Rory McIlroy has quashed any rumors of a rift between him and close pal Graeme McDowell.
McDowell stated that McIlroy will leave Horizon Sports Management in Dublin after only 18 months, albeit neither McIlroy nor Horizon’s Conor Ridge have commented on the breakup.
Are Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell still friends?
When asked about his management at Wentworth on Tuesday, McIlroy responded, “Go ahead and ask GMac. He is more knowledgeable than I am.”
Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy insist that their off-course troubles have strengthened their bond and will have no bearing on whether they join up at the Ryder Cup this week.
McDowell, on the other hand, suggested that his Northern Irish countryman’s leading man status made him too uncomfortable to maintain their long-standing four-ball alliance.
The fact that neither player wants the other to take command is one of the main reasons why they are unlikely to play together this week.
The better-ball format, for example, proved problematic for McDowell at Medinah because McIlroy “likes to play first, so I let him do it and I kind of come second.”
McDowell began to question whether he needed to be on the team at all.
