Colin Morrissey
PGA Tour, Sponsorship, Golf businessBrian KeoghRory McIlroy, Rory McIlroy Incorporated, Horizon Sports Management, Donal Casey, Gerry McIlroy, Sean O'Flaherty, Stephen Browne, Colin Morrissey, Unicef, Caroline Wozniacki, Dermot DesmondComment

Claim that Wozniacki told McIlroy that UNICEF donation was "stupid"

Did Caroline Wozniacki play a role in one of the key events that led to the legal bust up between Rory McIlroy and Horizon Sports Management? On the face of what was said in the High Court in Dublin on Friday, the world No 1’s former fiancée was not short of an opinion on what is one of the major events in the proceedings — a supposedly face-saving donation made to UNICEF by Horizon on McIlroy's behalf but against McIlroy’s wishes.

PGA Tour, Sponsorship, Golf businessBrian KeoghRory McIlroy, Rory McIlroy Incorporated, Horizon Sports Management, Donal Casey, Gerry McIlroy, Sean O'Flaherty, Stephen Browne, Colin Morrissey, Unicef, Caroline Wozniacki, Dermot DesmondComment
Claim that Wozniacki told McIlroy that UNICEF donation was "stupid"
Sponsorship, Majors, PGA TourBrian KeoghRory McIlroy, Horizon Sports Management, Donal Casey, Sean O'Flaherty, Conor Ridge, Colin Morrissey, JP Fitzgerald, Dermot DesmondComment

Rory, the T-Rex, the Kaiser, the goose, the gander and the golden egg

Who could have imagined that the signing of a $100 million, five-year endorsement deal with Nike in January 2013 would coincide with an acrimonious management break up just months later that is now the subject of a multimillion euro legal case.

Sponsorship, Majors, PGA TourBrian KeoghRory McIlroy, Horizon Sports Management, Donal Casey, Sean O'Flaherty, Conor Ridge, Colin Morrissey, JP Fitzgerald, Dermot DesmondComment
Rory, the T-Rex, the Kaiser, the goose, the gander and the golden egg