00:00In the world of golf there are just a few players that could be described as a global
00:03superstar. Tiger Woods heads that list and another member is Rory McIlroy. Now with that level of
00:09fame it's easy for fans to get a lot of information about the Northern Irishman but believe it or not
00:14there is still a lot that people don't know about him. With that in mind here are 10 facts from
00:18a
00:18four-time major winning golfer that you may or may not know. Firstly Rory McIlroy's father Jerry
00:24made £100,000 from a bet he placed in 2004. Jerry staked £200 at odds of £500-1 that his
00:30son then
00:31aged 15 would win the Claret Jug within the next 10 years including 2014. Rory did that at Royal
00:37Liverpool winning by two shots. The ages of 9 and 10 were quite impressive for McIlroy. He won the
00:41Under-10s World Championship at Doral aged 9 and at the same age he appeared on TV chipping golf balls
00:46into a washing machine. Rory McIlroy then reportedly made his first hole-in-one at the age of 10.
00:51In 2021 Rory became the first international player to serve on the PGA Tours policy board
00:56when he was elected PGA Tour player advisory council chairman. Well what does that mean?
01:02Well the PAC advises and consults with the PGA Tour policy board on issues affecting the tour.
01:07McIlroy is from Hollywood in Northern Ireland near Belfast and he played at Hollywood Golf Club growing
01:12up. His father Jerry was a scratch handicapper and he got Rory into the game at a young age.
01:17In fact both Jerry and Rory's mum Rosie took on extra jobs and shifts to help support his golf
01:21development. In 2016 McIlroy split with his long-time caddie JP Fitzgerald. Since then McIlroy
01:27has had his childhood best friend Harry Diamond on the bag. They played golf together as juniors at
01:31Hollywood Golf Club and Diamond was best man at McIlroy's wedding. Rory got married to former PGA of
01:36America employee Erica Stoll in 2017. They famously met while he was running late for his tea time on the
01:42final day of the 2012 Ryder Cup. They have one child together called Poppy. Who coaches Rory McIlroy?
01:47Well his first coach was Michael Bannon and the pair started working together when Rory was just eight
01:52years old. Rory has often consulted with Pete Cowan as well but Bannon still remains a permanent fixture
01:58of Rory's team. McIlroy has an estimated net worth of around 150 million dollars and has a long long list
02:04of
02:04sponsors including TaylorMade, Nike, NBC Sports, Omega, Optum and Workday. McIlroy is a big sports fan outside of the
02:11golf. He's an avid Manchester United fan as well as an Ulster rugby fan. He also loves his boxing and
02:17used
02:17to regularly follow Carl Frampton's fights. Rory is one of three men alongside Tiger Woods and Jack
02:22Nicholas to have won four majors by the age of just 25. He may still currently be in a major
02:26drought but
02:27that is pretty illustrious company to be in. So there you have it 10 things you may or may not
02:33have already
02:33known about Rory McIlroy. For more facts and tour player content be sure to take a look at the tour
02:38section
02:38on the Golf Monthly website.
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