In 2005, the tension was palpable as Tiger Woods’ Nike ball tracked towards the 16th hole at Augusta National. Its momentum slowed to a pause for a moment, and then – with one more revolution – it revealed the iconic Nike swoosh and dropped into the cup.

It is no secret that Rory McIlroy looked up to Tiger Woods as an idol growing up. The Northern Irishman even wrote a letter to the golf legend when he was nine, telling Woods he was coming for him.