Rory McIlroy's wife Erica Stoll: Pictures, bio
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Rory McIlroy’s wife Erica Stoll: Pictures, bio, kids

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 8: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with his Daughter Poppy and Wife Erica during the Par Three Contest prior to the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2026 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)


Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll McIlroy, celebrated McIlroy completing the career Grand Slam at the 2025 Masters at Augusta National. They were there with their 4-year-old daughter, Poppy.

Now, McIlroy has a chance to become the 4th player to go back-to-back in Masters history at the 2026 Masters.

Rory McIlroy first met his now wife, Erica, when she was a PGA of America employee in 2012. She noticed on Singles Sunday at the 2012 Ryder Cup that McIlroy was awfully late for his tee time. She arranged for a police escort to get McIlroy to Medinah, where the Europeans rallied from a record deficit to win their second-straight Ryder Cup.

The pair began dating in fall of 2014, with McIlroy taking Stoll on an Irish adventure in the Aran Islands on New Year's Eve. Then they were engaged in Paris at the end of 2015. They got married in 2017 in Ireland.

They're parents together, with a daughter, Poppy.

McIlroy filed for divorce in 2024 before withdrawing that filing.

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