Meet Rory McIlroy’s Wife Erica Stoll: The ‘Low-Key’ American With a ‘Great Influence’ on the Northern Irishman
It was a sheer coincidence that Rory McIlroy met Erica Stoll. Friends at first, they developed a fondness for each other with each passing day. Erica Stoll came into the Ulsterman’s life when McIlroy was solidifying his position as the elite of the PGA Tour.
Speaking at that time, McIlroy said, “For me, Erica brings such a level of normality to everything. She has a calming presence, a sereneness, and that’s not just on me; it is noticeable in any company.” Although they have mostly kept their private lives away from the media limelight and Stoll does maintain a ‘low-key’ presence, here is what we know about McIlroy’s 35-year-old wife.
Erica was born in Irondequoit, New York, in 1988. Stoll grew up in the Rochester suburb alongside her sister Natalie. McIlroy’s wife shares her birthday, September 10, with a legend of the game and the Ulsterman’s hero, Arnold Palmer. They even talked about having a joint birthday party, Rory McIlroy once revealed. But that never happened.
Erica studied at the West Irondequoit school and was an avid tennis player as a kid, per the Democrats and Chronicle. After that, she moved to the Rochester Institute of Technology to study marketing. It was during her final year that she moved closer to golf. The 2008 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, a ten-mile drive from her institute, was the last conviction she needed.
