By Karan Brar
May 20, 2022
Rory McIlroy is one of the most popular and professional golfers in the world, with 14 European Tour victories, 20 PGA Tour wins, and four major tournament victories.
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Rory was introduced to golf at an exceptionally young age by his father, who coached him.
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He was world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for a period of time, and represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional.
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He learned his early golf at the Holywood Golf Club in County Down, Northern Ireland, which is still his home course today.
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Rory grew up in Ireland with his parents Gerry and Rosie McIlroy. He got engaged to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, but the couple broke up just a matter of months before the wedding.
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At the age of 15, McIlroy was a member of Europe's winning 2004 Junior Ryder Cup team; the event was held in Ohio.
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He entered the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time on 27 January 2008. He finished the season ranked 79th in the world.
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In May 2009, McIlroy described the Ryder Cup as an "exhibition"
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