Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from his wife Erica in the week of the US PGA Championship in Kentucky.
The pair met in 2012 when Erica was working for the PGA of America at the Ryder Cup and McIlroy credited her with helping him get a police escort to the course after misreading his tee time for the Sunday singles. McIlroy, 35, filed for divorce the day after winning the Wells Fargo Championship for the fourth time at Quail Hollow.
Only recently he talked about how his perspective had altered from the days prior to his marriage. “I lived and died by every result,” he said. “It's a little different today where I’m married, have a child and after the round you’re just a father.”