Rory McIlroy - 4 Time Major Winner

Rikand

Tilikum wrote: »

Does anyone know how long they're actually going out? Seems pretty quick.

Gotta be 2 or 3 years at least, which in celebrity circles is a very long time!

FixdePitchmark

Hopefully it works out for him. Seems on the young side - but you never know how that stuff works.

Only thing - I was hoping that it would be just golf stories in 2014 - back to number 1 , another major.
But womens and all that.

Rory has shown he is an emotional lad. He seems to want more from life than just pure golf and issues off the course do have an impact on his game and commitment - he is not the same type of person as some of the raw driven sports stars we have seen.

I'd love to think you can have balance and be the best at golf. But, something tells me this is a very difficult thing to do at the very top. Because there are 100s of lads in the pro game that are willing to do nothing but golf on the same range as you.

Anyway - only a sideline observation. Hopefully 2014 will be a great year for him. But - whilst Rory was away - Tiger is back for the majors in a big way.

Dossy

Benny Cake wrote: »

So many rubbish generalisations in this post its hard to know where to start

Hope things work out for Mcilroy in 2014, both on and off the course....

Only making a point that Rory's money could be cut in half in a year or two

Carpo86

Dossy wrote: »

Only making a point that Rory's money could be cut in half in a year or two

She's not short of a few quid herself....

Dossy

Carpo86 wrote: »

She's not short of a few quid herself....

I know that but her money is nothing to Rory's!!

Carpo86

Dossy wrote: »

I know that but her money is nothing to Rory's!!

Maybe, but she's 23 and earns between €10 and €20 million a year. I doubt she's marrying for financial reasons...

Dossy

Carpo86 wrote: »

Maybe, but she's 23 and earns between €10 and €20 million a year. I doubt she's marrying for financial reasons...

Ok fair enough, lets just hope he doesnt do a Tiger on it!!

Dbu

just another excuse to roll out when he fails to win another major this year:D

ForeRight

I hope Rory is cute enough for a pre nup

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

I hope Rory is cute enough for a pre nup

If he does, I hope he uses a better adviser than whoever helped him sell body, soul and much else to Nike.

SnowDrifts

Or Rory should just come view this thread because posters here seem to know whats best for him.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

If he does, I hope he uses a better adviser than whoever helped him sell body, soul and much else to Nike.

Yeah what a terrible advisor negotiating a $250m deal for him

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

Yeah what a terrible advisor negotiating a $250m deal for him

Which he will earn, believe me.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

Which he will earn, believe me.

And rightly so!!!

Rippeditup

First Up wrote: »

Which he will earn, believe me.

I would hope so.. This after all is his JOB

neckedit

First Up wrote: »

Which he will earn, believe me.

Did any body think he was just gonne be given it??

First Up

Rippeditup wrote: »

I would hope so.. This after all is his JOB

Yep - making video games, doing promos with Tiger, turning up at corporate shindigs and giving demos to fat 28 handicappers.

Great job but I suppose it pays well. Hope he gets some golf in too.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

Yep - making video games, doing promos with Tiger, turning up at corporate shindigs and giving demos to fat 28 handicappers.

Great job but I suppose it pays well. Hope he gets some golf in too.

Tiger still manages to get his golf in

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

Tiger still manages to get his golf in

He has a different contract.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

He has a different contract.

Excuse my ignorance but how do you know what's in both of their contracts?

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but how do you know what's in both of their contracts?

Trust me.

Rippeditup

First Up wrote: »

Trust me.

Tiger has just as many commitments within his contract as Rory.. Infact most top pros spend about 2/3 days a week in sponsors events.

Rory is being paid $250 million to do a job which is represent and be a brand ambassador for Nike. That is HUGE money and of course they will expect their payback in his time as I would be expected to be in my office doing my job for the salary I receive.

You don't get anything for nothing in this world.

ForeRight

First Up wrote: »

Trust me.

Ok your evidence is indisputable.

You obviously know your stuff on this matter.

