Rory McIlroy waits on the tenth hole after an errant tee shot during the final round of the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.  (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy waits on the tenth hole after an errant tee shot during the final round of the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

The list of great players who came close but failed to win the Masters makes for painful reading.

Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, Ernie Els, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf and Nick Price are some of the great on the list but only time will tell if Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry end up amongst them or take the chance to slip an arm in the cool lining of that famous green jacket some sunny, Sunday afternoon.

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