Rory McIlroy celebrated his first win of 2025 by catching up with a familiar face.
In the moments following his two-stroke win over pal Shane Lowry at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday, the Northern Irishman, 35, spoke to CBS Sports reporter Amanda Balionis for a post-tournament interview — months after the two were at the center of dating rumors following McIlroy’s divorce bombshell, a matter he has since reversed course on.
“To win at one of the cathedrals of golf is really, really cool,” McIlroy remarked of Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. “I knew today was going to be tough, it was going to be exciting, there was so many guys around the lead, and I had to, with it being Pebble Beach, I had to put that to the back of my mind and just go in there to shoot a score, which I was able to, but really cool to have that walk up to [hole] 18, sort of take it all in, was very cool.”