Rory McIlroy has revealed he will fulfill a “boyhood dream” by completing his career Grand Slam at the Masters . The Ulsterman will start his latest bid to win his fourth different Major at Augusta National on Thursday. Tiger Woods , Jack Nicklaus , Gary Player , Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen are the only men in history to achieve the feat. “Only five other people have done it in golf ,” said McIlroy. “I think when you go back - when I was eight years old - there is a video somewhere. I was asked: ‘What do you want to do when you are older? “I said: I want to be the best golfer in the world , and win all the Majors. Now I have done all that except win here. I will try to fulfil the boyhood dream and make that eight or nine year old proud of what I have achieved and what I have got out of the game of golf.” McIlroy , who won his last Major at the 2014 US PGA , has triumphed twice on the PGA Tour twice before the first Major of the season for the first time. “I am not trying to do too much differently,” he said. “I have had a good start to the year and a good bit of form. I feel like I have a good formula for playing well. This is my 17th go around here - I am no spring chicken anymore. I think I know what I am doing. His Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald said: “I would love to see it. A sixth guy ever to win the Grand Slam, that would be historic and I know that means a lot to him. He is playing great. I think it is a mental battle with him and I think he would tell you the same thing. "He is trying to do what he does every other week. The longer he goes the more scar tissue there is unfortunately. But I think he has been very impressive with his rebound from the US Open. Coming back, I feel like he has worked quite hard on that side, of getting into contention and how to deal with it.” Earlier in the week, McIlroy addressed his comments about golfers needing to be willing to get their hearts broken . "I think it's a self-preservation mechanism," he said. "It's just more of a thing where you're trying to not put 100 percent of yourself out there because of that. “It happens in all walks of life. At a certain point in someone's life, someone doesn't want to fall in love because they don't want to get their heart broken. People, I think, instinctually as human beings we hold back sometimes because of the fear of getting hurt, whether that's a conscious decision or subconscious decision, and I think I was doing that on the golf course a little bit for a few years."