Rory McIlroy

At 35 years old, Rory McIlroy has this physical status:

Rory McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours.

For 95 weeks, he was the world number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.

He has been a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 U.S Open and a then-lowest record of -16 (since equalized)), 2012 Open Championship (with a tournament record margin of victory (8 strokes)), and the 2014 PGA Championship.

McIlroy, along with Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth, is one of four players to win three majors by the age of 25.

He converted into a professional later this year and then landed himself on the European Tour later this year.

He won on the European Tour in 2009 and on the PGA Tour in 2010.

He made history by winning €10 million on the European Tour in 2011.

He became the youngest player to reach $10 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour in 2012. As both an amateur and a professional, McIlroy has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland.

He competed for Europe against the United States in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, with Europe winning in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018.

He has been named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year twice, both for his individual and team accomplishments, as well as in 2011. and 2014.

Golf was played early in life, family, and early golf.

Mcllroy was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland, on May 4, 1989, as the sole child of Rosie McDonald and Gerry McIlroy. He attended St. Patrick's Primary School and then Sullivan Upper School.

His father, who coached him, introduced him to golf at an early age. Gerry McIlroy, a golfer from scratch, has played at a scratch handicap level. He begged his father to Holywood Golf Club almost every day. According to a family lore, he obtained a new golf club as a presenter, after being shown the proper hand by his father and then taking the club to bed with him that night, hand holding the club properly. At age seven, McIlroy joined Holywood Golf Club and became the club's youngest member. Champion Nick Faldo's golf technique was his first favorite.

McIlroy's father sat down multiple jobs to earn more money for his son's golf education. His mother worked extra hours at the local 3M plant. McIlroy's first international success came in the World Championship for the 9-10 age group bracket at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida. He learned his early golf at the Holywood Golf Club, which he also maintains as his home course. Michael Bannon, the Golf Professional at Holywood Golf Club and now his current instructor and mentor, began his early training with him.

Personal life

McIlroy was raised Roman Catholic and has been identified as Irish, Northern Irish, and British. He has a British passport, but he is reluctant to discuss his nationality at length. McIlroy said in June 2014 that if he qualified) he would represent Ireland (if he qualified) at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, where golf became an Olympic sport for the first time since 1904. He had expressed an interest in representing Great Britain as opposed to Ireland in 2012. However, in January 2013, he was considering playing for Britain or Ireland, or not playing at all: "I just happen to be from where we're from." I believe you are from Northern Ireland, and that being from Northern Ireland, you have a link to Ireland and a link to the United Kingdom. I'd play for Northern Ireland if I could and there was a Northern Irish team. Play for one or the other – or not play at all because I might offended too many people.' In 2014, he then elected Ireland to represent Ireland.

McIlroy was born in County Down, about 20 minutes from Belfast, and lived near Moneyreagh village. A custom-made fitness center and a scaled-down football pitch were on the property around his house. The house was listed for auction in September 2012 for £2 million. McIlroy purchased a $10-million home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, which is close to Jack Nicklaus' The Bear's Club.

McIlroy, the United NationsICEF Ireland's Ambassador, made his first visit to Haiti with UNICEF in June 2011. McIlroy was also appointed as a PGA Junior League Golf ambassador in 2014. Joe McIlroy, his great-uncle, was killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force in a sectarian attack at his East Belfast home in November 1972.

McIlroy is a fan of Manchester United F.C. McIlroy joked, "Even though I'm a Man United supporter here," a booed outrage by Liverpool supporters, who thanked them for their continued support. McIlroy is a fan of Northern Ireland's national team.

McIlroy plays the sport in his spare time. He suffered ankle ligament damage while playing football with friends in 2015, prompting him to miss the 2015 Open Championship, but later said he would not give up playing football.

McIlroy is a fan of Ulster Rugby and regularly misses golf to attend rugby matches at Kingspan Stadium, Belfast's former Ravenhill Stadium.

In the 2012 New Year Honours for services to sport, McIlroy was named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

McIlroy was the joint sixth highest-paid sportsperson of the year, earning US$50 million, of which $34 million came from endorsements, according to Forbes' list of the world's top-paid celebrities, who earned $34 million. In March 2015, McIlroy founded Rory McIlroy Inc, a new firm. It is led by Donal Casey and oversees royal income earned from McIlroy's various endorsements.

