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McIlroy 'very happy' with new relationship
WWOS staff
World No.1 golfer Rory McIlroy has officially bid farewell to bachelorhood after going public with his relationship to glamourous PGA of America employee Erica Stoll.
McIlroy and Stoll were rumoured to be dating for the past six months but ended speculation after stepping out together at the Irish Open.
The relationship is McIlroy's first since ending his engagement to tennis professional Caroline Wozniacki last year.
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The four-time major winner said he was 'very happy' in his new relationship.
"I have met someone new," McIlroy told The Times of London Magazine.
"The past six or seven months have been really nice. That part of my life is going great."
The 29-year-old Stoll works for the PGA of America.
She's the manager of Championship Volunteer Operations and lives in Palm Beach.
The couple met in 2012 when McIlroy was still dating tennis player Caroline Wozniacki.
McIlroy and Wozniacki were arguably sport's highest profile couple.
They started dating as their respective careers skyrocketed.
