{"id":602692,"date":"2026-04-14T04:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602692\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T04:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T04:33:11","slug":"rory-mcilroy-roasted-for-lukewarm-hug-of-wife-erica-stoll-after-masters-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602692\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy Roasted For \u2018Lukewarm\u2019 Hug of Wife Erica Stoll After Masters Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rory McIlroy shares a quiet moment with wife Erica Stoll at the Masters.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy\u2019s Masters win quickly gave way to fan backlash after his allegedly \u201clukewarm\u201d post-victory hug with wife Erica Stoll went viral. McIlroy became only the fourth golfer to win back-to-back<\/a> Masters titles Sunday, and the first since Tiger Woods in 2001 and 2002. But his historic victory did not quiet the controversy over the 36-year-old\u2019s personal life.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for fans to zero in on one awkward detail from the celebration. Amid ongoing, though unsubstantiated, rumors of extramarital affairs<\/a> and possible divorce from his wife of nine years, Erica Stoll, McIlroy publicly embraced his wife after his victory speech Sunday. <\/p>\n

Fans quickly jumped online to torch McIlroy for his \u201clukewarm\u201d hug according to a report by Us Weekly<\/a>, which documented the fan reaction.<\/p>\n

McIlroy filed for divorce from Stoll<\/a> in April 2024. But just one month later, the golf superstar withdrew his divorce filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been rumors about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate,\u201d McIlroy told the Guardian<\/a> newspaper at the time. \u201cResponding to each rumor is a fool\u2019s game. Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realized that our best future was as a family together. Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

But fans claimed to detect ongoing tensions in the post-Masters scene between McIlroy and his wife.<\/p>\n

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Fans Unimpressed With McIlroy\u2019s Public Hug<\/p>\n

The Us Weekly report quoted a McIlroy \u201cinsider\u201d saying that the marriage was an uneasy one, in which both the golf champion and his wife \u201cfelt lonely\u201d at times.<\/p>\n

\u201cRory was a hard person to be married to,\u201d the insider told the magazine. \u201c[Erica] knew what she was getting into with his profession, but once they had Poppy, things really changed and she had a new perspective. Erica was usually absent for most of his tournaments and was really focused on Poppy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poppy is the five-year-old daughter of McIlroy and Stoll.<\/p>\n

The online fans were far less sympathetic, however, with one saying that he was \u201cout\u201d on the golfer after witnessing the allegedly unenthusiastic hug.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood for Rory, but he gave bigger hugs to his private equity guys he has known for 4 months than his wife and daughter. Great to see a back to back winner, but out on that dude,\u201d the magazine quoted the fan as posting online.<\/p>\n

Another slammed the McIlroy-Stoll embrace as \u201clukewarm,\u201d while a third wrote, \u201cRory having to call his wife and daughter over to hug him. Tough scene,\u201d according to the Us Weekly report.<\/p>\n

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Stoll Draws Attention For Expensive Watch<\/p>\n

Amid the online controversy over her hug with her husband, Stoll herself drew some perhaps unwelcome attention for the watch she was wearing during the final round of the Masters Tournament on Sunday, according to a Sports Illustrated<\/a> report.<\/p>\n

According to the report, social media influencer and watch expert Chad Alexander compiled a video documenting the various watches worn by golfers\u2019 wives and girlfriends at the tournament, zeroing in on a rose gold Patek Philippe Nautilus that included a diamond bezel that adorned Stoll\u2019s left wrist.<\/p>\n

The luxury watch website Chrono24<\/a> puts the prices of various models of the Patek Philippe Nautilus in a price range from $26,000 to $3.9 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlexander estimated that the watch is worth about $95,000, although the same watch (or something very close to it) can be found for a staggering $459,000 sum on Patek Philippe\u2019s website,\u201d Sports Illustrated reported.<\/p>\n

Her husband can certainly afford it, however. According to the PGA Tour<\/a>, McIlroy has earned a total of $114,696,641 from tournament purse winnings alone.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tJonathan Vankin<\/a> JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist who covers MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, boxing, golf, and Olympic sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Newspaper and Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering the Olympics, pro baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. More about Jonathan Vankin<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

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