Inside Rory McIlroy’s stunning £8m Florida mansion where wife Erica Stoll still lives after divorce bombshell
RORY MCILROY has come a long way from his modest childhood home in Belfast.
The PGA Tour star, 35, owns a massive 12,800-square-foot Florida mansion bought for £7.6million from legendary PGA star Ernie Els - and he still shares it with wife Erica Stoll despite their recent bombshell announcement about their divorce.
McIlroy moved into the golfing capital of the world - Jupiter, in Florida - after selling his old mansion for around £9million.
He bought his new pad in The Bear's Club, a golf development which was founded by Jack Nicklaus in 1999 and is 85 miles north of Miami.
And the luxury property was in well-known hands before McIlroy moved in, having been previously owned by Els.
The incredible neighbourhood has been home to basketball legend Michael Jordan, tennis royalty in Serena and Venus Williams, plus fellow golfers Luke Donald, Michelle Wie and Els.
EL OF A PAD
And somehow McIlroy managed to end up with even more bathrooms.
The massive property stretches over 12,800 square feet and boasts seven bedrooms and TEN bathrooms.
A huge balcony at the back of the property overlooks a tranquil swimming pool.
Inside, McIlroy has everything a young multi-millionaire could wish for, with a recording studio, games room, gigantic pool and a home cinema.
But it's a long way from where he grew up.
FAMILY HOME
Parents Gerry and Rosie raised McIlroy in the family's four-bedroom house in Holywood, Northern Ireland.
It was adapted by Gerry into what would be a young aspiring golfer's dream.
A trampoline could be found in the garden but it was tucked behind a giant practice putting green.
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The following year, the golf ace began dating Erica Stoll, who he had first met on the PGA Tour in 2011.
Erica often interacted with players through her role as the PGA’s manager of championship volunteer operations.
She even prevented McIlroy from missing his tee time at the 2012 Ryder Cup after some confusion over the time zone.
The incident began a firm friendship between the pair, four years before their relationship turned romantic.
McIlroy and Erica were spotted on a string of dates in Rochester, New York, in the early days of their relationship.
Just eight months later, the couple got engaged in Paris and walked down the aisle at Ashford Castle in Ireland in 2017.
The pair then welcomed daughter Poppy into the world three years later.
Throughout their time together, McIlroy and Erica have kept their relationship to themselves, with the golfer keen to protect his family from the cameras during filming of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary series.
However, after seven years of marriage, McIlroy has now filed for divorce from Erica.
The reasons for the divorce have not been disclosed, but the Northern Irishman has submitted documents to a court in Florida.
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