{"id":71466,"date":"2026-04-11T19:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/rory-mcilroy-aims-for-free-state-of-mind-in-final-round-of-masters-after-losing-six-shot-lead\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:55:51","slug":"rory-mcilroy-aims-for-free-state-of-mind-in-final-round-of-masters-after-losing-six-shot-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/rory-mcilroy-aims-for-free-state-of-mind-in-final-round-of-masters-after-losing-six-shot-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy aims for \u2018free\u2019 state of mind in final round of Masters after losing six-shot lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>McIlroy visibly short of his best during one-over par 73<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u2018I wish I was a few shots better off but I\u2019m comfortable\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rory McIlroy hopes to benefit from a \u201cfree\u201d state of mind on the final day of the Masters, despite the defending champion conceding he will have to improve markedly from round three to retain the Green Jacket. McIlroy saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/12\/cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale\">his six-stroke lead evaporate<\/a> on Saturday, meaning he enters the fourth round in a tie with Cameron Young at the top of the leaderboard. McIlroy was visibly short of his best during a one-over par 73.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman can, however, pull upon the glory of 2025 at the same venue. \u201cI\u2019d like to think that I\u2019ll play a little bit freer and I\u2019ll play, like I\u2019ve already got a Green Jacket, which I do,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cSometimes I maybe just have to remind myself of that. The pairing will be just a little bit easier, the atmosphere out there will be a little bit easier.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/12\/rory-mcilroy-aims-for-free-state-of-mind-in-final-round-of-masters-after-losing-six-shot-lead\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy visibly short of his best during one-over par 73 \u2018I wish I was a few shots better off but I\u2019m comfortable\u2019 Rory McIlroy hopes to benefit from a \u201cfree\u201d state of mind on the final day of the Masters, despite the defending champion conceding he will have to improve markedly from round three to &#8230; <a title=\"Rory McIlroy aims for \u2018free\u2019 state of mind in final round of Masters after losing six-shot lead\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/rory-mcilroy-aims-for-free-state-of-mind-in-final-round-of-masters-after-losing-six-shot-lead\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rory McIlroy aims for \u2018free\u2019 state of mind in final round of Masters after losing six-shot lead\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}