Rory McIlroy fans note eerie parallel between Erica Stoll divorce and Caroline Wozniacki breakup in 2014

Rory McIlroy’s fans have noticed an eerie parallel between his divorce from Erica Stoll, which was filed on Monday, and his split from tennis legend Caroline Wozniacki in 2014.

Ten years ago, McIlroy infamously split from Wozniacki just months before they got married. McIlroy’s split from Wozniacki came days before the BMW PGA Championship in England, which he later won. At the same event the year before, McIlroy finished in a tie for 96th.

McIlroy also went on to win the 2014 PGA Championship, the Northern Irishman’s last major win to date, which was played at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.

This year’s PGA Championship kicks off on Thursday, also from Valhalla, with McIlroy starting at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time.

Last weekend, McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship by five strokes, the final tournament before the PGA Championship.

Before his relationship with Stoll, McIlroy dated Wozniacki for three years before breaking up

The divorce filing in Florida, where McIlroy and Erica, 35, live, comes seven years after the couple, who share three-year-old daughter Poppy who was born in 2020, tied the knot in 2017. made available immediately.

McIlroy first met Erica, a native of New York State, at the 2012 Ryder Cup, where she was working for the PGA. The pair started dating in 2015, a year after his split from Wozniacki.

The couple exchanged vows at Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland, in front of celebrity guests including One Direction star Niall Horan and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, while music icons Ed Sheeran and Stevie Wonder performed at the event.

They live in the golf capital of Jupiter, Florida, in a 12,800-square-foot mansion worth $9.6 million.

Wozniacki initially retired from tennis after the 2020 Australian Open, but returned to the sport during last year’s US Open.