140 Facts About Rory McIlroy

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

Rory McIlroy is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, having spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career.

Rory McIlroy is a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 U S Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and 2014 PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007.

Rory McIlroy had his first win on the European Tour in 2009 and on the PGA Tour in 2010.

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Rory McIlroy attended St Patrick's Primary School and then Sullivan Upper School.

Rory McIlroy was introduced to golf at an exceptionally young age by his father, who coached him.

Gerry Rory McIlroy is a fine golfer himself, who once played at a scratch handicap level.

Rory McIlroy asked his father virtually every day to take him to Holywood Golf Club.

Rory McIlroy joined Holywood Golf Club and became the youngest member at the club at age seven.

Rory McIlroy's father held down several jobs to earn additional income for his son's golf development.

Rory McIlroy learned his early golf at the Holywood Golf Club, which he still retains as his home course.

Rory McIlroy started his early training with Michael Bannon, previously the Golf Professional of Holywood Golf Club, who is his current coach and dedicated mentor.

At the age of 15, Rory McIlroy was a member of the Irish team at the 2004 European Boys' Team Championship and of Europe's winning 2004 Junior Ryder Cup team against United States on foreign soil in Ohio.

In July 2005, at age 16, Rory McIlroy shot a new competitive course record score of 61 on the Dunluce links of Royal Portrush Golf Club.

In October 2006, Rory McIlroy represented Ireland in the Eisenhower Trophy, which is the Amateur World Team Championship.

Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free opening round of 3-under-par 68 at the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie, his first major championship entry.

Rory McIlroy shot +5 overall and was the highest finishing amateur, winning the silver medal.

Rory McIlroy made his first appearance in a European Tour event a few days after turning 16, when he took part in the 2005 British Masters.

At the 2007 Open Championship, held at Carnoustie, Rory McIlroy was awarded The Silver Medal as the leading amateur.

Rory McIlroy turned professional on 18 September 2007, the day before the Quinn Direct British Masters.

Rory McIlroy became the youngest Affiliate Member in the history of The European Tour to earn a tour card.

Rory McIlroy started his 2008 European Tour season at the UBS Hong Kong Open.

Rory McIlroy entered the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time on 27 January 2008.

On 7 September 2008, Rory McIlroy took a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Omega European Masters in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, but finished in a tie for first place with Frenchman Jean-Francois Lucquin and lost in a play-off.

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Rory McIlroy finished the European Tour season in November 2008 with six top-10 placements and ranked 79th in the World Golf Ranking.

Rory McIlroy finished the 2008 calendar year at 39th in the world rankings after finishing joint 3rd in the South African Open.

Rory McIlroy finished the tournament tied for 20th place, two strokes under par for the tournament.

Rory McIlroy played in two more events on the PGA Tour after the Masters Tournament including his first appearance at The Players Championship, where he missed the cut.

Rory McIlroy finished fifth at the BMW PGA Championship and 12th at the European Open.

The following week, Rory McIlroy finished in 15th place at the BMW International Open.

Rory McIlroy finished the 2009 season ranked second on the Race to Dubai, behind Lee Westwood, and in November he entered the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time.

In November 2009, Rory McIlroy announced that he would join the American-based PGA Tour for the 2010 season.

Rory McIlroy accepted an invitation from Gary Player to participate in the 2009 Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City, South Africa in December, but withdrew after feeling unwell.

Rory McIlroy finished 3rd at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.

Rory McIlroy became the first player since Tiger Woods to win a PGA Tour event prior to his 21st birthday.

Rory McIlroy finished tied for 10th place at that same week's Memorial Tournament.

On 15 July 2010, Rory McIlroy began the Open Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews by shooting a 9-under-par 63 on the opening day, the lowest-ever first round score in the 150-year history of the Open Championship, and tying the course record.

Rory McIlroy missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th, "The Road Hole", which would have given him the outright record.

Rory McIlroy's tied for third finish in the 2010 Open Championship sent him to a career high world ranking of seventh.

Rory McIlroy missed out on a chance to win the 2010 PGA Championship when he three-putted the 15th green to fall out of a tie for the lead.

On 4 October 2010, Rory McIlroy won a crucial half-point to help Europe regain the Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy attributed the decision to having closer friends on the European Tour, his part in the Ryder Cup victory, and wanting to be nearer his girlfriend and family.

Rory McIlroy later stated that he regretted his 2010 decision to give up his PGA Tour card, and his skipping the 2010 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

Rory McIlroy scored one-over-par 37 on the first nine, and still had the lead, but shot a round of 80, finishing T15 at 4-under for the tournament.

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Rory McIlroy held the 18 hole lead at the Memorial Tournament but finished in 5th place.

On 19 June 2011, McIlroy won his first major championship victory at the U S Open at Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland.

Rory McIlroy became the youngest winner since Bobby Jones in 1923.

Rory McIlroy achieved the feat by making birdie at the 17th hole in the second round.

Rory McIlroy was the fastest golfer to reach double digits under par in the U S Open, reaching 10 under par in 26 holes.

