So this is what happens now? Rory McIlroy shows up to the Masters and wins ? Like, over and over?  What a mid-career twist for one of Augusta’s most tormented. Once the snakebit phenom who plunged into the trees in 2011 and could never get it done at the hallowed major, the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland has become the fourth man (Jack, Sir Nick, Tiger) to win its natty green blazer twice in a row. He remains an adventure. Old Rory may have given way to a New Rory, but New Rory still finds plenty of trouble. There are strange choices, plateaus…

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