First Up

ForeRight wrote: »

Ok your evidence is indisputable.

You obviously know your stuff on this matter.

Correct.

Benny Cake

ForeRight wrote: »

Ok your evidence is indisputable.

You obviously know your stuff on this matter.

Case closed.

neckedit

First Up wrote: »

He has a different contract.

You think Tigers contract is far less time consuming as Rory's?
You are implying like you know the ins and outs of both, why not just share the info, and stop with the pretense?
Its a topic, personally I am very interested in.

Rippeditup

neckedit wrote: »

You think Tigers contract is far less time consuming as Rory's?
You are implying like you know the ins and outs of both, why not just share the info, and stop with the pretense?
Its a topic, personally I am very interested in.

Me too..

I will say I have been to an event where Tiger was flown into the UK to attend a Nike event and then he went back to the US that evening. The thing is his life outside of golf/drama isn't really under the microscope as much as he has learnt to manage this element

First Up

neckedit wrote: »

You think Tigers contract is far less time consuming as Rory's?
You are implying like you know the ins and outs of both, why not just share the info, and stop with the pretense?
Its a topic, personally I am very interested in.

I know a bit more than I am at liberty to share but I would just point out that Tiger has been with Nike since 1996, so it would be reasonable to expect him to have negotiated to his advantage by now. Secondly, Nike's centre of operations is in the US, which makes it a lot easier for a US national to work with them than for someone who is trying to maintain a lifestyle that involves a Danish, world travelling fiancee, family connections in Ireland and an international playing schedule (not to mention supporting Ulster and Man U.)

You might also reflect on why Rory fired the agent who negotiated the deal.

I'm not saying any more about it, beyond hoping he has a stellar year in 2014.

neckedit

First Up wrote: »

I know a bit more than I am at liberty to share but I would just point out that Tiger has been with Nike since 1996, so it would be reasonable to expect him to have negotiated to his advantage by now. Secondly, Nike's centre of operations is in the US, which makes it a lot easier for a US national to work with them than for someone who is trying to maintain a lifestyle that involves a Danish, world travelling fiancee, family connections in Ireland and an international playing schedule (not to mention supporting Ulster and Man U.)

You might also reflect on why Rory fired the agent who negotiated the deal.

I'm not saying any more about it, beyond hoping he has a stellar year in 2014.

Wow........
Ya do know its all available if you do a search on the tinterweb.....

ForeRight

First up not best dressed

GreeBo

Alright lads, lets move along from the petty squabbling please

saintastic

Carpo86 wrote: »

Maybe, but she's 23 and earns between €10 and €20 million a year. I doubt she's marrying for financial reasons...

€10m to €20m a year seems incorrect. She has only made just under €12m in her CAREER in prize money. Even if she had a much better year last year than in previous years and made €4m, that still leaves her €6m to €16m shy of the figures above?

Are you saying she gets sponsorship of €6m to €16m a year? I can't see it. I can't even see €6m.

In my opinion, she'd be doing well to earn €5m a year. Still nice money for playing tennis all the same!

PARlance

saintastic wrote: »

€10m to €20m a year seems incorrect. She has only made just under €12m in her CAREER in prize money. Even if she had a much better year last year than in previous years and made €4m, that still leaves her €6m to €16m shy of the figures above?

Are you saying she gets sponsorship of €6m to €16m a year? I can't see it. I can't even see €6m.

In my opinion, she'd be doing well to earn €5m a year. Still nice money for playing tennis all the same!

Sometimes it's hard to comprehend just how popular Tennis is, I recall an article saying that it was in the Top 3 sports in the world in terms of popularity (behind Soccer & Cricket I think) that took me by surprise. But anyway, it's massive, far bigger than golf and so she'd be well able to bring home 10 -20 million I'd say.

