What’s better than being rich, talented and in love? Being rich, talented and single.
Rory McIlroy has been the poster boy for this thought, dominating golf since he ended his engagement to Caroline Wozniacki in late May. McIlroy has won the sport’s past two majors, rolling to a victory at the British Open and holding off Phil Mickelson to take the PGA Championship last week.
McIlroy admitted that his split with the Danish tennis star has played a role in his recent ascension.
“I think what happened has been for the better in terms of my golf,” McIlroy told ESPN after the second round of the PGA.
“I’ve put a bit more time into it and it has refocused me. I mean, what else do I have to do now? I go to the golf course, I go to the gym, and it’s just my life at the minute. I worked pretty hard before but the past couple of months I’ve really just buried myself in my game. It obviously works pretty well, so I am going to keep doing it.”
So, if McIlroy is the winner, that must mean that Wozniacki was the loser here, especially if you consider the way McIlroy finished things — a brief telephone conversation that Wozniacki at first thought was a joke.
But Wozniacki’s game is also on an upswing, not to the same extent, but there are signs she’s returning to the form that at one time had her at No. 1 in the world. She has gone 16-4 since the breakup and won her first tournament in nine months at the Istanbul Cup, all while fending off questions about you know who.
“I think I’m not that desperate,” Wozniacki said after a win at Wimbledon when asked about trying Internet dating.
“To be honest, you know, I’ll just see what happens. I’m perfectly fine being single at the moment. It’s pretty hard to sweep me off my feet. It would have to take someone very special. You know, you never know. I guess when you least expect it, it’s going to come.”
Just like her return to prominence on the court.