The 54-year-old three-time Masters champion opened with a 3-over-par 75 on Thursday, leaving him well back of the leaders. He is in jeopardy of missing the cut for the first time since 2016 and only the fourth time in 32 appearances at the famed Augusta National Golf Club.

The prize money payouts have increased each year since 2021 with Rory McIlroy the first to earn $4 million for a victory.

The emotion of 14 years of trying came flooding out of Rory McIlroy as he realised his lifetime's ambition of achieving golfing immortality with victory at Augusta National