Rory To Represent Ireland At Olympics

Rory McIlroy will represent Ireland at the Olympics for the second time in his career in Paris after narrowly missing out on winning the bronze at Tokyo in 2021.
The Northern Ireland-born star's choice to represent Ireland rather than Great Britain at the last Olympics sparked much debate but he will continue to stick to his choice.
With the unique position of Northern Irish athletes being eligible to represent either Great Britain or Ireland, Rory McIlroy faced a tough choice for the Tokyo Olympics. He eventually chose Ireland since he represented the country in his junior and amateur days.
"Once I left trying not to upset anyone aside, then it was actually a pretty easy decision. The decision was I'm going to play golf for the country or the nation that I've always played for through my junior and amateur days and now into the professional game. And that's Ireland", said Rory, explaining his decision.
He'll tee off in the Olympics on August 1 at Le Golf National.
📉 The Open TV Ratings Prove Rory Right: Rory McIlroy's concerns about dwindling TV ratings for golf's biggest events appear to be justified as the Open drew in its lowest viewership in nearly a decade. The 3.39 million who tuned in represented the smallest draw for the event since 2015, with this saw its worst ratings in nearly a decade on Sunday and a four per cent drop on the previous year.
These numbers are in line with the warnings issued by McIlroy about the dwindling interest in golf's major prizes in terms of viewing figures. Rory believes that the fighting and everything that had happened over the past couple of years, people are getting fatigued, and it is turning people off from men's professional golf, which is not a good thing for anyone.
A vocal critic of stars who had defected to the LIV Golf tour previously, McIlroy does appear to be seeing the bigger picture these days. The four-time major championships victor has admitted that he wants to see the game itself going from strength to strength in spite of the civil war which has ensued in the last few years.

[@J88HNT]

Good. He’s Irish!!!! ☘️

[@BDON]

He’s actually stated that he identifies as Irish, British and North Irish and if Northern Ireland had a team, he’d play for that country.

[@paulalder8098]

Irish when it suits him, bringing politics into sport. Just because he's a Roman Catholic that naturally makes him Irish, really?Check your birth certificate Rory, it will say British. Stop playing it safe to keep a certain political party happy.