{"id":31098,"date":"2026-07-03T08:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/31098\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:36:28","slug":"rory-mcilroy-caught-in-awkward-wimbledon-moment-with-wife-erica-stoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/31098\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy caught in awkward Wimbledon moment with wife Erica Stoll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy left BBC presenter Clare Balding in stitches after an awkward but amusing moment involving wife Erica Stoll in the Royal Box at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

The Masters champion was among a host of golfing stars invited to take prized seats on day three of the Championships, with Luke Donald, Tommy Fleetwood and Edoardo Molinari also in attendance.<\/p>\n

McIlroy was sitting in the front row alongside Stoll, his wife of nine years, when the traditional Royal Box sweet bucket was passed in his direction.<\/p>\n

The green bucket was handed to him by former Ryder Cup team-mate Molinari and perfectly matched the Masters Green Jacket McIlroy was proudly wearing at SW19.<\/p>\n

But what followed quickly became one of the lighter moments of the day.<\/p>\n

McIlroy turned towards Stoll and appeared to offer her the chance to pick a sweet.<\/p>\n

She placed her hand on the bucket and took a brief moment to decide what she wanted.<\/p>\n

However, just as she reached in to take one, McIlroy accidentally pulled the bucket away and started passing it along the row.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy left BBC presenter Clare Balding in stitches after an awkward but amusing moment involving wife Erica Stoll in the Royal Box at Wimbledon<\/p>\n

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BBC<\/p>\n

The whole exchange was caught by BBC cameras, with Balding unable to hide her amusement as she introduced the clip to viewers.<\/p>\n

“This I think you’re going to enjoy,” she said. “This is a section we’re going to call Wimbledon wildcards and first of all they are handing around the sweets in the Royal Box.<\/p>\n

“That’s [Edoardo] Molinari, he hands it through to McIlroy. That’s a nice leather.”<\/p>\n

Tim Henman then joked: “There’s a good supply in that bucket. A few eclairs, a few sherbert lemons.”<\/p>\n

\"WimbledonFive things to know about Wimbledon | GB NEWS<\/p>\n

Balding continued: “Erica then! She’s just about to take one and he rips it away!”<\/p>\n

McIlroy remained at Wimbledon deep into the evening and later watched Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman then received a special mention from Djokovic during the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s on-court interview after the match.<\/p>\n

Djokovic spotted McIlroy and several other golf stars in the crowd before joking that he wanted to get his hands on the famous Masters Green Jacket.<\/p>\n

“Rory, Justin [Thomas], obviously Luke [Donald], it’s nice to see you guys,” Djokovic said.<\/p>\n

“Congrats Team Europe on the Ryder Cup, I watched you guys.<\/p>\n

“Rory, what a beautiful jacket. Is that a Masters jacket? It must be.<\/p>\n

“Round of applause for Rory for the Masters, please.<\/p>\n

\"Djokovic<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic paid tribute to Rory McIlroy after his Wimbledon win<\/p>\n

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“I want that jacket. I’ll play you.<\/p>\n

“This jacket for that jacket, we’ll play tennis! No golf.<\/p>\n

“I want to thank them obviously for being present.<\/p>\n

“I know they arrived early and stayed all day so thank you guys.<\/p>\n

“It really means a lot seeing you here.”<\/p>\n

Djokovic will return to action today.<\/p>\n

The tennis legend is due to face 25th seed Arthur Rinderknech at 1.30pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy left BBC presenter Clare Balding in stitches after an awkward but amusing moment involving wife Erica…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[44,399,692,3342],"class_list":["post-31098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rory-mcilroy","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sport","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}