How 'ruthless' Rory McIlroy is as 選び出す／独身-minded in romance as he is on the course: ゴルフ星／主役にする who's 分裂（する） with wife Erica Stoll 捨てるd childhood sweetheart 'out of the blue' and cancelled wedding with Caroline Wozniacki after 招待するs had gone out

Published: 16:54 BST, 17 May 2024 | Updated: 17:12 BST, 17 May 2024

ゴルフ superstar Rory McIlroy once 宣言するd there was no ‘権利 way’ to end a 関係.

And the multi-millionaire sportsman - who 発表するd the end of his seven-year marriage to American wife Erica Stoll earlier this week - has certainly had more than his fair 株 of 爆発性の break-ups that have left behind a 追跡する of heartache.

First there was childhood sweetheart Holly Sweeney who has told of her 荒廃 after McIIroy 捨てるd her ‘out of the blue’ after six years together.

She was 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd for tennis エース Caroline Wozniacki who was left heartbroken three years later when McIIroy ended their love match in a three minute phone call - just days after the couple had sent out their wedding 招待s.

It seemed a 厳しい and callous way to end a romance that appeared to have been made in heaven.

Rory McIlroy and ex-wife Erica Stoll 提起する／ポーズをとるing at the Spanish Steps in 2023. The couple 発表するd the end of their seven-year marriage this week

Tennis エース Caroline Wozniacki was left heartbroken when McIIroy ended their love match in a three minute phone call - just days after the couple had sent out their wedding 招待s

McIlroy and childhood sweetheart Holly Sweeney pictured at the European 小旅行する Players Awards Dinner in 2011

Yet insiders have told MailOnline the Northern Ireland golfer is not afraid to take 決定的な活動／戦闘 once he feels a 関係 has run its course.

One said: ‘When he decides it’s over it’s a really 臨床の決定／判定勝ち（する）, he’s not 脅すd of 直面するing that 決定／判定勝ち（する）.

‘He’s not shy of 説 it and 取引，協定ing with it even if there is overlap with something else, like a major 競争 or anything el se.

‘He is ruthless on the ゴルフ course and in real life and if he sees that his 関係 is going wrong he’s not shy about ending it and moving on.’

McIIroy himself - who was also once linked with Meghan Markle before her marriage to Prince Harry - has 認める to 存在 ‘a pretty selfish person’ for ‘a long time’.

It was that 選び出す／独身-minded 決意 which helped turn him into one of the game’s greatest players while amassing a ￡200 million fortune.

But after the birth of daughter Poppy in 2000 he 主張するd his 見通し on life had changed.

He said; ‘I grew up as an only child and an only child playing ゴルフ so I feel like the whole world 回転するd around me for a long time, and now it doesn’t.

‘It 回転するs around this little person that （機の）カム into the world a few weeks ago, and it’s a nice change.’

Now friends have been left ‘blindsided’ after the world number two とじ込み／提出するd for 離婚 just days before the US PGA 選手権 at Valhalla in Kentucky.

The タイミング of the bombshell 告示 appears いっそう少なく than ideal as Mcllroy 用意が出来ている to 開始する，打ち上げる his 最新の企て，努力，提案 to land a fifth major トロフィー - which would be his first in 10 years.

McIlroy and Meghan 示す le flirted in a ビデオ株d on social マスコミ, after Meghan had 接触するd McIIroy asking him to 参加する the Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral 傾向可決する・採択するd by many celebs to raise money for モーター neurone 病気

And it comes as McIlroy and Erica, 36, were 準備するing to move into a dream family home on a 陰謀（を企てる） of land they bought on the 排除的 Wentworth 広い地所 in Surrey.

Instead 離婚 papers とじ込み／提出するd at Palm Beach 郡法廷，裁判所, Florida, show the couple are 製図／抽選 up 手はず／準備 for 株d 保護／拘留 and a parenting 計画（する） to be 設立するd for Poppy, three.

