Rory Daniel McIlroy MBE (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who competes on the European and PGA Tours. He was the world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for almost 100 weeks during his career.
He is a four-time major champion, having won the 2011 U.S. Open, the 2012 PGA Championship, the 2014 Open Championship, and the 2014 PGA Championship.
He is one of three players, along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, to have won four majors before the age of 25.In 2007, at the age of 17, McIlroy had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week.
He became a professional later that year and quickly made a name for himself on the European Tour. In 2009 on the European Tour and in 2010 on the PGA Tour, he achieved his first victory.
At the age of 22, he broke the record for the youngest player to earn €10 million on the European Tour. He earned $10 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour in 2012, making him the tour’s youngest player to do it.
McIlroy has represented Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland as an amateur as a professional.
He represented Europe against the United States in the Ryder Cup in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021, with Europe winning in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018. He was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year twice, in 2011 and 2014, for his individual and team exploits.
What is Rory McIlroy’s Net Worth and Career Earnings?
Rory McIlroy is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland with a net worth of $170 million. He has been the world’s number one professional golfer for more than 100 weeks. Rory McIlroy has won multiple tournaments and is a member of an unusual group of players who have won three majors before the age of 25.
Rory makes $40–50 million a year from endorsements and tournament winnings, largely endorsements. He earned $15 million in 2019 after taking home the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup.
Rory McIlroy wife
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The professional golfer from Ireland has 20 PGA Tour victories to his name and is one of only three players to have held the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking for more than 100 weeks.
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According to the Democrat and Chronicle, Stoll hails from Irondequoit, New York, and was a competitive tennis player in high school. Stoll enrolled to the Rochester Institute of Technology after high school and earned a marketing degree there in 2008.
McIlroy had planned to propose to Stoll in Paris, but the 2015 terrorist assault in the city nearly forced him to abandon his trip.
“We had planned to visit Paris since May and had always intended to do so. Then what happened left us unclear of what to do. So we decided to go and if we didn’t like it, if we didn’t like the atmosphere, if we didn’t feel at ease, we’d go somewhere else “He told the Independent about it.
McIlroy’s wife, Erica Stoll, has been by his side throughout all of his professional victories. The couple wed in 2017 after meeting at the Ryder Cup in 2012. In 2020, they had a daughter together named Poppy Kennedy.
McIlroy made the decision to proceed with his proposal as planned after arriving, though.
“Although we were at ease, I still believed that if we did it at the beginning of the trip, it may improve the rest of the journey. We had dinner somewhere else after that. A pleasant trip and a fitting way to close the year, “He remembered.
Rory McIlroy Early Life
Rory McIlroy was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland, on May 4, 1989. McIlroy began golfing almost as soon as he could walk and was taught by his father, a skilled and devoted golfer. Rory McIlroy started going to the local golf club when he was seven years old and became their youngest member.
When Rory McIlroy received a golf club for his birthday, he was shown the right grip and told to sleep that night while holding his new club properly.
Despite the fact that his family was not very affluent, they went out of their way to provide Rory with the funds he need to become a professional golfer. His parents were able to provide the best education for their son by working many jobs.
They were also able to send Rory to his first major tournament, the Doral Golf Resort in Miami’s World Championship for boys aged 9 and 10. McIlroy took the title.
Early Career of Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy Golfer won the Junior Ryder Cup in 2004 with the European team at the age of 15. He was the youngest winner of the West of Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championship in 2005. He has won championships in different parts of Ireland.
A year later, he won the European Amateur, earning his stripes. During the following years, McIlroy competed in the Walker Cup, the British Masters, the Dubai Desert Classic, and the Open Championship.
Rory McIlroy Career
McIlroy was ready to become a professional golfer in 2007. His rookie season went well, and he performed especially well at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. By the beginning of 2008, he had risen to the ranks of the world’s top 200 golfers. He just missed out on winning the Omega European Masters that year. By the end of 2008, he had risen to the 39th position in the world golf rankings.
McIlroy’s first victory came in 2009, when he won the Dubai Desert Classic. This victory catapulted him to 16th place in the world rankings. He also competed in his first Masters Tournament that year, finishing 20th. McIlroy finished 2009 with a top ten world ranking after a string of strong performances in European championships.
