What did Rory McIlroy buy with his first paycheck as a pro? 'It was horrific'
McIlroy didn't need to think hard. It was 2007 and he had made $20,530 on the DP World Tour for a T-42 finish at the British Masters. He followed that up with a third-place finish at the Alfred Dunhill Cup, which banked $286,769, and a T-4 at the Madrid Open, where he cashed a check for $56,425. That's when he made an eye-opening discovery.
'I only had a debit card at the time and I checked my balance,' he said. 'I was like holy (cow). I went straight to the jeweler.'
And bought a watch.
'With diamonds around it. It was horrific. I can't believe, it was like the worst purchase ever,' he recalled on Wednesday during his pre-tournament press conference. 'It was so bad.'
Asked for the make and model, he replied, 'I do. It's not the make and model that I'm sponsored by now, so I'm not going to say it.'
Spoken like a veteran pro whose days of buying bling are over and now has much better taste in watches.
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