McIlroy appeared on an episode of Amazon Prime show The Grand Tour in February 2018, fighting against Paris Hilton in the 'Celebrity Face-Off' segment of the competition.

Caroline Wozniacki, a Danish tennis professional, was dated by McIlroy from 2011 to 2014. They became engaged on December 31, 2013 but decided against engagement on May 21, 2014.

In 2015, McIlroy began dating Erica Stoll, a former PGA of America employee. While on vacation in Paris in December 2015, the two became engaged. They married in Cong, County Mayo, in April 2017. Poppy Kennedy McIlroy, the couple's daughter, was born in September 2020.

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Amateur career

McIlroy, who was a member of the Irish team of the 2004 European Boys' Team Championship and of Europe's winning 2004 Junior Ryder Cup team against the United States on foreign soil in Ohio, was a pupil of the University of Ireland.

In 2005, he became the youngest-ever champion of both the West of Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championship. Mcllroy won the West of Ireland Championship in 2006 and then went back to back victories at the Irish Close Championship.

In late 2004, when he was 15, he signed a letter of intent to play collegiate golf at East Tennessee State University, but after his 2005 triumphs, he decided against the golf scholarship and instead play amateur golf in Europe. McIlroy, who was 16 years old at the time, shot a new championship course record of 61 on the Dunluce links of Royal Portrush Golf Club in July 2005.

He was a member of the 2005 European Amateur Team Championships as a 16-year-old man. However, team Ireland did not make it to the quarter-finals. Two years later, Ireland won the championship at Western Gailes Golf Club in Scotland, with McIlroy on the team and Shane Lowry as one of his teammates and McIlroy as the joint top player in the initial stroke-play rounds, with 20-year-old Future Open champion Shane Lowry as one of his teammates and McIlroy as the first individual champion. It was Ireland's first championship in the championship since 1987.

He won the European Amateur at Biella Golf Club, near Milan, Italy, in August 2006 with a score of 274. McIlroy represented Ireland in the Eisenhower Trophy, which is the Amateur World Team Championship, in October 2006. He became the second man to top the World Amateur Golf Ranking on February 6, 2007, but he fell short of the top spot after just one week.

At the 2007 Open Championship in Carnoustie, McIlroy's first major championship appearance at that level was a bogey-free opening round of 3-under-par 68. He shot +5 overall and was the highest finishing amateur, winning the silver medal.

McIlroy was a participant of the 2007 Walker Cup, which was hosted at the Royal County Down Golf Club in London. Jonathan Caldwell was paired with Jonathan Caldwell for morning foursomes on the first day of the competition, and the match was postponed. He met Billy Horschel in singles in the afternoon, but Horschel won 1st. McIlroy and Caldwell lost in morning foursomes by the score of 2 & 1. He faced Horschel in singles again in the afternoon, this time by a score of 1 up. In a win-loss–tie style, McIlroy's overall record was (1–2–1). By a score of 1212 to 111, the United States came out victorious.

McIlroy made his first appearance in a European Tour event just a few days after turning 16 and participating in the 2005 British Masters. For the first time as a 17-year-old at the 2007 Dubai Desert Classic, he had to forego prize money due to his amateurism. McIlroy received the Silver Medal at the 2007 Open Championship, which took place in Carnoustie, as the leading amateur.

Professional career

On the 18th of September 2007, McIlroy turned professional, the day before the Quinn Direct British Masters. He joined International Sports Management. McIlroy fired 290 (+2), putting him in a tie for 42nd place at the Quinn Direct British Masters. In October, he took 3rd place at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 3rd place. He earned his card for 2008 by placing in a tie for fourth place at the Open de Madrid Valle Romano next week. He was the first Affiliate Member of The European Tour to obtain a tour card. He earned €277,255 on the 2007 European Tour and ended in 95th place on the Order of Merit chart. He was the highest-ranked associate member.