Rory McIlroy Golfer won his first PGA Tour title in 2010 with the Quail Hollow Championship. McIlroy became the first golfer since Tiger Woods to win a PGA Tour event before reaching the age of 21. His first-round performance on the Old Course at St. Andrews set a record, and he finished 2010 ranked seventh in the world.
Rory McIlroy famously fumbled victory in the final round of the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, in 2011. It was the lowest round score of any professional golfer who led into the third round. McIlroy, on the other hand, rebounded with a surprise victory at the US Open that year, leading the second-place golfer by eight strokes. He was ranked fourth in the world after this victory.
Rory McIlroy was rated second in the world in 2012 after finishing second at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. But, later that year, after winning the Honda Classic, he took first place for the first time in his career. McIlroy would repeatedly attempt to take the top spot that year, but would eventually lose it after accumulating enough victories to cement his position as the top-ranked golfer.
Rory McIlroy struggled in 2013 and early 2014, but he bounced back with victories at the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool and the PGA Championship. In 2015, he won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic for the second time.
With more victories, he became one of just three professional players to have won ten PGA Tour events and four majors by the age of 25. Following his victories in 2016, McIlroy went winless in 2017. He was a member of the European team that won the Ryder Cup in 2018. In 2019, he won the Players Championship and returned to the top of the global rankings in 2020.
Rory McIlroy Personal Wealth
The total of Rory McIlroy’s career earnings so far is more than $34 million. By the age of 22, he was the youngest player to earn €10 million on the European Tour. By 2012, he was the youngest player to earn $10 million on the PGA Tour. In 2013, SportsPro labelled him the “third most marketable athlete in the world.”
In 2013, it was reported that he signed a $100 million to $250 million endorsement deal with Nike. 2017 saw the official signing of a $200 million, ten-year contract agreement with Nike. A second $100 million equipment endorsement deal with TaylorMade was negotiated by McIlroy after Nike abruptly stopped manufacturing golf equipment. After winning the FedEx Cup’s top spot in 2016, he took home the $10 million bonus pool.
In 2019, he won the FedEx Cup again and was awarded a record-breaking $15 million prize.
Rory McIlroy Golfer made $40 million in salary and sponsorships between June 2017 and June 2018. Between 2018 and 2019, he made an additional $40 million in other income.
He was the sixth-highest-paid athlete in the world that year, with endorsements accounting for the great majority of his yearly earnings. He earned $50 million over the next 12 months.
PGA Tour wins (22)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of
victory |
Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 2 May 2010 | Quail Hollow Championship | 72-73-66-62=273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Phil Mickelson |
| 2 | 19 Jun 2011 | U.S. Open | 65-66-68-69=268 | −16 | 8 strokes | Jason Day |
| 3 | 4 Mar 2012 | The Honda Classic | 66-67-66-69=268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Tom Gillis, Tiger Woods |
| 4 | 12 Aug 2012 | PGA Championship | 67-75-67-66=275 | −13 | 8 strokes | David Lynn |
| 5 | 3 Sep 2012 | Deutsche Bank Championship | 65-65-67-67=264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 6 | 9 Sep 2012 | BMW Championship | 64-68-69-67=268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood |
| 7 | 20 Jul 2014 | The Open Championship | 66-66-68-71=271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Rickie Fowler, Sergio García |
| 8 | 3 Aug 2014 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | 69-64-66-66=265 | −15 | 2 strokes | Sergio García |
| 9 | 10 Aug 2014 | PGA Championship (2) | 66-67-67-68=268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Phil Mickelson |
| 10 | 3 May 2015 | WGC-Cadillac Match Play | 4 and 2 | Gary Woodland | ||
| 11 | 17 May 2015 | Wells Fargo Championship (2) | 70-67-61-69=267 | −21 | 7 strokes | Patrick Rodgers, Webb Simpson |
| 12 | 5 Sep 2016 | Deutsche Bank Championship (2) | 71-67-66-65=269 | −15 | 2 strokes | Paul Casey |
