RORY McILROY has vowed to block out the “noise” surrounding his latest bid to win the Masters and complete the career grand slam.

The noise has been present ever since McIlroy won the Open Championship in 2014 to get within touching distance of joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in golf’s most exclusive club.

It has grown louder with every unsuccessful attempt to conquer Augusta National and the volume has been turned up another notch in 2025 thanks to McIlroy’s victories in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Players Championship, the first time he has won twice before the year’s first major.