Rory McIlroy signed divorce papers during tournament he won: report

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Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, filed for divorce earlier this month after seven years of marriage, and apparently, it helped him get a win.

Reports of the divorce spread during the week of the PGA Championship, but the papers were reportedly signed the week prior.

According to the Belfast Telegraph in McIlroy's home country of Northern Ireland, the four-time major winner signed the divorce papers on May 9, the first day of the Wells Fargo Championship, which he won by five strokes. He digitally signed them just hours after shooting a four-under 68.

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Rory McIlroy while playing the ninth hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 9, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

The outlet reports that a private investigator served the papers to Stoll at their home in Jupiter, Florida, the following Monday, less than 24 hours after McIlroy won at Quail Hollow.

McIlroy filed the papers through the same attorney who represented Tiger Woods during his divorce with Ein Nordegren.

McIlroy apparently wrote that the marriage was ""irretrievably broken" – he is looking to enforce the prenup they signed a month before their April 2017 wedding, and joint custody of their 3-year-old daughter.

Rory McIlroy and his wife Erica Stoll on the final day of the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. (Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

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Us Weekly said Stoll was "lonely" in their marriage, and the four-time major