Four months after his US Open triumph, Rory McIlroy poses with his second trophy of the year.It was a victory worth $2m but for Rory McIlroy, his fourth professional triumph in the unofficial Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters was priceless.

Leaving aside the future financial well-being for his newly forged relationship with Horizon Sports Management - (the agency that didn’t poach the goose that lays the golden eggs?) - the 22-year old US Open champion’s win over American Anthony Kim at the first extra hole of a sudden-death play-off will stand to him when there is more on the line that mere money.

McIlroy alongside former stablemate Lee Wetwood earlier this week.Caroline Wozniacki is expected in China to watch boyfriend Rory McIlroy try and clinch what would be the most lucrative pay-day of his career in the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

Images courtesy of the Lake Malaren tournament blog. Rory McIlroy has a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the unofficial Shanghai Masters at Lake Malaren where he has a chance to pocket  the biggest cheque of his short career in his first week under new management. However, the Chinese sponsor hold off on making out the $2m cheque to McIlroy just yet, given that his strike rate from Friday leader to Sunday champion is just 25%.

Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke at the 2010 Irish Open. Picture Eoin Clarke/www.golffile.ieRory McIlroy has always prided himself on his “honesty” and saying what’s on his mind when he’s found himself criticised for past remarks or actions.

Rory McIlroy’s website will be relaunched soon. Rory McIlroy’s new management team has starting transforming his world.

And Dublin based Horizon Sports is making sure it doesn’t make the same mistake as Chubby Chandler by hogging the limelight and becoming “celebrity” managers.