Before McIlroy won the Masters in April, he reconciled with wife Erica Stoll after filing for divorce and sparking romance rumors with a reporter.

This kind of bore itself out in Charlotte when Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship. Scottie is a world-class player and already one of the greatest to ever do it, but he doesn’t make us feel the things that Roy has over his time. It felt like we were right in that nothing would ever be Rory at Augusta.

The reception Rory McIlroy received this week at East Lake Golf Club—just a few hours up the road from Augusta National Golf Club—was a warm up, obviously in appreciation for his stirring Masters victory in April.