McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, have reconciled and called off their divorce on Tuesday, he confirmed to The Guardian’s Ewan Murray. The announcement comes just days before McIlroy is set to tee off at the U.S. Open this week in North Carolina and amid plenty of speculation about his relationship status.
McIlroy and Stoll filed for divorce officially last month in the days leading up to the PGA Championship — which marked just the latest off-course issue the No. 2-ranked golfer faced amid losing a spot on the PGA Tour’s policy board. Their marriage, the couple said in court filings, was “irretrievably broken.”
McIlroy and Stoll have been together for seven years. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Poppy.
While it’s unclear what led to the initial divorce filing or what has happened between the couple in the weeks that followed, the two are apparently on the same side once again.
McIlroy will tee off alongside Xander Schauffele, who won the PGA Championship, and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler in the first two rounds this week at the U.S. Open. McIlroy has won twice on the PGA Tour already this season and hasn’t finished worse than T15 since late April. However, he hasn’t won a major championship in just shy of a decade. He finished second at the U.S. Open last summer in Los Angeles.
