Still, they do n’t feel to be trying to keep the rumour shop from churning, If Rory McIlroy and Amanda Balionis are n’t dating. The brace kept up a “ business as usual ” routine during the Canadian Open this once weekend, with the Northern Ireland star giving the CBS broadcaster a one- on- one sit- down interview after his final round in Hamilton.
Balionis asked McIlroy, who finished three strokes back of winner Robert MacIntyre, whether he allowed
he could ’ve won. “ I do n’t suppose so, ” McIlroy said, per The Daily Mail. “ I wish it was.
I had a couple of good openings on the way in selfishly it would nice if it was enough. “ But Bob is a good friend of mine, a Ryder Cup teammate, and it would be really good to see him get the job done. ”
What caused the biggest stir was a picture snapped after the interview and posted on social media. With the television cameras out, the golf megastar got up to give the seated Balionis a big clinch with their cheeks appearing to graze.
This transferred social media into a huff, farther diving into the debate of are they are n’t they. One stoner on X posted a screenshot of the interview noting a many kittenish behaviours, writing “ Good for them.
They do make a cute couple. I noticed that she licked her lips during this interview. He kept his left arm as close as possible to her. Sweet actually ” Another sounded to suppose the clinch verified the rumours. “ Why do n’t they just confirm it? It sure seems like everybody differently knows it! ”
One report from Us Weekly did its stylish to shoot down any courting buzz, with a source stating McIlroy and Balionis only have a “ professional relationship. ” McIlroy’s courting life has been a hot content on and off the course over the once many weeks.
The golfer filed for divorce from estranged woman
Erica Stoll, with whom he shares three- time-old son Poppy, last month, seeking to end their seven- time marriage. According to court documents attained by Irish review The Belfast Telegraph, McIlroy hired a private investigator to serve Stoll with divorce papers while she was at their family home in a members- only development in Jupiter,Fla., on May 13. Per court records, McIlroy inked the divorce papers digitally on May 9 while he was in North Carolina contending in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hallow, which he went on to win.
According to reports, Stoll reached “ a breaking point ” in the couple’s marriage before divorce papers were filed. “ A point of contention in Rory’s marriage with Erica was that Erica was lonely in their marriage, ” a source told Us Weekly. “ Rory was a hard person to be married to. ” McIlroy and Stoll, a former publicist, “ were living veritably different lives the last two times with him being on the road, and ultimately she had a breaking point, ” the source said.
The rumour shop hit full brume after McIlroy’s palm at last month’s PGA Championship, with the golfer said to be seeing CBS sports intelligencer Balionis. The Northern Irishman and the broadcaster were “ the talk of the links ” after some noticed their close relationship at events over the once many weeks, according to the Daily Mail.
Balionis and former NFL quarterback Bryn Renner haven’t officially blazoned a split, but the journalist changed her stoner name on X before this time from her wedded moniker of Balionis Renner back to just her maiden name.
suckers noted in February that she had desisted wearing her marriage ring on television and in posts on social media. Neither McIlroy nor Balionis have intimately reflected on the rumors and the golfer has offered veritably little about his divorce.
His director, Sean O’Flaherty, issued a statement after the split was blazoned as McIlroy’s camp “ stressed Rory’s desire to insure this delicate time is as regardful and amicable as possible.
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