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Rory McIlroy started dating former PGA of America employee Erica Stoll in 2015. And in December 2015, they got engaged while in Paris. The couple got married in April 2017 at Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo, and they have a daughter together. Scottie Scheffler (left) congratulates Rory McIlroy on the 18th green at East Lake. Photograph: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images He’s a hell of a competitor, he’s an even better guy, it was an honour and a privilege to battle with him today and I’m sure we’ll have many more. I told him we’re one-all in Georgia this year; he got the Masters, I got this. What a week, what a day,” McIlroy said at the prize presentation. “Firstly I want to say I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this [trophy]. He has had an unbelievable season. I feel sort of bad that I pipped him to the post.

Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career

Although his family wasn't particularly wealthy, they made an extra effort to provide Rory with the funding he needed to become a professional golfer. By working multiple jobs, his parents were able to secure the best training for their son. They were also able to send Rory to his first major tournament: the World Championship for boys aged 9 and 10 at the Doral Golf Resort in Miami. McIlroy won the tournament. Early Career Asked what it to meant to win in a season in which he has emerged as one of the PGA Tour’s biggest advocates in its battle with LIV Golf, McIlroy said: “It means an awful lot.

This is an incredibly proud moment for me but it should also be an incredibly proud moment for the PGA Tour. They have had some hard times this year but we are getting through it and that was a spectacle out there today. In 2012, Rory McIlroy finished second at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, which also meant he had become the number two ranked golfer in the world. However, he also won the Honda Classic later that year, giving him the top spot for the first time in his career. That year, McIlroy would claim and lose the number one spot numerous times, eventually winning enough championships to cement his position as the best-ranked golfer. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ By age 15, Rory had won the Junior Ryder Cup in 2004 with the European team. He also won championships across Ireland, and in 2005 he became the youngest winner of the West of Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championship. One year later, he was earning his stripes by winning the European Amateur. During the next few years, McIlroy competed in the Walker Cup, the British Masters, the Dubai Desert Classic, and the Open Championship. Career

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However Scheffler struggled to a 73 and McIlroy took full advantage to claim an extraordinary victory, having started the week six shots behind the world No 1 under the handicap scoring system and making a triple bogey on his first hole. Playing together in the final group, McIlroy and Scheffler both recorded bogeys on the 1st and while Scheffler also dropped shots on the 4th and 6th holes, McIlroy’s birdie on the third and then three more in succession from the 5th gave him a share of the lead.Rory McIlroy was born on May 4th, 1989, in Holywood, Northern Ireland. McIlroy started golfing almost as soon as he could walk and was instructed by his father, a passionate and skilled golfer. From an early age, Rory McIlroy would go to the local golf club and became their youngest ever member at age seven. Upon receiving a golf club for his birthday, Rory McIlroy was shown the correct grip and then told to sleep that night while holding his new club properly. A poor bunker shot on the par-five 18th cost Scheffler the chance to force a playoff and the Masters champion had to scramble for par to share second place with Im, who matched McIlroy’s closing 66. I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this Tour in particular, I believe in the players on this Tour. It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. McIlroy was not about to throw in the towel and holed from 30 feet for birdie on the 15th. He then saved par on the next after flying his second shot over the green from a fairway bunker.