The burden has gone, the dream has been completed and on a course where he has already won a quartet of titles – more than on any other layout – Rory McIlroy can tie Sir Nick Faldo’s European record at the top of the all-time charts,

The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow could offer McIlroy another shot at glory after he finally completed golf’s career Grand Slam at last month’s Masters.

Rory McIlroy’s visceral reaction to winning the Masters last month to complete the rare career Grand Slam — falling to the 18th green at Augusta National on all fours and sobbing uncontrollably —