Tiger Woods invited McIlroy to compete in the 2007 Target World Challenge, which was held in December, and the 2008 AT&T National Championships, both in July. McIlroy declined the invitation, opting to compete in the European Open the week of the AT&T National Championships.

McIlroy started his European Tour season at the UBS Hong Kong Open in 2008. He didn't make the one-under cut. On January 27, 2008, he cracked the top 200 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. McIlroy led by four strokes into the final round of the Omega European Masters in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, but failed in a play-off between Frenchman Jean-François Lucquin and third place.

McIlroy finished the European Tour season in November 2008 with six top-ten finishers and ranked 79th in the World Golf Rankings, finishing sixth in the European Tour Championships.

McIlroy claimed his highest world ranking position of 50 after finishing second in the UBS Hong Kong Open in November 2008. After finishing third in the South African Open, he finished the 2008 calendar year at 39th in the world rankings. He was granted a spot in the 2009 Masters Tournament after completing his studies. He won the Dubai Desert Classic on January 1, 2009, his first professional victory came at age 19 when he took the Dubai Desert Classic on February 1, 2009, bringing him to 16th place in the world rankings.

McIlroy qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He defeated Louis Oosthuizen 2 & 1, in the second round, and he defeated Tim Clark 4 & 3. In the quarterfinals 2 & 1, he lost to Geoff Ogilvy, who won the tournament. McIlroy continued to compete on the PGA Tour until May. He finished tied for 13th at the Honda Classic, tied for 20th at the WGC-CA Championship, and tied for 19th at the Shell Houston Open.

McIlroy's first Masters Tournament appearance as a professional was in April 2009. He finished the tournament in 20th place, with two strokes under par for the event. McIlroy had the third-highest average driving distance, only behind Dustin Johnson and Andrés Romero. Since the Masters Tournament, McIlroy appeared in two more events on the PGA Tour, including his first appearance at The Players Championship, where he missed out.

McIlroy then returned to Europe and finished in two top-five finishes, leading up to his first U.S. Open appearance. He finished fifth at the BMW PGA Championship and 12th at the European Open. At the 2009 U.S. Open, McIlroy competed in his second major as a professional. His final round of 68 (2) had him finish in a tie for 10th, his first top-10 finish in a major. McIlroy finished in 15th place at the BMW International Open the following week. McIlroy won the Open Championship for the first time as a pro in July and ended T-47. At the 2009 PGA Championship, he came in T-3.

McIlroy finished second on the Race to Dubai in 2009, behind Lee Westwood, and for the first time in November, he ranked in the top ten of the world rankings. McIlroy's 2009 ranking placed him 9th in the world. McIlroy revealed in November 2009 that he would join the American-based PGA Tour for the 2010 season.

McIlroy accepted Gary Player's invitation to play in the 2009 Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa, but after feeling sick, she withdrew.

At the 2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, McIlroy came in third place. McIlroy, the defending champion of the 2010 Dubai Desert Classic, finished in a tie for fifth place in a final round.

McIlroy defeated Kevin Na 1-up in the first round and then lost on a playoff hole to Oliver Wilson in the 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. McIlroy took time off golf due to a sore back. McIlroy returned to the 2010 Honda Classic in a tie for 40th after a two-week break.

After shooting 62 in the final round of the Quail Hollow Championship on May 2, McIlroy won his first PGA Tour victory since shooting 62. The round set a new course record and closed with six consecutive scores of three. He became the first player since Tiger Woods to win a PGA Tour event prior to his 21st birthday. He received a two-year Tour exemption for his success. McIlroy played in the Memorial Skins Game at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, on June 2nd. At the Memorial Tournament in the same week, McIlroy came in tenth place for the 10th place.

McIlroy began the Open Championship on the Old Course in St Andrews on July 15 with a 63-under-par 63 on the first day, the lowest-ever first round score in the Open Championship's history, and tied for the first time. On the 17th, "The Road Hole," he missed a 5-foot birdie putt, giving him the outright record. He earned his third place in the 2010 Open Championship, bringing him to a career high world ranking of seventh.

When McIlroy three-putted the 15th green to fall out of a tie for the lead, he missed out on a chance to win the 2010 PGA Championship. His final-hole birdie putt barely missed the hole, leaving him just one stroke out of the playoff between Bubba Watson and eventual winner Martin Kaymer. McIlroy came in third place, tied for third place. McIlroy earned a vital half-point on October 4th to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup.

