When he set his personal file, Evans remembers feeling the nerves as he reached the 18th needing a par to eclipse the then commonplace set by future three-time main winner and Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington.
In distinction, because the strain ramped up, O’Callaghan sensed McIlroy relished the eye.
The 36-year-old made headlines at Augusta this yr for not addressing his final-round enjoying associate Bryson DeChambeau, however O’Callaghan noticed the identical singular focus even then.
“The extra folks that have been there, you may see his focus go to the following stage, he was now in his component,” he mentioned.
“It wasn’t that he was exhibiting off, however like he was going to entertain and actually placed on a present.
“He obtained into that zone or movement that folks discuss and you may most likely throw an orange at his head and he would not blink.”
If Evans felt McIlroy regarded like a tour participant that day, O’Callaghan remembers him celebrating one like too.
5 consecutive birdies to complete his spherical gave the watching crowd what that they had hoped for with a monster putt on the 18th offering the exclamation level to the piece of historical past.
“It was a type of form of moments that we have been watching on TV on the time with Tiger Woods the place as quickly because the putt left the blade, you may simply see this factor like a magnet to the opening, roll after roll after roll,” he mentioned.
“Rory, you may see it in his eyes. He is aware of that he is making it proper off the bat, and he is obtained the putter up and he is able to go together with the fist pump, giving it the whole thing.
“It did not even contact the edges of the opening. Electrical.”
