{"id":628370,"date":"2026-06-09T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628370\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:24:19","slug":"watch-rory-mcilroys-heartwarming-gesture-to-young-fan-goes-viral-at-memorial-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628370\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rory McIlroy&#8217;s heartwarming gesture to young fan goes viral at Memorial Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy delighted a young fan with a heartwarming gesture during the final round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/rory-mcilroy\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"af3de653-62db-4df6-b6c6-18281f91c1cb\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Rory McIlroy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McIlroy<\/a> made his way to the next tee on Sunday, a young girl named Lily caught the six-time major champion&#8217;s attention from behind the ropes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nice job, Rory&#8230; you&#8217;re the best!&#8221; she shouted.<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy immediately responded by walking over and handing his golf ball to her, sparking a huge smile from the youngster and drawing appreciation from those nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lily&#8217;s mother could be heard thanking the world number two for the thoughtful gift.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"0514d135-c0aa-4a5d-a5c8-f7197f44adc3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"PGA Tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> shared footage of the moment on social media, with golf fans quick to praise McIlroy for taking the time to make a young supporter&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the brilliant moment below.<\/p>\n<p> Show Instagram Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy had started the final round in sensational fashion, carding five birdies in his opening six holes to surge up the leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p>His momentum was halted at the seventh, however, when he remarkably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\/rory-mcilroy-completely-whiffs-chip-shot-during-final-round-memorial-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whiffed a chip shot<\/a> from the right side of the green, leading to a bogey.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, McIlroy remained four-under par for the day and for the tournament, which ranked him just outside the top 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Memorial Tournament marks McIlroy&#8217;s final start before the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills which gets underway in two weeks&#8217; time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Northern Irishman will go in pursuit of a seventh major title and second U.S. Open having won his first at Congressional in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy delighted a young fan with a heartwarming gesture during the final round of the Memorial Tournament&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-628370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}