Following the Ryder Cup, he revealed in November that he would return to play full-time on the European Tour, although he also stated that he would continue to play 11 or 12 tournaments in the United States per year. He attributed his decision to his European Tour, his participation in the Ryder Cup win, and his desire to be nearer his girlfriend and family.

McIlroy later regretted his 2010 decision to drop his PGA Tour card and skipping the 2010 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. McIlroy's boss Chubby Chandler's aversion to the PGA Tour was cited by McIlroy as one of the main reasons for the team's later professional break.

In the first round of the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, McIlroy shot a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 to take the lead after the first day of the four-day tournament. At the time, he was the youngest player to lead the Masters Tournament at the end of the first day. With a 10-under-par score on Friday, he shot 69 to lead by two strokes over Jason Day. He shot 70 to finish at 12-under-par, four strokes ahead of four other challengers on Saturday. On the fourth and final day of the Masters Tournament, he shot the lowest round in history by a professional golfer leading after the third round. McIlroy, who led the way on the first nine after scoring one-over-par 37, but the tournament's highest finisher, finishing T15 at 4-under, with a round of 80.

McIlroy struggled to make the cut in his title defense at Quail Hollow in early May, and he was well off the pace at the BMW PGA Championship. At the Memorial Tournament, he shot the 18 holes lead but finished in fifth place.

McIlroy won his first major championship title at the United Nations Open in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 19th. McIlroy's level of play was unrivaled throughout the week, and his dominance of play was shown by his 8-stroke victory over 2nd-place finisher Jason Day. McIlroy set several records in his victory, most notably his 72-hole aggregate score of 268 (16-under) was a new US Open record. The 268 total beat Jack Nicklaus' previous record of 272 (Baltusrol, 1980), Lee Janzen (Baltusrol, 1993), Tiger Woods (Pebble Beach, 2000), and Jim Furyk (Olympia Fields, 2003). At Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2000, the 16-under is compared to a par beat to Tiger Woods' 12 under. In 1923, he became the youngest winner since Bobby Jones. McIlroy's victory lifted his ranking in the Official World Golf Rankings to a new career high of number four.

McIlroy will be the first player in the US Open's second round to record a score of 13-under-par at any time in the tournament on June 17th. He did it by making birdie at the 17th hole in the second round. Despite a double bogey on the 18th hole, his two-day total score of 131 (65-66, 11-under-par) set a new championship scoring record for the first 36-hole total in U.S. Open history. The score was one better than Ricky Barnes' 132 in 2009. He was also the fastest golfer to reach double digits under par in the U.S. Open, winning 10 under par in 26 holes.

He became the first player to reach 14-under par at the tournament by making a birdie at the 15th hole on June 18th and then round off to capture the 54-hole U.S. Open scoring record, 192 (-14). He also created an eight-stroke lead going into the final round by doing so. He shot his first major championship, winning his first major championship and setting a new record.

McIlroy took a month off from competitive golf. He suffered in bad weather over a difficult layout at Royal St. George's Golf Club, failing to cope with the weather. On the 3rd hole of the first round of the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, he was still a non-factor. In a playoff against Anthony Kim, McIlroy advanced to the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters. He finished fourth at the WGC-HSBC Champions in November, ranking him at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings for the second time in history. He took the UBS Hong Kong Open by two strokes in December 2011.

During the European Tour's desert swing at the end of January, McIlroy's first tournament of the year was at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. Because of its high-profile field, including Tiger Woods, Luke Donald, and Lee Westwood, the tournament was in the spotlight. During the first two days of the marquee team, McIlroy worked with Woods and Donald. McIlroy fired rounds of 67-72-68 to begin round 4 in joint 3rd place, behind joint leaders Robert Rock and Tiger Woods. On Sunday, he shot a 3-under-par 69 to finish second, just one stroke behind champion Robert Rock.

