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McIlroy announces change to management team

The 24-year-old claims to have cancelled his contract with Horizon, but the management company say the deal “has a number of years to run.”

Updated 15.57

RORY MCILROY HAS ended his association with Horizon Sports Management and will instead by managed by Rory McIlroy Incorporated.

In a statement issued this afternoon, it was revealed that the termination of his contract with Horizon is being dealt with by “a legal team led by A&L Goodbody.”

The business interests of the 24-year-old will now be managed by Rory McIlroy Incorporated, with Donal Casey, an actuary by profession with “many years of CEO experience”, acting as the compacy’s CEO.

The Rory Foundation for charity will be run by Barry Funston, a business leader and long-time friend of the McIlroy family. Funston and Casey will serve on the RMI Board, along with Gerry McIlroy.

It’s less than two years since McIlroy joined Conor Ridge’s Horizon, but it has been a largely turbulent period. The former US Open champion will be hoping that this change in management results in a return to his best form.

However, Horizon have released a statement of their own in response, claiming that the “current management contract has a number of years to run.”

The Irish firm expressed their disappointment at McIlroy’s words, saying:

“Horizon has achieved exceptional results for Rory in realising his commercial objectives. Under Horizon’s management, Rory has signed some of the most lucrative endorsements in sports history.”

The statement finishes by stating that “Rory’s decision to seek a termination of the management contract with Horizon is now regrettably in the hands of legal advisors.”

- Originally published 13.43

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:03 PM

    Looks like Ronnie’s comment about no good
    young players coming up just came back to bite him

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:25 PM

    @Ian D: he won’t give 2 fecks. He’s world champion

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    Sep 25th 2020, 12:44 AM

    @Pat Andrews: not the point really. Fair play to the young lad

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    Sep 25th 2020, 9:27 AM

    @Ian D: hopefully it does because he wasn’t wrong.

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:12 PM

    Would luv so much for an Irish player on the circuit. Best of luck to him.

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:04 PM

    Well done young man. Thats a hell of a scalp

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:40 PM

    Hill is a class act , watch this space folks .

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:28 PM

    Ronnie getting very thick towards the end of the match. Great to see.

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    Sep 24th 2020, 11:41 PM

    @Miguel Sanchez: he wasn’t getting thick, they all hate it when a fluke ends their tournament, fair play to hill though was worth the win ! Plenty of swagger about him like a young jimmy white

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    Sep 25th 2020, 9:03 AM

    @Didithedevil: I have not watched the match. So he flukes a pot to win the match??

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    Sep 25th 2020, 10:47 AM

    @David: played a safety shot but had a stroke of luck and potted a red which was a fluke yes

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    Sep 25th 2020, 1:37 PM

    @Didithedevil: in the first frame?

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    Sep 25th 2020, 4:18 PM

    Been watching Aaron on the Irish amateur circuit for a couple of years and he is a good prospect. But watch out for another young Cork lad. Leone Crowley is 14 and has won national titles at all underage levels. He is currently under 18 champion and has beaten Aaron in many of these tournaments. In my opinion he is capable of really big things. He needs a good coach to get him to slow down and focus a bit more but that will probably happen with age and experience anyway. There must be something good in the water down in Cork

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