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Rory McIlroy

Golfer Rory McIlroy
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Profession: Golfer

Nationality:
Ireland
Irish

Biography: A former world number one and four time major champion.

Born: May 4, 1989
Birthplace: Holywood, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Age: 35 years old

Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Taurus

Historical Events

  • 2011-06-19 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Irishman Rory McIlroy wins by 8 strokes ahead of Australian Jason Day; sets 11 tournament records, including lowest total 72-hole score (268) and lowest total under par (−16)
  • 2012-08-12 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins by 8 strokes from Englishman David Lynn
  • 2014-07-20 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler
  • 2014-08-10 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Valhalla GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins his second PGA C'ship by 1 shot from Phil Mickelson
  • 2016-09-25 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins in a playoff with Kevin Chappell & Ryan Moore; biggest winner's prize in golf, US$10m
  • 2018-07-22 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players including favourites Rory McIlroy & Justin Rose to win by 2; first Italian to win a major title
  • 2019-03-17 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk
  • 2019-08-25 Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins by 4 strokes from Xander Schauffele; biggest winner's prize in golf, US$15m
  • 2022-04-10 86th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler wins first career major title; beats Irishman Rory McIlroy by 3 strokes for record $2.7m payout
  • 2022-07-17 150th British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Cameron Smith of Australia wins his first major title by 1 stroke from American Cameron Young with Irish favourite Rory McIlroy another stroke back in third place
  • 2022-08-28 Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Irishman Rory McIlroy wins $18m with 1 stroke win over Scottie Scheffler & Im Sung-jae; becomes first 3-time winner of the FedEx Cup
  • 2023-06-18 US Open Men's Golf, LA CC: American outsider Wyndham Clark wins his first major and $3.6m as he beats Irishman Rory McIlroy by a stroke

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