McIlroy, the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, came in 5th, four strokes behind champion Rafa Cabrera-Bello. He continued to play well at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, where he defeated George Coetzee, Anders Hanson, Miguel ngel Jiménez, Bae Sang-moon, and Lee Westwood before losing to Hunter Mahan in the final. McIlroy was 4 down to Mahan on the final round after ten holes, but he was able to cut the deficit to 2 down by 16 holes. Mahan's victory was secured after the 17th hole was halved with pars. The semi-final match between McIlroy and Westwood was a lot of excitement, as the winner would be the world's best golfer if they also qualified in the final. McIlroy's runner-up finish moved him to the top of the world's top rankings while also putting him at the top of the Race to Dubai leaderboard.

McIlroy returned to form this week, winning the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and claiming the No. 1 spot in the world rankings. After rounds of 66-66, he began his fourth round in first place at 11-under-par, ahead of a chasing pack dominated by Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, and Keegan Bradley. McIlroy shot his third PGA Tour title and finished two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods and Tom Gillis in the final round of 69. McIlroy, the second youngest World Number 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, has climbed to fourth place.

McIlroy completed the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami, Florida, the following week. When he shot a 1-over-par 73 on Thursday, his recent good form began to dwindle a little bit. However, he shot 69 and 65 in the next two days to open the fourth round in tied 8th place. He had a chance of winning his second title of 2012 in as many weeks as a result of the leaders' fallacy going into the back nine on Sunday. However, two late bogeys ended his chance, and he finished 3rd, two strokes behind champion Justin Rose.

After Donald Trump took the Transitions Championship, McIlroy dropped his number one spot to Luke Donald on March 18th. McIlroy had a stroke off the lead going into the weekend but ended in a tie for 40th in his last two rounds. On April 15, he regained the top spot in the world rankings, but he lost it to Donald on May 29. McIlroy was in contention at the Wells Fargo Championship on May 6th and advanced to a playoff with Rickie Fowler and D. A. Points: — This is not a point. Fowler shot the tournament on a birdie on the first playoff hole. McIlroy's finish in the Official World Golf Rankings pushed it back to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. McIlroy would miss the cut in his next three events and then fell from number one rankings following his runner-up finish.

McIlroy captured the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island (Ocean Course) in South Carolina on August 12, 2012. McIlroy would win by eight strokes, putting a record for the PGA Championship with a birdie on the 18th hole. Jack Nicklaus took the 1980 PGA Championship by seven strokes, breaking the record. McIlroy led by three strokes in the final round and finished the field with a flawless, bogey-free 66. McIlroy's victory at 22 years old made him the youngest major champion since Seve Ballesteros won the 1980 Masters Tournament. McIlroy's win also boosted him to the world's top-one position.

In the FedEx Cup standings, McIlroy came in third place in the regular season. He finished fourth in the standings at The Barclays, the first of four playoff tournaments, placing him fourth. McIlroy earned the top spot in the standings the following week. McIlroy finished third with three strokes behind Louis Oosthuizen and defeated him by a single stroke. McIlroy's win also places him at the top of the PGA Tour money list. McIlroy's success soared the following week when he took the BMW Championship. For his two consecutive tournament victories, he was 40-under par. With the win, he became the first European to win four PGA Tour events in a single season, and the first individual other than Tiger Woods to win four events in a season since 2005.

McIlroy finished in first place in the 2012 Ryder Cup's qualifying standings. He earned three points for the European team, playing with Graeme McDowell in two foursomes and one fourballs match, and with Ian Poulter in the second round fourballs. After being led by a police officer in a mix up with his tee time on the final day, he arrived just 12 minutes before he was supposed to tee off. He defeated Keegan Bradley 2 & 1 to help Europe win 1412-1312: 1412-132.

McIlroy turned his attention to winning the Race to Dubai following Europe's triumph in the Ryder Cup. With two events remaining, a second place in the BMW Masters was followed by a third position at the Barclays Singapore Open, bringing the title to a close. He won the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, making birdie on the 18th holes to defeat Justin Rose by two strokes. Luke Donald's 2011 feat of winning both the PGA Tour and European Tour money titles in the same year was also duplicated by him.

