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“You Could Cry for Him”: Gary Player Reveals the Painful Lesson Behind Rory McIlroy’s Mental Toughness

When:

July 22, 2026 · 2:47 AM

Where:

Augusta National

Source:

EssentiallySports

For seventeen years, Rory McIlroy chased one title that kept sliding through his fingers – The Masters. Year after year, he endured at Augusta National, and year after year, he left with nothing. By his own admission, he was entrenched, stuck in a cycle of near misses that impacted him psychologically. Few people have watched […] The post “You Could Cry for Him”: Gary Player Reveals the Painful Lesson Behind Rory McIlroy’s Mental Toughness appeared first on EssentiallySports.