{"id":613244,"date":"2026-04-29T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/613244\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:21:11","slug":"rory-mcilroy-and-wife-erica-stoll-attend-white-house-state-dinner-celebrating-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/613244\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy and Wife Erica Stoll Attend White House State Dinner Celebrating King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estimated3 min read<\/p>\n

Among the guests at tonight\u2019s White House state dinner held in honor of King Charles and Queen Camilla<\/a> is none other than Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy<\/a> and his wife Erica<\/a>, who live in Florida.<\/p>\n

During his toast, President Trump had McIlroy stand up, and said his recent Masters win was \u201cunconquerable.\u201d Trump said, \u201cI had to interrupt my speech. I watched that man win a tournament. That was a tough one. Congratulations, very proud of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"US-BRITAIN-ROYALS-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY\"HENRY NICHOLLS\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trump delivers a speech during the State Dinner.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is one of the only athlete attendees at the white tie event; other notable guests are largely from the business world, including Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Jensen Huang, and more. McIlroy has a complicated history with Trump; in 2017, he played a round of golf with the president but later said he regretted it. \u201cI haven\u2019t done it since … out of choice,\u201d McIlroy told<\/a> the McKellar Journal.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cSo I will sit here and say that day I had with him I enjoyed. But that doesn\u2019t mean I agree with everything\u2014or, in fact, anything\u2014that he says.\u201d He subsequently criticized the Trump administration\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cThere\u2019s some stuff that just is terrible. It\u2019s not the way a leader should act. There is a bit of diplomacy that you need to show, and I just don\u2019t think he’s showing that, especially in these times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WorldMike Ehrmann\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trump and McIlroy during the final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral Blue Monster Course on March 6, 2016.<\/p>\n

When asked if he would play with Trump again, McIlroy said, \u201cI don\u2019t know if he\u2019d want to play with me again after what I just said. I know it\u2019s very self-serving of me to say no, and if I don\u2019t, then it means I\u2019m not putting myself in position to be under scrutiny and that I’m avoiding that. But no, I wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2025, however, he went back on that vow, and played a round with him early in the year. \u201cIt was great,\u201d McIlroy told reporters<\/a>. \u201cIt was really good. It was really good. I thought we had a good discussion. I learned that he\u2019s not a fan of the LIV format. \u2026 I was like, but you\u2019ve hosted their events. He\u2019s like, yeah, but it doesn\u2019t mean that I like it. So, I think he\u2019s on the [PGA] Tour side.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheAugusta National\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

McIlroy after winning the 2026 Masters.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, McIlroy won the 2026 Masters<\/a>, becoming just the fourth golfer in history to win back-to-back titles. The British royal family\u2019s official social media accounts subsequently congratulated McIlroy<\/a> on his \u201cextraordinary win.\u201d Trump, too, congratulated McIlroy on his win, posting online, \u201cHe performed tremendously under intense pressure, something which few people would be able to even think about doing. With each year, Rory is becoming more and more a LEGEND!\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. president added, \u201cI look forward to watching him compete in two weeks at Doral. The quality of Professional Golfers today has become extraordinary, each and every one of them. They should all be proud of the way they played at The Masters this weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy, however, will not be playing at the upcoming Cadillac Championship, which begins on Thursday at the Blue Monster course, located at Trump National Doral in South Florida. It\u2019s the first time since 2016 that the Tour will return to a Trump-owned golf course.<\/p>\n

\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3 min read Among the guests at tonight\u2019s White House state dinner held in honor of King Charles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[266251,232398,872,266249,874,427,982,265529,873,219348,266248,99,266250],"class_list":["post-613244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-collection-golf-news","tag-collection-royal-family-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a10c7326-0a45-4da9-abd8-c6da0a0ad16f","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-golf","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-3","tag-shorttitle-rory-mcilroy-attends-white-house-state-dinner","tag-sports","tag-subsection-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613244","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=613244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}