The wedding invitations issued at the weekend made me realise that I wasn't ready for all that marriage entails. With a fourth place finish, it was good enough for McIlroy to maintain his position at the top of the rankings.

He became the sixth golfer to win the career Triple Crown (possessing the PGA Tour's three oldest events by winning the three national championships; The Open in 2014, the U.

On 3 November 2019, McIlroy won the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in a playoff against Xander Schauffele. He finished three strokes clear of Russell Knox and Bradley Dredge and subsequently gave the €666,000 winner's cheque to charity. A number of PGA Tour stars will join the pair in a brand-new format of indoor golf, using a custom-built arena. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career.

Mcllroy was born on 4 May 1989 in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, as the only child of Rosie McDonald and Gerry McIlroy. The victory was the third major championship of his career, having led the field after each round of the tournament. Patrick Woulfe provided lists of surname associations for Irish surnames in his book Irish Names and Surnames.

In the Sunday singles, he lost to Patrick Reed, 1 up, thanks to a birdie by the American at the last hole. However, on the fourth and final day, he shot the worst round in history by any professional golfer leading after the third round of the Masters Tournament. In April 2009, McIlroy made his first Masters Tournament appearance, his first major championship as a professional. He was first managed by Englishman Andrew "Chubby" Chandler, a former European Tour player who founded International Sports Management (ISM). This, and other award-winning stories, are included in my debut collection of short stories titled WHATEVER HAPPENS, PROBABLY WILL: Stories, published by Short Story America and available May 15, 2022.