an emphatic statement. The floodgates are wobbling.Parallels between McIlroy on day o...