
Rory McIlroy
Golf
BIOGRAPHY
Rory has spent over 100 weeks at world number one since turning pro in 2007, is a four-time Major winner (the 2011 US Open), the PGA Championship (2012 & 2014) and the British Open (2014), and was runner-up in the 2022 Masters. He started 2024 by winning the Dubai Desert Classic, was tied 12th at the US PGA, and tied 22nd at the US Open. He had a dramatic second place finish at Masters in June where a couple of missed putts in the closing holes cost him the chance of winning his first Major in ten years. He has racked up 26 wins on the PGA, a record three FedEx titles, 17 victories on the European Tour, and five wins from seven Ryder Cup appearances. Rory scored a total of 269 (69-66-67-67) on his Olympic debut in Tokyo, and finished tied fourth after an unforgettable seven-man playoff for the bronze medal. Eliminated after the second hole, he famously said: “I never tried so hard in my life to finish third”.