Golf Ireland appoints 1920 Wordwide to develop commercial opportunities
Golf Ireland has appointed 1920 Worldwide, a sports marketing and commercial innovation business, to undertake a review of the organisation’s commercial activities with the aim of developing new commercial opportunities to support the continued development of the sport in Ireland.
Moynihan lands sponsorship deal with The Arena Group
Gavin Moynihan wants to compete in some of the biggest events in golf and he's now got help in taking a step closer to that goal by signing sponsorship deal with the global event services giant that runs some of the planet's biggest sporting occasions — The Arena Group.
McIlroy becomes Dubai tax exile
Call it PR or spin but while on Friday the Irish public was being told that Rory McIlroy was doing his bit for the Irish economy by paying corporate tax on royalties here, The Sunday Times reports today that the world No 1 is now a registered tax exile in Dubai when it comes to the lion's share of his fortune.
Rory replaces Tiger as face of EA Sports' PGA Tour franchise
Rory McIlroy took another step towards taking over from Tiger Woods as the face of world golf when Electronic Arts Inc. announced on Monday that the Holywood star is now the cover athlete and namesake of its golf franchise.
Rory power proves key as Dubai Duty Free sponsors Irish Open: "It doesn't get better than this"
When John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "With a Little Help from My Friends" they probably never have imagined it would become one of the biggest sellers of all time. Now, after a four-year desert trek without a title sponsor, it turns out that the combination of Rory McIlroy, The Irish Open and his superstar pals was a heady enough cocktail to attract Dubai Duty Free as title sponsors for what could become one of European Tour's greatest hits.
Why you can't afford a private jet (but Rory can)
Rory McIlroy has made more than $140 million since he turned professional and if he keeps winning majors, his fortune will rocket over the next few years. It appears to be only a matter time before he buys himself a private jet, but it's an expensive piece of kit, even for a multi-millionaire.
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.
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.