McIlroy had aspirations in 2013, but not so well in early tournaments. Struggling with a hardware upgrade, he resigned from the Honda Classic in February and finished in second place, tied for 25th place in the 2013 Masters Tournament, with a big endorsement contract signed by Nike in January. On the 72nd hole, McIlroy took the 2013 Emirates Australian Open for the 72nd time. He defeated Australian Adam Scott by a single stroke.

McIlroy was struck with a two-shot penalty for failing to provide adequate and complete relief after heading onto a spectator pathway in Abu Dhabi's first tournament of the season in January. After being told by Scottish caddie Dave Renwick after his round, he was alerted to his mistake, and he told reporters: "There are several silly rules in golf, one of which is this one." The two-shot penalty ultimately cost him dearly, considering he was shot out of the tournament by a single shot.

Despite leading the tournament through all four rounds until the back nine on Sunday, McIlroy lost in a four-man sudden-death playoff at the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour in March. He shot a final-round 74 (+4) and had a fantastic second shot to the par-five 18th in regulation play to qualify for the playoffs, after missing the eagle putt for the victory. Russell Henley was the only one of the four players to birdie the hole on the first extra hole when he fell on the first extra hole.

McIlroy won the BMW Championship by a single stroke in England in May. He beat Thomas Bjrn in the final round after being six strokes ahead of him on the day seven strokes clear of McIlroy. McIlroy's first appearance on any of the two major tours in 18 months was his first on either of the two major tours in 18 months.

McIlroy won the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garca on July 20. The victory was his third major championship of his career, with him leading the way after each round of the tournament. The only golfers to win both The Silver Medal and The Gold Medal at The Open Championship are McIlroy and Tiger Woods. McIlroy, the third European to win three major championships since winning three major championships since the first Masters Tournament in 1934, winning three major titles by the age of 25, his third major championship since winning three major championships since being the third European to win three majors.

McIlroy will defeat runner-up Phil Mickelson by a single shot on his third major championship victory at Valhalla, Kentucky, this week, a week after winning his first-ever WGC event at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

"Rory is an unbelievable talent," golfer Jack Nicklaus said of McIlroy's victory at his own Nicklaus-designed Valhalla Golf Club. Rory has a chance to win 15 or 20 majors or whatever he wants to do if he wants to keep playing. I adore his swing."

McIlroy's second tournament of the year won for the second time in a row. Stephen Gallacher and Thomas Bjrn both scored under par, with a score of 22-under-par. In his first appearance at the Honda Classic, he missed the cut. It was his first missed cut on the PGA Tour since the 2013 Open Championship, a string of 22 events in a row. He came in fourth at the 2015 Masters Tournament, his highest Masters finish ever. He won the WGC-Cadillac Match Play competition at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on May 3rd. This was his second World Golf Championship, and he was only the third player behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus to win ten PGA tour events and four majors by the age of 25.

McIlroy shot a course-record 61 at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 16th, while competing in the Wells Fargo Championship. With a tournament record score, he defeated the championship for the second time. This was his second straight victory in three separate tournaments.

McIlroy's hectic schedule eventually caught him up with him as he missed the cut at his next two appearances. He started the BMW PGA Championship with an average one-under-par 71, but the next day, he faded to a 6-over 78. He said that mental exhaustion took over him, not its physical counterpart. McIlroy shot a first-round 80 to lie 9-over and tied for last place in the Irish Open Shooting this week. He shot off a level-par 71 around Royal County Down, leaving him four shots off the halfway cut. McIlroy said he had left himself too much to do after a poor showing in front of his home Northern Irish supporters and at the event he now hosts. After five tournaments in a row, he said he was looking forward to a break.

Just over a week before The Open Championship, McIlroy suffered with a left anterior talofibular ligament injury (ankle ligament). He was unable to participate in the tournament and the subsequent WGC-Bridgestone Invitational due to his inability. He made the cut in 16th place in the 2015 PGA Championship and made the cut in 17th place.

The DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, McIlroy, was leading the Race to Dubai standings in the final tournament of the European Tour season. However, six other players were in contention for the season-end prize going into the tournament, with Danny Willett being the nearest competitor. McIlroy defeated the tournament by a single stroke from Andy Sullivan, who had a score of 21 under. This was his second victory in the lucrative year-end tournament and his third in four years in Race to Dubai.

