Rory McIlory has made a lot of money in his short career.
How much money? Well enough that the 26-year-old has responded to questions about a potential £7.5m windfall by saying: “Luckily, that amount of money doesn’t sort of mean much to me any more.”
Speaking ahead of the Tour Championship (which is the final event in the FedEx Cup race), the Northern Irishman explained: “I mean, like, it’s nice to think that you could win ten million dollars this week, but that’s not what excites me. It excites me to play well and to try and win.”
Well @McIlroyRory just said the $10 million he'd win for taking the FedEx Cup doesn't mean much to him anymore. We'd all l like to get there
— trey wingo (@wingoz) September 23, 2015
McIlroy admits that the huge sums being thrown at him stopped meaning so much around the time he signed a $250m sponsorship deal with Nike in early 2013: “I don’t know when it stopped. Maybe I could say January 2013 for obvious reasons, but probably before that.
“We’re playing for over a million dollars every week. We’re in such a fortunate position and I think everyone on tour realizes that. The majority of the guys that are out here know that their kids will be okay, their kids can go to college, their kids will probably be okay as well.”
