Popularly known as Rory Sabbatini, Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African professional golfer who switched citizenship to Slovakia in 2019. He has played on the PGA Tour and won six times and has also finished runner-up at the Masters.
Rory is a man of many countries. He was born in South Africa, has a passport through the United Kingdom, and has dual citizenship in the United States. Make that tri-citizenship, as he successfully earned his Slovak citizenship this past January.
Is Rory Sabbatini a nice guy?
38-year-old Rory Sabbatini has a bit of a reputation. To those who know him well, he might be a great guy and is just misunderstood. But from the golfing fans’ perspective, he has a bit of a temper – an anger management issue one might say.
Almost ten years ago. Rory, then just 29, was playing in the Booz Allen Classic with another young player, Ben Crane. Rory got so fed up with the slow play of Crane, a noted slow player, that when he hit his second shot at the par-4 17th into the pond beyond the green, he snapped. He walked to the green and then beyond it before Crane had even played his second shot.
