Rory McIlroy lifted weights with Peyton Manning at Augusta National last week. (Getty Images; The Denver Post)
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Rory McIlroy lifted weights with the Manning brothers and Tom Brady early last Friday in the Augusta National weight room.
That’s right: Augusta National actually has a weight room, and it’s where some of the NFL’s best QBs like to get yoked.
“I got in the gym about 6 (a.m.),” , where he is competing in the . “Brady walked in at 6:15 and the Mannings walked in at 6:30. That was my time to leave.”
McIlroy was in Augusta playing golf with friends and family, an outing he said was “100 percent fun, zero percent serious.” The weight-room meeting was just a bonus.
Surprised as he may have been to see the trio of NFL stars, McIlroy said it was “inspirational” to see Brady and Peyton continuing to work so hard late in their careers.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational will be McIlroy’s final competition before the Masters in April. If he completes the Grand Slam, it’ll surely be because of his weight-training session. Surely.
