Paul Kimmage: Tony Cascarino can empathise with Shane Lowry’s ‘walking the plank’ moment at the Ryder Cup

‘It’s appalling, really, our interest in the private lives of public people. Who would not wish Erica and Rory well? Only the most miserable among us. But if you follow golf, Rory McIlroy has been in your life for more than 15 years now, and your interest in his life is inseparable from your interest in his golf. It’s just human nature ...

You remember how he called off his engagement to the tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in 2013, and how he met his future wife, Erica Stoll, a young PGA of America employee, while running way late for a Ryder Cup tee time at Medinah. On the eve of the PGA Championship, not even a month ago, you learned that McIlroy had filed for a divorce. And here, on the eve of the US Open, you learned that the divorce proceeding is off.

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