McIlroy received the European Tour Golfer of the Year Award for his third time this year.

McIlroy, his first victory of the year, took a three-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, but fell two shots behind winner Adam Scott. McIlroy, who was in the third round with Jordan Spieth, but he lost to a birdie-over-par 77 and followed that up with a one-under-par 71 to finish T10. He later said that the pressure of trying to qualify for the Grand Slam had left him affected him.

McIlroy won his first match of the year at his home Irish Open in May – a tournament hosted by the Rory Foundation. Russell Knox and Bradley Dredge won Russell Knox and Bradley Dredge's three strokes clear, and the €666,000 winner's cheque was donated to charity. He won the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, on September 5th (near Boston). He shot Paul Casey two shots ahead of him. For the first time on the PGA Tour in 2016, he led a near flawless final round of 65 to win for the first time on the PGA Tour in 2016.

McIlroy defeated a two-shot deficit in the third round to advance to a playoff with Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell, who claimed the tournament at the par 4th PGA Tour Championship on the par 4th. McIlroy's performance put him at the top of the FedEx Cup and earned him the $10 million bonus pool.

McIlroy won three points in the Friday foursomes, including Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar, 3 and 2, as well as Brooks Koepka and Johnson, 3 and 1. In the Friday foursomes, McIlroy partnered Andy Sullivan, losing 1 up to Mickelson and Fowler. He lost by a birdie by the American in the Sunday singles, 1 up to Patrick Reed, 1 up.

Nike halted playing in the golf equipment market at the end of 2016, releasing players from their contracts early. McIlroy has signed a $100 million endorsement contract with TaylorMade after several months of playing various clubs and balls.

McIlroy did not win in 2017, but the Masters, The Open, and three WGC events all had a good year. He was hampered by a rib injury early in the season, first suffered at the BMW SA Open in January, where he lost out on the title in a playoff to the Graeme Storm, and had a restricted schedule as a result. He decided to rest and recover fully after losing out on qualifying for the end-of-season Tour Championship on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy retired from Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in late January after more than 100 days away. McIlroy revealed a slight heart irregularity before the tournament, but played down the effects on his golf. In the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, McIlroy came in second place behind Li Haotong. He was disqualified by a single stroke after leading by two holes to play. It was his 16th runner-up finish on the European Tour and his 22nd runner-up finish of his career. He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational on March 18, his first victory since winning the Tour Championship (and FedEx Cup) in 2016.

McIlroy was in contention in the final round of the Masters Tournament in April in his tenth appearance at the Masters Tournament. In the final pairing at Augusta National, McIlroy and Patrick Reed met off, with McIlroy three shots behind Reed. However, McIlroy shot a 74 to finish sixth behind Reed, the winner, but he was otherwise unable to profit from this chance to win a green jacket. At the 2018 Open Championship, he finished second with a score of six-under-par.

McIlroy qualified for the 2018 Ryder Cup in September 2018. At Le Golf National in Paris, France, Team Europe defeated Team USA 17 1/2 to 10 1/2.

McIlroy began his year on the PGA Tour in style, achieving five top-6 finishes in a row; tied for 5th at the Farmers Insurance Open; tied for fourth at the Farmers Insurance Open; tied for fourth at the Genesis Open; tied for 4th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational; tied for 6th at the Farmers Insurance Open. He subsequently defeated the Players Championship with a score of -16, making him the second British winner of the tournament after Sandy Lyle in 1987. With the victory, he joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players to win four majors and 15 PGA Tour titles before the age of 30.

McIlroy won the RBC Canadian Open by 7 strokes in Hamilton, Ontario, on June 9, 2019. He defeated the tournament with a 61 shot in the final round. He became the sixth golfer to win the PGA Tour's three oldest tournaments by winning the three national championships; the Open in 2014, the U.S. Open in 2011, and the Canadian Open in 2011.

McIlroy claimed the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 25, 2019, his second season-long FedEx Cup victory. The winning payout, which was the most in golf history, was $15 million. He became the second player to win multiple FedEx Cups. McIlroy was named the 2018-19 PGA Tour Player of the Year after his FedEx Cup victory. It was the third time he had won the Jack Nicklaus Award in his career.

