Rory McIlroy on fall Masters: 'Maybe that’s what I need to get the jacket'

Rory McIlroy is looking forward to a fall Masters.

Perhaps it's because the 30-year-old McIlroy knows it could help him finally complete the career Grand Slam.

After six-time Masters champion Jack Nicklaus told Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" last week that the adjusted professional golf calendar, which now has the Masters set to be played Nov. 12-15, will "be to Rory's favor" because "he seems to play better in the fall," McIlroy agreed.

“I feel like there’s anticipation going to Augusta, the first big event of the year. There’s all this hype,” said McIlroy while appearing with Michelle Wie on Nike Golf's Instagram Live feed on Sunday. “I don’t think it’ll feel like that this year. I think…