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GIMME A HUG
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- Tony Robertson, Digital Sports Reporter
- Tony Robertson, Digital Sports Reporter
RORY MCILROY has been pictured hugging CBS Sports reporter Amanda Balionis, fuelling speculation the pair are dating.
Golf superstar McIlroy, 35, filed for divorce from wife Erica Stoll last month after seven years of marriage.
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However, rumours about the Northern Irishman's love life have showed no signs of slowing.
Those only served to ramp up after McIlroy shared a flirty interview with CBS Sports reporter Balionis.
And new pictures have now emerged following the interview showing the pair embracing in a hug.
It came right after their on-camera interview at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ontario, Canada concluded.
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While fans at home were combing through the details of the interview for any hints, the pictures seem to tell a story of their own.
Balionis, 38, is believed to be going through a divorce of her own from Bryn Renner, an American football coach, and was seen without her wedding ring live on air - though this is unconfirmed.
Despite their rumoured relationship, according to US Weekly McIlroy and Balionis are NOT dating and only share a professional relationship.
There is also the consideration that the pair are also close friends.
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Balionis has worked for the broadcaster covering golf for seven years and has done numerous interviews with McIlroy over the years as part of her job speaking to players after their rounds.
McIlroy hit 13 under par at the Canadian Open to see him tie for fourth place.
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Carefree Rory McIlroy has 'shaken off' bombshell split from Erica Stoll 'with ease' as he’s seen laughing ahead of PGA clash
The next event on the PGA Tour is the Memorial Open at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio, United States between June 6-9.
After that, McIlroy will be hoping to win the US Open at Pinehurst between June 13-16.
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Inside McIlroy’s whirlwind love life, including tennis champ and Meghan Markle
By Jon Boon
AND so it has run its course.
Rory McIlroy and Erica Stoll, who appeared a match made in heaven, are no more.
The pair were married for seven years and share a daughter called Poppy, who was born in 2020.
But the Northern Ireland golf star surprised fans everywhere when filed for divorce in May 2024.
And it isn’t the first time McIlroy’s relationships have made the headlines – with a romantic history involving a tennis star and even Meghan Markle.
When McIlroy burst onto the scene as a fresh faced teenager, he was supported by childhood sweetheart Holly.
However, they split up after he hit the big time - with McIlroy claiming the split was "amicable."
But Holly alleged the golfer had left her for tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.
Beginning their romance in such an unceremonious way wasn't the ideal start with the Danish tennis beauty.
They reportedly met at a boxing match, and soon prospered as a sporting power couple with McIlroy proposing on a romantic holiday to Monte Carlo on New Year’s eve 2013.
Fancy wedding invitations were sent to friends and family, with a date set.
However, Rory allegedly dumped Caroline in a three-minute PHONE CALL - just months before their nuptials.
And it was reportedly all down to a picture Wozniaki had put on Twitter.
In 2014, McIlroy was even romantically linked with the now duch*ess of Sussex, Meghan.
The pair flirted in a video shared on social media, as he helped the American actress take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral trend adopted by many celebs to raise money for ALS.
Later Markle would wax lyrical about McIlroy on her blog.
But nothing even came of it as McIlroy soon fell for Erica – who he had met in bizarre circ*mstances after sleeping through his alarm at the 2012 Ryder Cup.
Erica, who worked on Tour, spared McIlroy’s embarrassment as he she helped him make his tee-time thanks to a police escort.
The incident began a firm friendship between the pair, four years before their relationship turned romantic.
Soon after, the couple got engaged in Paris and walked down the aisle at Ashford Castle in Ireland in 2017.
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