Rory McIlroy insists his much-criticised putting is good enough to secure a first Masters title and complete a career Grand Slam. McIlroy ranked a lowly 140th in strokes gained putting on the PGA Tour last year and suffered an embarrassing five-putt during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this month. "At Augusta you don't need to putt great, you need to not waste any shots, no three putts, hole everything inside five feet," McIlroy told BBC Sport Northern Ireland. "You don't need to hole every 15 footer that you look at, you need to be efficient, just not to be wasteful. "This will be my fourth go at it (achieving the Grand Slam), I have had three top-10s in the last three years and I played well, but just not played well enough," the four-time major winner added.

Source: Evening echo February 28, 2018 15:22 UTC