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Having had a week to reflect on it, I don't think Rory McIlroy was ready to win a major last week at Augusta; sure he got a bit unlucky on the tenth when his ball finished in a terrible spot, but the confidence and calmness of the first three days were not there from the first tee on Sunday.
However, McIlroy is a fine golfer with the potential for greatness -those two facts remain intact despite his Masters disappointment.
Yes, this was the biggest major capitulation since Jean Van de Velde blew his five-stroke lead in the 1999 Open at Carnoustie but this was the first of surely many opportunities for McIlroy to land one of the game's biggest titles. He is a man of fortitude and will need to be as he seeks to recover from this setback. He has the game and seems to have the capacity to learn from his errors.
We all have our own theories why it went wrong at Augusta but only he knows. He must not chastise himself for messing up but seek to grow stronger for the experience.
For me the trust in his game and more specifically in his suspect putting stroke disappeared when he needed it the most. So often before his Achilles heel, the putter is where the rebuilding needs to start.
Easier said than done but this was only his tenth major appearance. With hindsight, the victory so many anticipated was too much to expect from someone who has won only two Tour titles to date. What McIlroy must do is learn the art of winning at Tour level in the way that Charl Schwartzel has done.
The South African already has six wins to his name. Schwartzel is a young winner of a Green Jacket at 26, yet he is still five years older than McIlroy. Time is on the side of the Northern Ireland youngster but there is an urgent need to put this crushing defeat behind him, to enjoy his golf, compete and win tournaments.
So after a gruelling 23 hour flight from Georgia to the Far East, no practice round as his clubs went missing, Rory attempted to get straight back on the horse at the Maybank Malaysian Open, and fair play to him.
Determined to consign the Augusta disappointment to the history books, McIlroy played some sublime golf but once again he was to come up short, suffering more final-round anguish as teenager Matteo Manassero clinched the Malaysian Open by one shot from Frenchman Gregory Bourdy.
McIlroy, who squandered a four-shot lead at the Masters with a final round 80, led by three shots at one stage during the rain-affected third round. But he shot a 72 in the third round and a bogey at the 18th in the final round led to a 69, two strokes adrift.
Manassero, 17, holed a nine-iron for an eagle in his 68 and finished 16 under. It was the perfect birthday present for Manassero, who turns 18 this week, as he followed up his maiden European Tour win at the Castello Masters last year by picking up the £255,075 (BD158,768) winner's cheque in Malaysia.
Manassero also paid tribute to Seve Ballesteros, who he described as his golfing hero. "He is and will always be," he added. "I thought Seve was the kind of player I wanted to be."
Frenchman Bourdy finished a shot adrift at 15 under, while world number one Martin Kaymer was joint ninth on eight under, with Masters champion Schwartzel a shot further back following a strong finish to the biggest week of his life.
So, for Rory it was a case of another one that got away; but he should leave Malaysia feeling proud that he was able to compete again so soon after the Masters disappointment. It was the best thing he could have done and if fortune had favoured him the win could well have been his.
The putter was once again a bit to blame, but I'm sure he did enough if he needed to, to reassure himself that one day, maybe not too far away, it will be his time.
