Rory McIlroy insists the elbow injury that he revealed last week is 'all good'. The Northern Irishman concerned fans when he announced that he was carrying a fitness issue a week before the start of the Masters.

McIlroy is among the favourites to finally land the green jacket and end an 11-year wait for his fifth major championship. His victories in the Players Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am provided excellent momentum heading towards Augusta. The 35-year-old tied for fifth at last week's Houston Open, but he then revealed that he had been suffering from an issue with his elbow.

After revealing that he would get treatment on the problem before the Masters, McIlroy has now allayed fears by revealing that there is now no longer an issue. Asked about the injury, he said: “Elbow’s good, elbow’s good. Got a little bit of treatment on it last week. It’s all good.”

McIlroy has split the last week between scouting the Augusta National course and spending time at home. Sessions with his coach Michael Bannon this week have helped to hone his game ahead of taking on a course that he has found notoriously tricky.

"I'm feeling good," he continued. "It's been a nice way to start the year with the two victories at Pebble Beach and Sawgrass. I had a decent week at Houston a couple of weeks ago, I had a good weekend, and I had a couple of visits up here.

"I was very glad to do that after the weather we had yesterday so it's been a really good lead into it. I spent a week at home and we had Michael Bannon over, and we were doing some practice and played quite a bit of golf, tried to stay as sharp as I could. It was a good week and I'm looking forward to getting this thing going on Thursday."

McIlroy has never won the Masters and will compete for his first green jacket when the tournament starts on Thursday. His last major triumph was the PGA Championship in 2014. Earlier that year, he won the Open Championship. He had previously won the PGA Championship in 2012 and the US Open in 2011.

The world No. 3 came so close to ending his drought last year. Leading late on during the US Open, he missed simple putts on the 16th and 18th holes to finish second to Bryson DeChambeau.