{"id":578203,"date":"2026-04-11T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578203\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:27:20","slug":"erica-stoll-joins-rory-mcilroy-at-masters-par-3-contest-after-divorce-drama-details-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/578203\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Stoll joins Rory McIlroy at Masters Par 3 Contest after divorce drama details emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy reacts with his wife Erica Stoll on the third hole during the Par 3 Contest.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy and wife Erica Stoll were all smiles on Wednesday during the Masters Par 3 Contest.<\/p>\n

McIlroy, Stoll and their daughter Poppy were photographed on the grounds of Augusta National during the annual competition that takes place the day before the start of the Masters.<\/p>\n

Stoll carried the bag for McIlroy during the lighthearted event and both Stoll and Poppy donned the iconic white caddie jumpsuits while walking with the reigning champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Northern Ireland\u2019s Rory McIlroy reacts with his wife Erica Stoll on the third hole during the Par 3 Contest. REUTERS<\/p>\n

In one image, Stoll and McIlroy were all smiles as they walked down the first hole, along with Shane Lowry.<\/p>\n

In another photograph, the family posed for a picture during the contest.<\/p>\n

The Par 3 Contest makes for heartfelt moments as golfers\u2019 families join them on the course, with the kids often stealing the show.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy, right, runs with his daughter, Poppy, during par-3 contest ahead of the Masters. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies will gather and walk alongside the players, with children in their caddie jumpsuits wandering about \u2013 some taking swings and hitting putts, others just trying to dive in a bunker and play in the sand,\u201d the day is described as on the Masters\u2019 website.<\/p>\n

McIlroy and Stoll had made headlines in May 2024 after the golfer filed for divorce, claiming their marriage was \u201cirretrievably broken,\u201d only to call off the proceedings a month later.<\/p>\n

Golf journalist Alan Shipnuck\u2019s \u201cRory: The Heartache and Triumph of Golf\u2019s Most Human Superstar,\u201d details McIlroy reportedly flirting with Stoll<\/a> at the 2012 Ryder Cup, which derailed the golfer\u2019s engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. That same behavior, according to Shipnuck\u2019s tome, led to rumors around McIlroy and CBS reporter Amanda Balionis in 2024 that threatened his marriage to Stoll.<\/p>\n

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Northern Ireland\u2019s Rory McIlroy with his wife Erica Stoll and Ireland\u2019s Shane Lowry on the 1st hole during the par 3 contest. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Stoll remained by McIlroy\u2019s side, rooting him on as he won The Masters in 2025 and through the Ryder Cup debacle that saw the couple heckled by rowdy fans at Bethpage Black in September.<\/p>\n

McIlroy returns to Augusta National as the defending Masters champion, carrying a bit less weight on his shoulders<\/a> after he ended an 11-year major championship drought, but he told reporters earlier in the week that there was more he wanted to accomplish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what I\u2019ve realized is, if you can just really find enjoyment in the journey, that\u2019s the big thing, because honestly I felt like the career Grand Slam was my destination, and I got there and then I realized it wasn\u2019t the destination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy reacts with his wife Erica Stoll on the third hole during the Par 3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[134878,24311,427,252464,6082,11384,99,51195],"class_list":{"0":"post-578203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-augusta-national","9":"tag-erica-stoll","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-par-3-contest","12":"tag-rory-mcilroy","13":"tag-shane-lowry","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-the-masters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}