Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from wife Erica Stoll after seven years of marriage, with the golfing icon's love life now back in the spotlight following the split on the eve of the 2024 US PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy's love life is back in the headlines after he filed for divorce from wife Erica Stoll after seven years of marriage.
Holly Sweeney Rory dated her from when he was just 16, and she was a significant presence in his life as he rose to golfing fame. They were together for about eight years, and Rory once expressed deep appreciation for her support in 2011: "She knows me better than basically anyone else in this world does, apart from my parents, and someone like that with you is very grounding."
The pair enjoyed a three-year romance before getting engaged in 2013, but their relationship took a turn for the worse just months later when they announced their split. It was reported that McIlroy ended things with Wozniacki in a brief three-minute phone call shortly after their wedding invitations had been sent out.
In 2017, McIlroy admitted that dating another sports star was challenging, confessing: "I thought at the time that being with someone that was in a similar position to you was the obvious answer. But it isn't, because you can never get away from it.Meghan Markle Rory McIlroy and Meghan Markle were rumoured to be an item in 2014 after they flirted on social media.
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