Again in motion on the BMW Championship, the second of the three FedEx Cup Playoffs, Rory McIlroy as soon as once more delivered at his press convention this Wednesday in Caves Valley, Maryland. Requested what he did along with his first wage as an expert participant, the Northern Irishman shared a juicy anecdote.
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"I solely had a debit card on the time, and I checked my stability," he stated with an enormous smile. "I believed, 'Oh my God!' I went straight to the jeweler. And I purchased a watch. It had diamonds throughout it. It was horrible. It was the worst buy of my life. It was really horrible. It's not the make and mannequin I at the moment sponsor, so I gained't say which watch it was." »
In 2007, over the course of three tournaments, from the British Masters to the Spanish Open and the Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship, Rory McIlroy pocketed the modest sum of $363,724.
Rory McIlroy, born Might 4, 1989, in Holywood, Northern Eire, is a Northern Irish skilled golfer. As a teen, he rapidly gained recognition for his {golfing} abilities. He started his profession as an novice, successful the Junior Ryder Cup in 2004, competing within the Walker Cup in 2007, representing Eire on the Eisenhower Trophy in 2006, and successful 5 tournaments, together with the European Newbie Championship in 2006 (in addition to the European Newbie Staff Championship in 2007). He turned skilled in September 2007 on the age of 18.
He gained his first victory on the PGA European Tour on the Dubai Desert Basic in February 2009, and his first victory on the American tour the next yr on the Quail Hole Championship. After two third-place finishes in main tournaments, within the 2009 PGA Championship and the 2010 Masters, he gained his first Grand Slam title on the 2011 U.S. Open.
Rory McIlroy first turned world No. 1 on March 4, 2012, on the age of twenty-two, 43 days after successful the Honda Basic, a PGA Tour occasion in Palm Seashore Gardens. On August 12, 2012, he turned the primary Northern Irishman in historical past to win the PGA Championship. He’s additionally the primary British participant to take action since Tommy Armour in 1930.
In 2014, he gained his third main match by successful the British Open, adopted by a fourth by successful a second PGA Championship. That very same yr, he gained the Ryder Cup for the second consecutive time, taking part in with the European workforce towards the US.
In 2019, following a robust season in the US, together with a victory on the FedEx Cup[1], the Northern Irish golfer was named PGA Tour Participant of the Yr[2].
In 2025, he gained the Augusta Masters in a playoff, turning into the sixth participant to realize the profession Grand Slam after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Participant, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.
