Joe Brolly has expressed his opinion that Rory McIlroy's victory at The Masters wasn't exactly the pinnacle of sporting excitement or enthralling drama. Speaking on his Free State podcast alongside Dion Fanning, following McIlroy's remarkable win at Augusta National – a victory that concluded a decade-long wait for a major and placed McIlroy among an elite group to have won all four majors – Brolly remained unimpressed amidst the global captivation over McIlroy's intense final round and playoff against Justin Rose, which spanned 19 holes. While many were absorbed by McIlroy's nail-biting comeback and the multiple twists in his battle with Rose, Brolly found himself indifferent and questioned the hype surrounding the event. "Golf like...Can you compare the golf like... you didn't, for example, you weren't at the Clare v Cork All-Ireland Hurling final last year, that's gripping, that's people absolutely gripped. This is guys strolling around knocking a ball," Brolly remarked, much to the astonishment of co-host Fanning. Brolly continued to discuss his reservations about golf's history before acknowledging, "It's just something that I find... see, I never played golf and all of that. I can understand obviously the excitement of two players vying it out at the end with everything on the line.", reports the Irish Mirror. He then contrasted the event with what he considers true sporting spectacles, "But in terms of great drama, great sporting drama, come on, I mean some of the great series' that there are in the NBA. Some of the great sporting examples like Brazil v Italy.." Concluding his thoughts on the matter, Brolly downplayed the significance of the tournament's outcome, "But something like this, a guy winning a golf tournament.. "They're not great sporting contests, they might be psychologically interesting to see the fella swallowing and licking his lips and stroking his head, showing all those characteristics of great tension and nerves, but so far as great sporting contests go, the guy hits a golf ball a very, very long way. "He then hits a very accurate shot that gets him closer to the hole than the other guy, and then he scores it. "It's not gripping drama." For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our daily newsletter here.