PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from his wife, Erica Stoll, according to a report.
The 35-year-old is said to have filed the paperwork on Monday, just three days before the start of the PGA Championship, the second major of the year, and only had his latest win at the Wells Fargo Championship last weekend. according to TMZ.
The presentation in Florida, where McIlroy and Erica, 35, live, comes seven years after the couple, who share a three-year-old daughter, Poppy, who was born in 2020, married in 2017.
The reasons for their separation were not easily made known.
The Northern Irishman met Erica, a native of New York state, during the 2012 Ryder Cup, where she was working for the PGA.
PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy has reportedly filed for divorce from his wife, Erica Stoll.
The Northern Irishman met Eric during the 2012 Ryder Cup, which he was working on.
The Northern Irishman and Stoll married in 2017 (pictured at the 2023 Ryder Cup)
He previously credited the American with helping him reach his departure time in Medinah, thanks to a police escort, after he missed the alarm.
Although they initially met at the Ryder Cup that year, it wasn’t until a few years later that the pair entered into a relationship.
A few months after calling off his engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in 2014, McIlroy and Stoll got together before getting engaged a year later.
The four-time Major champion and Stoll kept their relationship largely private before tying the knot in a lavish ceremony in Ireland in 2017.
They are believed to live in the golf capital of Jupiter, Florida, in a 12,800-square-foot mansion valued at $9.6 million, according to Sun.
Erica has regularly been seen supporting her PGA husband at his tournaments, including the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, where she wowed in a stunning strapless black dress on the Spanish Steps.
He was also on McIlroy’s bag for the Masters Par-3 competition with his daughter Poppy in 2023. However, the McIlroy family was notably absent from the traditional annual event.
McIlroy He infamously split from tennis star Wozniacki in 2014, just months before they got married.
The golfer is said to have dumped his then-fiancee in a three-minute phone call hours after telling her he loved her. Their separation occurred in May 2014, before getting married in November.
McIlroy split from tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in 2014, months before they got married.
The division’s report comes amid a tumultuous time for McIlroy after his bid to return to the PGA Tour Policy Board was vetoed.
He was expected to replace Webb Simpson, but the five remaining player managers, including Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth, voted against his move, according to The Telegraph.
The outlet claims Woods, a former McIlroy ally, was one of those who voted against the four-time Major winner’s inclusion, with votes cast 3-2 for the 35-year-old to be excluded from the board. . . The other two members who voted against McIlroy’s reinstatement are not yet known.
However, McIlroy played down any reports of tension in his relationship with the golf icon, with whom he heads the company TGL, last week.
“I think friends can have disagreements or not agree on things,” McIlroy said.
‘We had a very good chat last Friday for 45 minutes, about many different things. No, there is no tension there.
“I think we might look at the future of golf a little differently, but I don’t think that should put a strain on a relationship or friendship.”
More to follow.