{"id":318901,"date":"2025-11-30T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318901\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:35:12","slug":"erica-stoll-to-weigh-up-name-change-as-rory-mcilroy-gets-set-for-knighthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318901\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Stoll to weigh up name change as Rory McIlroy gets set for knighthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erica Stoll may soon have a very public decision to make \u2014 because if her husband Rory McIlroy receives the knighthood many now expect after his historic 2025 season, she\u2019ll be officially known as Lady Erica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McIlroy<\/a>\u2019s Masters mania in April didn\u2019t just complete the career Grand Slam \u2014 it ignited serious talk that the 36-year-old is now on the fast track to becoming Sir Rory McIlroy. And if that honour arrives, his wife\u2019s title can change.<\/p>\n

Four titles including a Green Jacket, an away Ryder Cup win and seventh Race to Dubai to move within one of Monty, and the case for a knighthood has never looked stronger in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McIlroy hasn\u2019t played down the idea either, recently calling a knighthood \u201can unbelievably massive honour\u201d and something that would be \u201ca very proud moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans, pundits and even voices within the sport increasingly believe it\u2019s only a matter of time until it happens for the five-time major champ.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Of British golfers, only Sir Nick Faldo<\/a> has more majors than McIlroy with six.<\/p>\n

Faldo and Sir Henry Cotton are the only two British golfers to ever receive a knighthood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Beckham effect adds fuel too \u2014 with McIlroy\u2019s Manchester United hero David Beckham finally knighted this year, instantly transforming his wife Victoria into Lady Victoria, exactly the same courtesy title Erica <\/a>would receive should she wish to proceed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While knighthoods for active athletes were once rare, Sir Andy Murray and Sir Lewis Hamilton proved that precedent is fading.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And let’s be honest, even Gareth Southgate got knighted for winning, well, nothing…\u00a0<\/p>\n

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McIlroy\u2019s global impact, longevity and leadership arguably make him the next in line of British sportsmen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And we fully back that call here at GolfMagic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"McIlroy <\/p>\n

McIlroy with daughter Poppy and wife Erica<\/p>\n

\"Could <\/p>\n

Could Lady Erica be on the cards?<\/p>\n

What’s coming up for Rory?\u00a0<\/p>\n

McIlroy returns Down Under for the first time since 2014 at next week’s Crown Australian Open at the famous Royal Melbourne \u2014 one of the best golf courses in Australia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The World No.2 will then turn his attention to the new Optum Golf Channel Games (with a dodgy AI-based advert<\/a>) against World No.1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a> on 17 December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few days later he’s got the BBC Sports Personality of the Year<\/a> to attend to in Salford, an award Rory is looking to win for the very first time \u2014 and with it join Faldo and Dai Rees as just the third golfer in its 70-year history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the biggest storyline surrounding McIlroy right now?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Is golf about to welcome Sir Rory McIlroy \u2014 and with him, Lady Erica?<\/p>\n

At this point, it feels almost inevitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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