| 13 | 25 Sep 2016 | Tour Championship | 68-70-66-64=268 | −12 | Playoff | Kevin Chappell, Ryan Moore |
| 14 | 18 Mar 2018 | Arnold Palmer Invitational | 69-70-67-64=270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Bryson DeChambeau |
| 15 | 17 Mar 2019 | The Players Championship | 67-65-70-70=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Jim Furyk |
| 16 | 9 Jun 2019 | RBC Canadian Open | 67-66-64-61=258 | −22 | 7 strokes | Shane Lowry, Webb Simpson |
| 17 | 25 Aug 2019 | Tour Championship (2) | 66-67-68-66=267 | −181 | 4 strokes | Xander Schauffele |
| 18 | 3 Nov 2019 | WGC-HSBC Champions | 67-67-67-68=269 | −19 | Playoff | Xander Schauffele |
| 19 | 9 May 2021 | Wells Fargo Championship (3) | 72-66-68-68=274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Abraham Ancer |
| 20 | 17 Oct 2021 | CJ Cup | 68-67-62-66=263 | −25 | 1 stroke | Collin Morikawa |
| 21 | 12 Jun 2022 | RBC Canadian Open (2) | 66-68-65-62=261 | −19 | 2 strokes | Tony Finau |
| 22 | 28 Aug 2022 | Tour Championship (3) | 67-67-63-66=263 | −212 | 1 stroke | Im Sung-jae, Scottie Scheffler |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 2012 | Wells Fargo Championship | Rickie Fowler, D. A. Points | Fowler won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2014 | The Honda Classic | Russell Henley, Russell Knox, | Henley won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2016 | Tour Championship | Kevin Chappell, Ryan Moore | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Chappell eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 4 | 2019 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Xander Schauffele | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
European Tour wins (14)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of
victory |
Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 1 Feb 2009 | Dubai Desert Classic | 64-68-67-70=269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Justin Rose |
| 2 | 19 Jun 2011 | U.S. Open | 65-66-68-69=268 | −16 | 8 strokes | Jason Day |
| 3 | 4 Dec 2011 | UBS Hong Kong Open1 | 64-69-70-65=268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Grégory Havret |
| 4 | 12 Aug 2012 | PGA Championship | 67-75-67-66=275 | −13 | 8 strokes | David Lynn |
| 5 | 25 Nov 2012 | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | 66-67-66-66=265 | −23 | 2 strokes | Justin Rose |
| 6 | 25 May 2014 | BMW PGA Championship | 68-71-69-66=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Shane Lowry |
| 7 | 20 Jul 2014 | The Open Championship | 66-66-68-71=271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Rickie Fowler, Sergio García |
| 8 | 3 Aug 2014 | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | 69-64-66-66=265 | −15 | 2 strokes | Sergio García |
| 9 | 10 Aug 2014 | PGA Championship (2) | 66-67-67-68=268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Phil Mickelson |
| 10 | 1 Feb 2015 | Omega Dubai Desert Classic (2) | 66-64-66-70=266 | −22 | 3 strokes | Alex Norén |
| 11 | 3 May 2015 | WGC-Cadillac Match Play | 4 and 2 | Gary Woodland | ||
| 12 | 22 Nov 2015 | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (2) | 68-68-65-66=267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Andy Sullivan |
| 13 | 22 May 2016 | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | 67-70-70-69=276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Bradley Dredge, Russell Knox |
| 14 | 3 Nov 2019 | WGC-HSBC Champions | 67-67-67-68=269 | −19 | Playoff | Xander Schauffele |
European Tour playoff record (1–4)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 2008 | Omega European Masters | Jean-François Lucquin | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2008 | UBS Hong Kong Open | Lin Wen-tang, Francesco Molinari | Lin won with birdie on second extra hole
Molinari eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 3 | 2017 | BMW SA Open | Graeme Storm | Lost to par on third extra hole |
| 4 | 2019 | Omega European Masters | Lorenzo Gagli, Andrés Romero, | Söderberg won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 2019 | WGC-HSBC Champions | Xander Schauffele | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
| Legend |
| Australian Opens (1) |
| Other PGA Tour of Australasia (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of
victory |
Runner-up |
| 1 | 1 Dec 2013 | Emirates Australian Open1 | 69-65-70-66=270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Adam Scott |