The 文書s 明言する／公表する that the marriage was ‘irretrievably broken’.

Mcllroy - who has asked for the couple’s prenuptial 協定 to be upheld - has 雇うd the same 弁護士／代理人／検事 who 代表するd his friend Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd when his wife 離婚d him in 2010.

The golfer’s 騒然とした love life first 攻撃する，衝突する the headlines after his 分裂（する） from Holly in 2011.

The couple met as 十代の少年少女s at Holywood ゴルフ Club, and 時代遅れの for six years.

Holly, a former Ulster Rugby cheerleader, was at McIIroy’s 味方する every step of the way as he 始める，決める out on his path to glory.

In his 2011 文書の Rory’s Major 打開, he glowingly said of Holly: ‘She knows me better than 基本的に anyone else in this world does, apart from my parents. And someone like that with you is very grounding.’

But just weeks later McIIroy ended the 関係説 the 分裂（する） was ‘友好的な’.

A different story 現れるd after Holly, now 34, told how her world （機の）カム衝突，墜落ing 負かす／撃墜する when she was 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd for Wozniacki.

In a 破滅的な interview Holly said: ‘Rory ran away with Caroline. I never thought he would do this to me.

� �It killed me - I went away to Dubai as soon as we 分裂（する） up so I didn’t have to look or think about it.

‘I always 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd he had a thing for her. He’s always been a big fan of tennis. When he was watching the women’s games he always said he fancied her but I didn’t take it that 本気で - little did I know.’

The couple were living in a mansion in 郡負かす／撃墜する when McIIlroy jetted off to a ボクシング match in Germany - where he met Danish 星／主役にする Caroline who was then the world’s number one.

Holly said: ‘I thought something was up because I didn’t really hear from him during the trip to that ボクシング match in Germany that she was at.

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‘Then he got home, went straight to see the dogs instead of me, dodged me when he （機の）カム through the door and then sat me 負かす／撃墜する and told me that he met with her in Germany and that he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see how it would go with her.’

新聞記者／雑誌記者 Paul ツバメ, who became a confidante of Holly’s after the 分裂（する）, told MailOnline: ‘Holly confided in me at the time about it all. That was his childhood sweetheart don’t forget, it was pretty ruthless. He can be ruthless - it’s not 現実に all about the sport or anything - it’s やめる ruthless, you know?

‘So he’s ruthless on the ゴルフ course, 権利? He has to be, that’s why he’s 広大な／多数の／重要な, and he’s ruthless in his love life, that’s what I’m 説.

‘Because when she told me that story, it was somebody who 手配中の，お尋ね者 to go and get what they needed now.’

Holly was not left ‘high and 乾燥した，日照りの’ by McIIroy who bought her a ￡300,000 two-storey penthouse apartment in Belfast city centre and made sure she had the 財政上の means to 再構築する her life.

She 結局 moved on with a lesser-known sportsman - American ice ホッケー player Jeff Mason who is now a coach with the Belfast 巨大（な）s team.

The couple tied the knot in 2016 and have a young son Max.

After Holly 発表するd she was 妊娠している, McIIroy sent her his best wishes.

He said: ‘I’m happy for her. It’s 広大な／多数の／重要な to see she’s happy.’

Mcllroy’s 関係 with Caroline went from strength to strength にもかかわらず often 存在 on opposite 味方するs of the world 予定 to their 異なるing schedules.

The couple each 発表するd on social マスコミ that they had got engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2013 with McIIroiy （人命などを）奪う，主張するing the next day it was his ‘first victory’ of the year.

Caroline tweeted excitedly: ‘Rory and I started 2014 with a bang! ... I said YES!!!!’.

But the 関係 ended 劇的な just months later just after they had sent out their wedding 招待s.

発表するing the 分裂（する） in May 2014, McIIroy said ‘it was 相互の’ and that they ‘both thought it was the best.’

