Tiger Woods believes Rory McIlroy will add a green jacket to his wardrobe one day.

"No question he'll do it at some point," the golf legend told reporters Tuesday regarding McIlroy's odds of winning the Masters and completing a career grand slam. "He's too talented, too good. Just a matter of when."

McIlroy's trips to Augusta National Golf Club have been a mixed bag of late.

The four-time major champion reeled off five straight top-10 finishes starting in 2014 and he was the runner-up to Scottie Scheffler in 2022.

But that second-place showing was sandwiched between missed cuts in 2021 and 2023.

Fans have come to expect the train to speed off the rails sooner or later when McIlroy puts himself in Masters title contention.

It started back in 2011, when a four-shot lead through 54 holes was erased by his eight-over 80 in the final round. He then unraveled over the final two days the following year. There was the third-round 77 in 2016 and his two-over 74 that prevented him from chasing down Patrick Reed in 2018.

Woods echoed what has probably been a common refrain ever since his 2011 collapse. McIlroy is too good to think he'll go his entire career without ever winning the Masters. And here we are, 13 years later, offering the same assurances.

That's not to say the door is closed.

It's not a coincidence that Woods and Jack Nicklaus both triumphed at Augusta when they were into their 40s. Hitting the ball the farthest simply doesn't mean as much in the Masters, which can level the playing field for golfers a little past their prime.

Angel Cabrera and Phil Mickelson were 39 when they won in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The last 10 installments have seen four winners who were 35 or older (Woods in 2019, Bubba Watson in 2014, Sergio Garcia in 2017 and Dustin Johnson in 2020).

At 34, McIlroy is no longer a young star on the rise, and collecting a fifth major championship only gets tougher from here. But time isn't fully against him just yet.