McIlroy's desired result it to win the Masters, claim a green jacket and become just the sixth golfer to complete the career grand slam. How do we knows this? He's been asked about it -- and openly discussed it -- for more than a decade.

Rory McIlroy is back for either more heartache or a green jacket that will allow him to take his place in golf history.

Rory McIlroy, as he’s been preparing to play in his 17th career Masters, the major championship he most desperately wants to win and the one that’s been so cruelly elusive to date, is reading a novel this week. “I actually got some fiction into my life,’’ he said. “It’s a John Grisham book.’’