Rory McIlroy’s mom worked night shifts at a factory so her son could play golf. Now he’s worth $200M and is a two-time Masters champion

Rory McIlroy solidified himself as the biggest name in golf this weekend when he won the Masters for a second year in a row and is worth an estimated $200 million. But McIlroy came from much humbler beginnings. 

He grew up in a modest, semi-detached house in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, with two parents who quietly dismantled their own lives to build his. While his mom, Rosie, spent her nights packaging rolls of tape at a 3M factory in Bangor, his father, Gerry, was stringing together three jobs: cleaning showers in the morning, bartending at Holywood Golf Club through the afternoon, and returning to the sports club bar in the evening. Gerry worked an estimated 100 hours a week, according to The Times. 

“I think in terms of what they instilled in me, I think work ethic is something that—my mom worked night shifts,” McIlroy said during a press conference for the 90th Masters. “My dad worked multiple jobs. I think most people in this room know that. That was normal for me. That was normal as an upbringing.”

The couple barely saw each other, and they didn’t take a family holiday for over a decade.

“I’ll never be able to repay mum and dad for what they did,” McIlroy said of his........

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