Rory McIlroy’s spouse Erica Stoll helps him at Carnoustie months on from divorce U-turn as he shares snicker with LIV Golf boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan

As Rory McIlroy performed the hyperlinks of Carnoustie in Scotland at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship, he was cheered on by a pleasant face behind the ropes.

Erica Stoll was pictured watching on as McIlroy shot a 69 throughout what he referred to as a ‘good day’ within the multicourse occasion.

This comes about two weeks after Stoll and McIlroy have been snapped kissing on the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in Surrey.

The Irishman needed to accept a runner-up end that week behind American Billy Horschel and was filmed hugging his four-year-old daughter Poppy earlier than planting a kiss on Erica.

It was all captured on video posted to social media by the DP World Tour’s Twitter account, with the caption, ‘Shedding is tough. Household makes it simpler.’

It is a register the fitting path for the couple after they briefly thought of separation earlier this yr.

The pair made the gorgeous choice to name off the divorce lower than a month after the 36-year-old Stoll was served papers at their Jupiter, Florida house – informing her that McIlroy needed to finish their marriage.

McIlroy addressed the hypothesis in a press release to The Guardian simply days earlier than the opening spherical of this summer time’s US Open at Pinehurst, which he completed runner-up.

‘There have been rumors about my private life not too long ago, which is unlucky. Responding to every rumor is a idiot’s recreation,’ McIlroy mentioned.

‘Over the previous weeks, Erica and I’ve realised that our greatest future was as a household collectively. 

‘Fortunately, we’ve got resolved our variations and sit up for a brand new starting.’

However Stoll was not the one individual that McIlroy shared a second with on the famed Scottish hyperlinks. McIlroy was seen strolling and speaking with Saudi PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

The 2 have been photographed sharing fun, though it is not clear what was being mentioned.

Al-Rumayyan had frolicked earlier within the day with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan in a Professional Am occasion that they have been drawn collectively in.

Monahan and Al-Rumayyan embraced – an indication that golf’s civil warfare could possibly be coming to a peaceable finish after a extended 16 months of negotiations.

On Wednesday, McIlroy hinted that there was progress on a settlement between the 2 sides, saying, ‘There is not any higher place than the house of golf to attempt to get everybody collectively and speaking.

‘I feel it is an incredible factor and good signal that Jay and Yasir are going to play collectively. And clearly you’ve got bought fairly a giant contingent over from LIV which might be enjoying on this occasion.

‘I feel what Johann Rupert (who owns Dunhill) the person who runs this occasion is making an attempt to do is simply deliver the golf world again collectively a little bit bit. If we should be compelled collectively not directly, he is making an attempt to try this.

‘I feel it will likely be good. It is definitely a step in the fitting path.’

McIlroy additionally mentioned that he hopes there will probably be an answer by the top of the yr, including, ‘We’re in October so hopefully three months to get one thing achieved.’