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LONDON – Some called it a "meltdown," others tagged it "misery" or a "horror show." No matter how you exposit it, Rory McIlroy's test ammo at the poet overturned into agony for the teen Northern Irelander from Holywood and for his supporters backwards in Britain.

The 21-year-old McIlroy, who hails from the diminutive municipality in County Down, lapse unconnected at Augusta National on Sun just when he seemed poised to win his prototypal major. He shot an 8-over 80 to drop from the crowning of the leaderboard to 15th — 10 shots behindhand endorse Charl Schwartzel.

"McIlroy slips from master to bogie Negro on test day," the Goidelic Times headlined on its website Monday. In the Goidelic News, it was "Rory Shattered," patch its fellow Belfast-based production News Letter wrote: "Horror Show." The Goidelic Independent headlined "Masters meltdown as Rory fights soured tears."

McIlroy had the advance finished the prototypal threesome rounds, and then teed soured Sun morning with a four-stroke advance and the chance to embellish the ordinal youngest succeeder of the naif jacket.

"All he had to do was go discover on to the beautifully manicured haven that is Augusta National Golf Club in Colony and to continue doing what he had finished for the threesome previous rounds to verify the U.S. poet title," prince philosopher of the Goidelic Times wrote from Augusta. "Easier said than done, of course."

McIlroy's ammo went from intense — two bogeys on the face nine — to worse play on the 10th. He triple-bogeyed that prototypal hole after the turn, followed with a bogie on No. 11 and then double-bogeyed the 12th.

On No. 13, his tee shot went into a creek.

"I realized then that I didn't impact a chance," McIlroy said Sunday. "Once I impact that tee shot mitt on 13, I was done."

Just most everyone watching could see it, too.

"McIlroy looked to be near to conflict backwards tears as an errant ball took valuable shots as it nestled in a creek," the Goidelic Independent wrote Monday.

The headlines in author were equally somber, from "McIlroy Misery" in the Daily Mail to "McIlroy's poet dream becomes a horror show" in The Times of London. In the Daily Telegraph, a two-page flag head read: "McIlroy's world crumbles after period from hell."

If McIlroy had won, he would impact embellish the ordinal youngest poet endorse behindhand Tiger Woods. Instead, his implosion has mitt him existence titled alongside players same Jean Van de Velde and Greg Norman, who both lapse unconnected and lost bounteous leads at field tournaments in the 1990s.

"We had hoped to compare the teen Northern Irelander to the enthusiastic poet champions but instead had to accomplish for the publication of enthusiastic golfing train wrecks," Matt Dickinson wrote in The Times of London.

Richard reverend of The Guardian also took a harsh look at the freefall.

"McIlroy did not fade discover of the contest. He crashed discover of it, brakes gone and tires screeching, in a welter of debris," reverend wrote.

In Ireland, the writing were a bit more lenient.

"Maybe what unfolded on this hallowed turf was every part of whatever greater plan, but what happened to the 21-year-old Ulsterman was sport at its most cruel," the Goidelic Times wrote.

McIlroy's demise, however, hasn't dim the hopes of the golf faithful in Northern island that the frizzy haired youngster module be backwards added day. After all, he has finished tied for third in threesome of the last sextet majors.

"This might not impact been his time, but there in no doubt that it module come," Karl MacGinty wrote in the capital Telegraph. "Ordinary golfers don't advance the poet for threesome days."

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