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After setting Masters 36-hole record, only one person can stop Rory McIlroy

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The only real threat to Rory McIlroy is a guy who owns a green jacket and talks with a Northern Irish accent. Only McIlroy can stop McIlroy.

AUGUSTA, GA — Only one man can stop Rory McIlroy at this Masters . Surely you must see that by now. The only real threat to McIlroy is a guy who owns a green jacket and talks with a Northern Irish accent.

Only McIlroy can stop McIlroy . “I know what can happen out here – good and bad,” McIlroy said in a televised interview after he extended his Masters lead with a sizzling finish to Round 2. So far, so very good for McIlroy.

So, this isn’t over, but the defending champion leads by six strokes at 12-under, the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history. Masters hot takes, predictions: Here's what we saw in Round 2 LEADERBOARD: Scores after Friay's second round Good though he’s playing, the pressure heightens on the weekend, and that can melt even the best golfers. His history out here is long enough that there’s been some epic collapses mixed in.

He knows it. You know it. The woman who drove the golf cart to transport me from the press building to the course on Friday knows it .

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