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Who is Rory McIlroy’s wife? All about Erica Stoll as the couple U-turn on divorce
The golfer filed for divorce from Erica days before the 2024 PGA Championship. Now, the divorce petition he filed last month has been voluntarily dismissed.
Erica Stoll is from Irondequoit, New York, where she excelled as a tennis player in high school. She attended the Rochester Institute of Technology where she graduated with a major in Marketing. The thirty-six-year-old and McIlroy first connected in 2012 during the Ryder Cup. Stoll, working as a PGA transport official, met Mcllroy as she helped him get to his tee time on time as he overslept due to zone differences. Stoll got him a police escort and he was able to compete.
Their friendship blossomed into romance, leading to an engagement in 2015 and a wedding two years later. McIlroy and Stoll tied the knot at Ashford Castle in Ireland, surrounded by friends and family under incredible landscapes. In 2020 the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Poppy Kennedy.
What happened between the PGA Championship and the US Open?
In 2024, while getting ready for the PGA Championship, McIlroy filed for divorce in Florida. The specific reason behind their split remained undisclosed.
McIlroy filed for divorce the day after winning the Wells Fargo Championship for the fourth time and just three days before the start of the PGA Championship, where he finished T12. In the meantime, there were many rumors about the reason behind the couple’s decision. A lot of dust was thrown when Rory was related to Amanda Balionis, the golf CBS pundit, who at the same time was going through a rough period in her own marriage with the football coach Bryn Renner.
So it came as a huge revelation this morning that the court records in Palm Beach County, Florida, show that a “notice of voluntary dismissal” was filed, and the case status is listed as “closed.”
The four-time major winner informed the Guardian: “There have been rumors about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate. Responding to each rumor is a fool’s game. Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realized that our best future was as a family together. Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.”