In April 2015, Rory McIlroy arrived at Augusta National needing a win to clinch golfing immortality.
Eight months earlier, he had won his second US PGA Championship, three weeks after winning The Open at Royal Hoylake. That took his tally to four majors, having also won the 2011 US Open and 2012 US PGA.
He was 25 years old. Tiger Woods had won six majors by the same age.
A win at the Masters would complete golf’s crowning glory of a career Grand Slam, and see McIlroy join five others – Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen – in a pantheon of greatness.
Nine visits later, he is still waiting to claim a Green Jacket.
BBC Sport looks at the data to assess whether he will finally achieve his goal.
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