Rory McIlroy was again a non-factor at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club after injuring his wrist on the 3rd hole of the first round after attempting to play a stroke from behind a tree root.

Rory McIlroy went on to win the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters in a playoff against Anthony Kim.

Rory McIlroy played alongside Woods and Donald in the marquee group during the first two days.

Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under-par 69 on Sunday to finish lone second, one stroke behind winner Robert Rock.

At the Omega Dubai Desert Classic Rory McIlroy finished tied 5th on 14-under-par, four strokes behind winner Rafa Cabrera-Bello.

Rory McIlroy continued to play well at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona where he won matches against George Coetzee, Anders Hanson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Bae Sang-moon and Lee Westwood before losing to Hunter Mahan in the final.

Rory McIlroy shot a final round of 69 to claim his third PGA Tour title and finished two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods and Tom Gillis.

Rory McIlroy became the second youngest World Number 1 and moved up to fourth place in the FedEx Cup standings.

Rory McIlroy played the following week at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami, Florida.

Rory McIlroy was one stroke off of the lead going into the weekend at The Masters but struggled in his last two rounds and finished in a tie for 40th.

On 12 August 2012, Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in South Carolina.

Rory McIlroy started the final round with a three-stroke lead and shot a flawless, bogey-free 66 to run away from the field.

Rory McIlroy finished the regular season third in the FedEx Cup standings.

Rory McIlroy won the following week at the Deutsche Bank Championship to take the top spot in the standings.

Rory McIlroy entered the final round three strokes behind Louis Oosthuizen and defeated him by one stroke.

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Rory McIlroy's success continued the following week when he won the BMW Championship.

Rory McIlroy was 40-under par for his two playoff tournament victories.

Rory McIlroy topped the qualification standings for the 2012 Ryder Cup.

Rory McIlroy picked up three points for the European team, partnering with Graeme McDowell in two foursomes and one fourballs match, and with Ian Poulter in the second-day fourballs.

Rory McIlroy thus duplicated Luke Donald's 2011 feat of winning both the PGA Tour and European Tour money titles in the same year.

Rory McIlroy began 2013 with high aspirations, but mostly did not fare well in early tournaments.

Rory McIlroy won the 2013 Emirates Australian Open on the 72nd hole.

Rory McIlroy shot a final-round 74 and had a superb second shot to the par-five 18th in regulation play to qualify for the playoff, after missing the eagle putt for the win.

Rory McIlroy carded a six-under-par 66 final round to beat Thomas Bjørn, who started the day seven strokes clear of McIlroy.

On 20 July, Rory McIlroy won the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.

Rory McIlroy missed the cut in his first start of the PGA Tour season at the Honda Classic.

Rory McIlroy finished fourth at the 2015 Masters Tournament, his best career Masters finish.

Rory McIlroy went on to win the championship for a second time, by 7 strokes with a tournament record score.

Rory McIlroy claimed mental fatigue got the better of him and not its physical counterpart.

The following week at the Irish Open, Rory McIlroy shot a first-round 80 to lie 9-over and in a tie for last place.

Rory McIlroy stated he had left himself too much to do after a poor Thursday performance in front of his home Northern Irish fans and at the event he now hosts.

Rory McIlroy later said he was looking forward to a break after five tournaments in a row.

Rory McIlroy made his return in the 2015 PGA Championship and made the cut finishing in 17th place.

Rory McIlroy posted a score of 21 under to win the tournament by a single stroke from Andy Sullivan.

At the 2016 Masters, Rory McIlroy was in the final group in the third round alongside Jordan Spieth but faltered to a birdie-free five-over-par 77 and followed that up with a one-under-par 71 on Sunday to finish T10.

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Rory McIlroy produced a near flawless final round of 65 to win for the first time on the PGA Tour in 2016 at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

At the final event of the PGA Tour season, the 2016 Tour Championship, Rory McIlroy overcame a two-shot deficit after the third round to force a playoff with Ryan Moore and Kevin Chappell, winning the competition at the fourth playoff hole with a birdie 3 on the par 4 16th.

At the 2016 Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy played five matches winning three points, all when paired with Thomas Pieters: the European duo overcome Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar, 3 and 2, in the Friday fourballs, Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson, 4 and 2, in the Saturday foursomes, and Brooks Koepka and Johnson, 3 and 1, in the Saturday fourballs.

Rory McIlroy paired with Andy Sullivan in the Friday foursomes, losing to Mickelson and Fowler, 1 up.

Rory McIlroy did not win during 2017, but still had a solid year recording top 10 finishes at the Masters, The Open and 3 WGC events.

Rory McIlroy finished runner-up to Li Haotong in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

Rory McIlroy lost out by one stroke, having led by two with five holes to play.

However, Rory McIlroy shot a 74 to finish six back of the winner, Reed, and was thus not able to take advantage of this opportunity to win a green jacket.

Rory McIlroy tied for second with a score of six-under-par at the 2018 Open Championship.

