Birdie: Rory McIlroy
In giving himself a chance to become the youngest Masters champion since Tiger Woods, McIlroy has stolen a page right out of the 14-time major champion's playbook: seizing the lead, building on it, then holding the rest of the field at arm's length with sensible, if unspectacular, golf. It might not have always been riveting theater, but it was enough to give him a shot at his first major title.