The fallout from Rory McIlroy’s thrilling 2025 Masters win continues.
Days after the Northern Irishman completed a career Grand Slam at Augusta National, where he defeated England’s Justin Rose in a one-hole playoff Sunday, comments made at the tournament by McIlroy’s ex-fiancée, tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, have circulated online.
Wozniacki, now married to former Knicks player David Lee, with whom she’s expecting her third child, spoke with ESPN at Augusta about her Masters experience and projected a winner not named McIlroy.
Caroline Wozniacki (l.) at the 2025 Masters. Caroline Wozniacki/Instagram
Rory McIlroy, who was previously engaged to Wozniacki, won the Masters in April 2025. Getty Images“David and I, my husband, we always pick a winner before the tournament starts,” Wozniacki said, as covered by The Mirror. “We pick one that we think has a big chance of winning, and that was [Ludvig] Åberg.”
Although the comments stirred buzz given McIlroy’s history with Wozniacki — the golfer is said to have broken off the engagement after wedding invites had been mailed out in 2014 — the 2018 Australian Open winner has long put that romance in the rearview.
Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki were previously engaged. Getty Images“The Rory stuff is water under the bridge at this point. She was invited to the Masters and she’s a huge sports fan and David is an avid golfer,” a source told Us Weekly Monday, adding Wozniacki “has moved on with her life.”
Wozniacki, 34, confirmed her romance with Lee, 41, in 2017. They tied the knot two years later.
David Lee and Caroline Wozniacki in October 2017. Getty Images
The couple will welcome their third child in the near future. carowozniacki/InstagramMeanwhile, McIlroy married Erica Stoll in 2017, with the couple welcoming daughter Poppy in 2020.
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Stoll and Poppy were at Augusta on Sunday when McIlroy captured his first green jacket in an emotional scene.
Rory McIlroy celebrated his Masters win with wife Erica Stoll and their daughter Poppy on April 13, 2025. Getty Images
The Northern Irishman initially filed for divorce in May 2024 before reversing course weeks later. Getty ImagesMcIlroy, who reconciled with Stoll last summer after initially filing for divorce in May 2024, embraced his biggest fans as he celebrated the career milestone after a rollercoaster final round.
Åberg was in contention throughout the week — and at one point was tied for the lead on Sunday — before finishing the tournament with a disastrous triple-bogey that dropped him into a tie for seventh.
Entering Sunday, McIlroy had last won a major title in 2014 at the PGA Championship.