Rory McIlroy started his year on the PGA Tour in good form with five straight top-6 finishes: tied for 4th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions; tied for 5th at the Farmers Insurance Open; tied for 4th at the Genesis Open; runner-up finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship; tied for 6th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Rory McIlroy subsequently won the Players Championship with a score of -16, becoming just the second British winner of the tournament after Sandy Lyle in 1987.

On 9 June 2019, Rory McIlroy won the RBC Canadian Open by 7 strokes in Hamilton, Ontario.

Rory McIlroy became the sixth golfer to win the career Triple Crown .

On 25 August 2019, Rory McIlroy clinched his second season-long FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.

Rory McIlroy became the second player to win multiple FedEx Cups.

On 3 November 2019, Rory McIlroy won the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in a playoff against Xander Schauffele.

On 10 December 2019, Rory McIlroy informed that he would miss the European Tour's Saudi International tournament in Riyadh and stated morality issues in going to the nation.

In September, Rory McIlroy played on the European team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Rory McIlroy became only the sixth player since 1960 to reach 20 wins on the tour before their 33rd birthday.

In 2012, besides leading the PGA Tour money list, Rory McIlroy won the PGA Player of the Year, PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy, and Byron Nelson Award.

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Rory McIlroy won the Mark H McCormack Award for leading the Official World Golf Ranking for the most weeks in the year .

In 2014, Rory McIlroy again swept the PGA Tour awards: Arnold Palmer Award, PGA Player of the Year, PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy, and Byron Nelson Award.

Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai and was voted the European Tour Golfer of the Year.

Rory McIlroy again won the Mark H McCormack Award for leading the Official World Golf Ranking for the most weeks in the year .

Rory McIlroy was awarded the RTE Sports Person of the Year for the second time, previously winning in 2011, and the BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year for the third time after victories in 2011 and 2012.

Rory McIlroy came 2nd in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, behind Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

In 2015 Rory McIlroy was shortlisted for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.

In 2015, Rory McIlroy won European Tour Golfer of the Year for the third time .

In 2019, Rory McIlroy won the PGA Tour Player of the Year award for the third time .

Rory McIlroy won the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award for a third time.

In 2022, Rory McIlroy won the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award for a fourth time.

Rory McIlroy has worked with various professional golfers since he was young, including Darren Clarke, Nick Faldo, and Graeme McDowell.

Rory McIlroy obtained putting assistance and instruction from Dave Stockton, a retired PGA Tour player who works as a putting instructor.

Rory McIlroy was first managed by Englishman Andrew "Chubby" Chandler, a former European Tour player who founded International Sports Management .

Rory McIlroy left ISM in 2011, with Rory McIlroy joining Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management.

In March 2015, Rory McIlroy threw a club into the water at the WGC-Cadillac Championship after hitting his ball into the water on the par-5 eighth hole during the second round at Doral.

In May 2019, Rory McIlroy outlined his intention to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games, representing Ireland.

Rory McIlroy has been cited as the most exciting young prospect in golf and as having the potential to become one of the highest earners in sports in terms of endorsements.

In 2017, Rory McIlroy signed a 10-year, $200 million contract extension with Nike for apparel only after Nike exited the golf equipment business, allowing him to additionally sign a 10-year, $100 million equipment deal with TaylorMade to use their clubs, ball, and bag.

Rory McIlroy was an ambassador for Jumeirah group from 2007 to 2012.

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Rory McIlroy was raised Roman Catholic and has self-identified as Irish, Northern Irish and British.

Rory McIlroy carries a British passport, although he usually is reluctant to discuss his nationality at length.

In June 2014, Rory McIlroy declared that he would represent Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, where golf became an Olympic event for the first time since 1904.

Rory McIlroy lived near the village of Moneyreagh in County Down, about 20 minutes from Belfast.

In December 2012, Rory McIlroy purchased a $10-million property in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, located close to Jack Nicklaus' The Bear's Club.

Rory McIlroy is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland and made his first visit to Haiti with UNICEF in June 2011.

In 2014, Rory McIlroy was announced as an official ambassador for PGA Junior League Golf.

McIlroy is a fan of Manchester United F C In his acceptance speech following his 2014 Open Championship win at Royal Liverpool, McIlroy joked: "Even though I'm a Man United fan standing here", which saw him booed in jest by rival Liverpool fans, before he thanked them for their great support.

Rory McIlroy is a fan of the Northern Ireland national team.

Rory McIlroy injured ankle ligaments in 2015 while playing football with friends, which forced him to miss the 2015 Open Championship, but later stated he would not give up playing football.

Rory McIlroy is a fan of Ulster Rugby and often interrupts his busy golfing schedule to attend rugby matches at Kingspan Stadium, formerly Ravenhill Stadium in Belfast.

Rory McIlroy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to sport.

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

Rory McIlroy dated Danish tennis professional Caroline Wozniacki from 2011 to 2014.

Rory McIlroy started dating a former PGA of America employee, Erica Stoll, in 2015.