Rory McIlroy’s divorce from Erica Stoll SHOCKED their neighbors in Florida golf community where couple owned $22m mansion: ‘People are wondering what happened’
- Stoll and McIlroy’s divorce was filed Monday and made public Tuesday
- McIlroy currently plays in the PGA Championship and is achieving decent results
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In the days following Rory McIlroy’s shocking divorce from wife Erica Stoll, their neighbors in the Florida golf community where they live are being blindsided by the divorce.
McIlroy filed for divorce from Stoll on Monday, three days before the start of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
The split was confirmed by McIlroy’s representatives on Tuesday and hours later he was spotted practicing for the big tournament.
On Wednesday, Stoll was spotted publicly without a wedding ring on her finger in Florida for the first time since the news broke.
It is believed that Stoll still lives in the lavish Jupiter, Florida, mansion with their three-year-old daughter, Poppy Kennedy. And their neighbors try to figure out where things went wrong, through PEOPLE.
McIlroy and Stoll married in 2017 after meeting in 2012 and were originally friends
This is the house where Stoll and McIlroy lived in a gated community in Jupiter, Florida
McIlroy is playing in the PGA Championship and is looking for his first major win in a decade
“Rory is pretty level-headed for such a big star,” a source told PEOPLE. ‘However, he is very private and can be nice to be around, but he just does NOT like the spotlight.’
McIlroy and Stoll live in the gated, fertile golf community of Bear’s Club, where PEOPLE had another source tell them their neighbors are “talking about this and wondering what happened.”
McIlroy, 35, keeps a low profile about his private life, “so private that there hasn’t been much speculation about his family life,” PEOPLE added. “We wonder what happened.”
The couple met in 2012 when McIlroy was still dating tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. Months after McIlroy ended things with Wozniacki, he and Stoll were an item.
Stoll and McIlroy, now 36, got engaged in 2015 and married in 2017.
Halfway through the PGA Championship, McIlroy sits at five under par, seven strokes behind leader Xander Schauffele.
Stoll has largely remained out of the public eye, despite dating one of the most famous golfers in the world. Her Instagram has been set to private since before the divorce was filed.
Now Stoll is in the spotlight as she splits with McIlroy.