But it was later （人命などを）奪う，主張するd McIIroy had phoned his fiancee to 知らせる her of his 意向s in the 180-second call.

Caroline - who had already 報道によれば tried on her wedding dress - is said to have 最初 thought the call was a practical joke.

The golfer later 自白するd that it was his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to end the romance.

He said: ‘There is no 権利 way to end a 関係 that has been so important to two people.

‘The problem is 地雷. The wedding 招待s 問題／発行するd at the 週末 made me realise that I wasn’t ready for all that marriage entails.

‘I wish Caroline all the happiness she deserves and thank her for the 広大な／多数の／重要な times we’ve had. I will not be 説 anything more about our 関係 in any setting.’

Caroline also went on to find happiness with another sportsman - 明らかにする／漏らすing on Valentine’s Day 2017 that she was in a 関係 with former NBA basketball player David 物陰／風下.

The couple married in June 2019 and have two young children.

一方／合間 McIIroy was linked with Irish model Nadia Forde in 2014 before rumours 現れるd the same year of a romance with Meghan Markle.

The couple flirted in a ビデオ株d on social マスコミ, after Meghan had 接触するd McIIroy asking him to 参加する the Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral 傾向可決する・採択するd by many celebs to raise money for モーター neurone 病気.

In her blog The Tig which Meghan 削除するd before her 2018 wedding to Harry, she wrote gushingly after their 遭遇（する） in New York.

She 述べるd him not only as 存在 the ‘真っ先の golfer in the world’ but also of having 質s ‘rarely seen in men his age.’

She 追加するd: ‘The most endearing 質 of this man is his character - as real and honest as they come.

‘He is not just the real 取引，協定… he is real. And perhaps that is what makes him even more 心にいだくd.’

Meghan’s then boyfriend is said to have quizzed her twice about her 関係 with McIIroy with the actress 主張するing they were ‘just friends’.

McIIroy first met Erica in 2012 when she was working for the PGA at the Ryder Cup.

She （機の）カム to his 救助（する） after the golfer misread his tee time and was late setting off for the Medinah Country Club in Illinois.

Erica organised a police 護衛する which enabled McIlroy to reach the course with minutes to spare.

He went on to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Keegan Bradley as Europe pulled off the ‘奇蹟 at Medinah’ by 回復するing from 10-6 behind to 保持する the トロフィー.

Their 関係 began すぐに after his 分裂（する） with Caroline.

They got engaged in 2015 and tied the knot two years later at a 星／主役にする-studded 儀式 …に出席するd by Ed Sheeran, Stevie Wonder and Coldplay singer Chris ツバメ.

The golfer 述べるd his wife as a ‘広大な／多数の／重要な影響（力）’ and a ‘low-重要な person’ that brings a ‘静めるing presence’ to his life.

McIIroy said of the 関係: ‘The thing I love about it is that we were friends before anything romantic happened.

‘We met when she was working for the PGA of America and renting a condo in Palm Beach, and I 設立する it refreshing 存在 with someone who was living a normal life rather than, ‘Oh! My jet is 30 minutes late’.

‘I feel in such a good place now. I don’t feel Erica wants to change me in any way. I can be myself around her - there’s no bulls**t, no 事実上の／代理, no show.’

McIIroy 述べるd Poppy as the ‘絶対の love of their lives’ after she was born in September 2020 and the couple appeared to be living the dream life at their ￡7.6 million mansion in Jupiter Florida.

Erica 定期的に supported her husband at tournaments and she 行為／法令／行動するd as his caddy for the Masters Par-3 競争 with Poppy in 牽引する in 2023. The McIlroy family were 顕著に absent from the 伝統的な, 年次の event.

McIIroy had 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd his wedding （犯罪の）一味 before 長，率いるing out to Louisville course. 一方／合間 Erica was no longer wearing her ￡500,000 約束／交戦 sparkler when she was spotted out in public for the first time since the 告示.

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