Actually, a quick search going back to 2011 shows this, she was earning more than him back then apparently.

http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/Rory-McIlroy-and-Caroline-Wozniacki-set-to-cash-in-as-sports-new-golden-couple-133064018.html

Carpo86

saintastic wrote: »

€10m to €20m a year seems incorrect. She has only made just under €12m in her CAREER in prize money. Even if she had a much better year last year than in previous years and made €4m, that still leaves her €6m to €16m shy of the figures above?

Are you saying she gets sponsorship of €6m to €16m a year? I can't see it. I can't even see €6m.

In my opinion, she'd be doing well to earn €5m a year. Still nice money for playing tennis all the same!

She was making huge bonuses from the likes of Adidas when she was World No 1. She also has a range of other endorsements. While her earning power may have dropped somewhat in line with her drop in ranking, the fact that she is still very much in the public eye has probably meant it hasn't fallen off too much.

There is an example at the below link and note that this is from 2011 and refers solely to sponsorship income (so doesn't include either prize money or earnings from exhibitions).

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/04/04/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Wozniacki.aspx

Carpo86

Forbes also estimates her income in the 13-15 mil range for the last few years...

charlieIRL

............and we're back to talking about Rory now...............

Carpo86

Sure, don't want to labour the point but in the context of people arguing that his marriage is going to throw him off his game as his wife-to-be will potentially take lots of money of him, her financial independence is hardly off topic.

GreeBo

Carpo86 wrote: »

Sure, don't want to labour the point but in the context of people arguing that his marriage is going to throw him off his game as his wife-to-be will potentially take lots of money of him, her financial independence is hardly off topic.

Except that we are now flogging a dead horse about whether its 10M or 15M or 20M a year she is on.

Basically she has cash, I think we can accept she is not marrying for money.

SnowDrifts

Sky News saying Rory and the missus split up.....

http://news.sky.com/story/1265901/rory-mcilroy-calls-off-wozniacki-wedding

SnowDrifts

"There is no right way to end a relationship that has been so important to two people," McIlroy said.

"The problem is mine," he said. "The wedding invitations issued at the weekend made me realise that I wasn't ready for all that marriage entails.

"I wish Caroline all the happiness she deserves and thank her for the great times we've had. I will not be saying anything more about our relationship in any setting."


Surely that must be a joke... all sounds a bit silly.

heebusjeebus

It does seem to marry up with how he deals with hardship on the golf course.
His manager or whoever is taking care of him needs to set him straight.

ForeRight

Looks like he came to the realisation of what I called months ago. He knew she would baloon when she got confortable and stopped the tennis. She is very big boned.

Harry Angstrom

They'll be back together again by next Tuesday.

godtabh

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

They'll be back together again by next Tuesday.

Is her birthday coming up? Cheap fecker!

Dr Turk Turkelton

ForeRight wrote: »

Looks like he came to the realisation of what I called months ago. He knew she would baloon when she got confortable and stopped the tennis. She is very big boned.

This is the best thing I have ever seen on the internet.
Kudos sir,kudos.

scrubber72

What am i supposed to do with a galway crystal swan centre piece i won last year and was hoping to give to the lovely couple. ADVERTS.IE TEAM ASSEMBLE.

brandon_flowers

We always knew he was a very self-centered person but now he seems like a stubborn donkey with it.

Why would you bother sending out invitations, then tweet the Indo that they have the wrong date and then call it all off anyway within a few days?

Strange enough thing for a man to say but Caroline or any other fiance deserves better tbh.

big_drive

Impossible to play any type of consistent golf with all that going on in life away from the course, no way he can focus or concentrate. If its true maybe it will be a relief to him and he may be able to relax and concentrate solely on golf for the next while. And forget the women, single life for a bit might be easier!!

Dealerz

big_drive wrote: »

And forget the women, single life for a bit might be easier!!

....Where the hell were you when I needed to hear this 8 years ago!

John Divney

Most men don't have the balls to do this, probably just grit through the hideousness of wedding planning ignoring their feelings and deluding themselves.

Yeah it could have been better not to get engaged but the pressure just to get married is ridiculous even these days.