McIlroy won the WGC Champions tournament in a playoff against Xander Schauffele on November 3, 2019. The event was held outside of Shanghai, China. This was part of the 2019 European Tour and the 2019-20 PGA Tour. McIlroy announced on December 10 that he will miss the European Tour's Saudi International tournament in Riyadh, citing morale concerns in heading to the region. "One hundred percent, there's a morality to it as well," his speech read.

McIlroy climbed to the top of the world number one ranking from Brooks Koepka on February 9th. McIlroy and Dustin Johnson won a match under the new-the-pin shot rule on May 17th as golf returned to television after nine weeks. The pair ended up receiving £1.53 million in coronavirus relief funds. On July 20, Jon Rahm defeated McIlroy to become the No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

At the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in January, McIlroy led by 54 holes. He finished third, five shots behind eventual champion Tyrrell Hatton in a final round 72.

McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina by a single stroke in May. For the third time, he was crowned champion of this tournament. This was his 19th PGA Tour victory.

McIlroy finished third in a tie for third place at the Olympic Games in August, representing Ireland. He failed in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.

In September, McIlroy competed on the European team at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, for the 2021 Ryder Cup. The US team defeated 19-9, and McIlroy went 1–3–0, winning his singles match against Xander Schauffele on Sunday.

McIlroy defeated the CJ Cup at The Summit Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, by a single stroke in October. He beat Collin Morikawa by a 9-shot deficit prior to starting the final two rounds, but a 62–66 win over the last two days put him ahead of him. This was his 20th PGA Tour victory, earning him life membership. He was only the sixth player on the tour to win 20 races by his 33rd birthday since 1960.

McIlroy, the 54-hole champion at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai in November, was aiming to become the first person to win the tournament for the third time. However, a poor finish on the back nine put him out of contention, eventually finishing fifth five shots behind winner Collin Morikawa.

McIlroy, who had been in contention to win the Slync.io Desert Classic for the third time in his career, fell short of winning by a single stroke in a playoff for the title. In the final round of the Masters Tournament, a bogey-free 64 moved from a tie for ninth to finish as the runner-up.

McIlroy defended his RBC Canadian Open crown in June, winning by two shots over Tony Finau in a final-round shootout. McIlroy finished in third place at The Open Championship in July after being in the final round tied for the lead with Viktor Hovland, leading to the end of the major season with top-10 finishes in each one. McIlroy won his third Tour Championship, just over a stroke from Scottie Scheffler and Im Sung-jae, earning him his third FedEx Cup victory and a $18 million bonus. In September, he finished tied-second at the BMW PGA Championship, losing by a single shot to Shane Lowry.

McIlroy defended the CJ Cup at Congaree Golf Club in South Carolina in October. Since winning, he has risen to the top of the Official World Golf Rankings, overtaking Scottie Scheffler.

McIlroy received the PGA Tour Player of the Year, PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy, and Byron Nelson Award in 2012, in addition to leading the PGA Tour money list. In addition to winning the Race to Dubai, he was named Europe Tour Golfer of the Year. He also received the Mark H. McCormack Award for leading the Official World Golf Ranking for the most weeks of the year (28 of 52 weeks). He received the Laureus World Sports Award in the category Breakthrough of the Year in 2012 as well.

McIlroy swept the PGA Tour Awards in 2014: Arnold Palmer Award (leading money winner), PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy, and the Byron Nelson Award were all coveted prizes. He also won the Race to Dubai and was named European Tour Golfer of the Year by the year. He received the Mark H. McCormack Award for the most weeks in the year (22 of 52 weeks). For the second time since winning in 2011 and 2012, he was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year, twice, and the BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for the third time. He also ranked second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, behind Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. In 2015, McIlroy was shortlisted for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award. For the third time (2012, 2014), McIlroy was named European Tour Golfer of the Year in 2015.

For the third time (2012, 2014), McIlroy received the PGA Tour Player of the Year award for the third time. For the third time, he also won the Vardon Trophy and the Byron Nelson Award.

McIlroy won the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award for the fourth time in 2022.

Professional career summary

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