Shane Lowry told Erica Stoll that Rory McIlroy can now retire from golf after winning the Masters. The Irishman claims that the green jacket winner, with whom he shares a close relationship, had always said he would retire a ‘happy man’ if he ever triumphed at Augusta.
McIlroy won a thrilling play-off against Justin Rose to finally land the Masters and complete a Career Slam of all four of golf’s major championships. The Northern Irishman celebrated with wife Stoll and their daughter Poppy afterwards. However, Stoll has already been told that her husband should retire ‘now’ by rival Lowry. McIlroy is said to have spent vast amounts of time thinking about winning the Masters after a decade-long wait for his fifth major.
“This means everything to him. It’s all he thinks about,” Lowry told the Golf Channel. “It’s all he talks about, all he thinks about. He always said to me he would retire a happy man if he won the green jacket. So I told Erica, ‘He can retire now’.
“He’s had a long ten years, 11 years. He’s had a lot of hurdles, he’s had a lot of moments to get back up from. It’s kind of a credit to him. It’s a sign or something for the rest of us to cling onto that no matter what happens, no matter how bad you feel, you just need to keep going, keep working hard and your day will come.”
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